gaining

基本解释

v. 获得；逐渐获得；从……中受益；增加（某物的数量或比率）；（钟、表）走得太快；增值；（经过努力）到达；（使）……（转而）支持自己的利益（gain 的现在分词）

Far from gaining glory, they have gained nothing but heartache.
不仅没有获得荣耀，相反的，除了心痛，他们一无所得。
There is no shame in gaining knowledge from mistakes – for you, or your boss.
从错误中获得知识并不羞耻——无论是对你还是你的老板来说。
That way you keep your power base and can expand on it by gaining knowledge of other areas of the company.
那样，你保持你的权力基础，并能通过获得公司其他领域的知识，对其加以扩展。

Saint Mary's principal, Frank Phillips, says knowing Chinese will help students in a world where China is quickly gaining economic power.
Unlike many poleis,Athens had been successful in gaining control of the whole region which it dominated,the region of Attica.
和其他城邦不同,雅典成功地控制了整个区域,整个阿提卡地区都在雅典的控制之下
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Then there are other people who are pretty careful about what they eat and they're still prone to gaining weight.
还有一类人非常注意控制饮食,但是仍然容易发胖
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What about breaking ground outside the U.S., say, in Europe, where REITs are gaining popularity?
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If a person or place gains something such as an ability or quality, they gradually get more of it.
If you gain from something such as an event or situation, you get some advantage or benefit from it.
To gain something such as weight or speed means to have an increase in that particular thing.
Gain is also a noun.
If you gain something, you obtain it, especially after a lot of hard work or effort.
a notch, mortise, or groove, esp one cut to take the flap of a butt hinge
If something such as an idea or an ideal gains ground, it gradually becomes more widely known or more popular.