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well-earned adj.憑自己力量[工作]得來的,正當的 ( well-...

well-favored

Howells, perhaps, lived too long for their own good; tranquil old age, however well-earned seemed not to accord with the vigor of their best work . 也許,他和豪威爾斯都不該活那么大的年紀,這反倒對他們不利。平靜的晚年,雖說是分內應得,總比不上盛年筆力雄健的作品。