PROFIT1 money that you make by doing business2 a profit from leaving money in the bank or lending it to a company3 to get a profit4 to not make a profit5 when a business produces a profit6 to not make a profit7 to make a profit in an unfair wayRELATED WORDSsee alsoMONEYEARNPAYSELLBUSINESS1 money that you make by doing business 做生意、买卖等赚到的钱profit /ˈprɒfɪt, ˈprɒfətǁˈprɑː-/ [countable/uncountable noun]money that you make by doing business, for example when you sell something for more that it cost you to buy it or to produce it 利润；赢利 We aim to increase our profits by at least 5% every year. 我们的目标是每年至少增加5%的利润。 For the first time, the company's annual profits were over $1 million. 该公司的年利润首次突破100万美元。 They don't care who they sell weapons to. All they are interested in is profit. 他们不在乎把武器卖给谁。他们只对利润感兴趣。make a profit They made a huge profit when they sold the business. 他们卖了那家公司获得暴利。proceeds /ˈprəʊsiːdz/ [plural noun]all the money that you get from selling something, or from something such as a show or a sports event 收入；收益 His first year in business was so successful that John could afford to buy a delivery van with the proceeds. 约翰开业后的第一年里就取得很大成功，收入足以使他买一辆货车了。 The proceeds of the sale of the house went to an animal-welfare charity, as stated in the owner's will. 根据业主的遗嘱，卖房所得收益已经捐给一家动物福利慈善机构。surplus /ˈsɜːʳpləs/ [countable noun]the amount of money that remains after a company or organization has paid all its costs, charges, wages etc 〔公司或组织的〕赢利；盈余 Our surplus on book publishing last year was $47 million. 去年我们出版书籍的赢利是4,700万美元。 For the first time in 20 years Congress was working with a budget surplus. 20年来，国会第一次处理预算盈余。gain /geɪn/ [uncountable noun]the profit that someone makes - use this especially when you think that the person or company making the profit is only interested in getting money or an advantage for themselves 收益；利润〔尤用于认为当事人或公司只关注赚钱或夺取优势时〕for gainin order to make a profit 为了牟利 If private hospitals are operating purely for gain, how can we be sure they have the patients’ best interests at heart? 如果私人医院的经营纯粹是为了赚钱，我们怎样才能相信他们关心病人的利益呢？short-term gaina situation in which profits may be made for a short time, but which may cause losses and problems in the future 短期收益 Companies just don't invest enough -- short-term gain is all they think about. 许多公司不愿多作投资一他们只考虑短期收益。2 a profit from leaving money in the bank or lending it to a company 靠把钱存入银行、借给公司等所赚到的利润interest /ˈɪntrɪst, ˈɪntrəst/ [uncountable noun]an amount of profit that you make at an agreed rate when you put money into a bank or similar institution 利息 If you had half a million dollars you could easily live off the interest. 要是有50万美元的话，就能轻易靠利息过活了。 John had put his grandfather's money in the bank, and was getting $400 a month in interest. 约翰把爷爷的钱存入银行，每月获取400美元的利息。rate of interestthe agreed amount paid as interest 利率 The best rate of interest the banks can offer is around 14 per cent. 银行能够提供的最高利率约为14%。high/low interest a high interest savings account 高利息的储蓄账户return /rɪˈtɜːʳn/ [countable noun]the total profit that you get as a result of putting money into a bank, company etc - used especially in business 收益；赢利〔尤用于商业〕 The company offers the hope of big returns for people who buy its shares. 该公司给购买其股票的人丰厚赢利的希望。return on an investment The return on the initial investment was huge. 最初的投资赢利很高。yield /jiːld/ [countable noun]the exact amount of profit that you get as a result of lending money to a company, government etc - used especially in business 收益；利润〔尤用于商业〕 We have calculated the probable yield from this investment at around 17%. 我们已算过，此项投资可能带来17%左右的利润。 If you invest the money now, the yield after only twelve months will be $3160. 如果你现在投资这笔钱，只需12个月，利润将达3，160美元。3 to get a profit 得到利润make /meɪk/ [transitive verb]to get a profit, especially from business deals 〔尤从商业交易〕赚取；获取make £1 million/$10,000 etc British Telecom made over $3 billion last year. 英国电信公司去年赚了三十多亿英镑。make money The restaurant makes a lot of money in the summer. 那家餐厅夏季很赚钱。make money doing something You could make a lot of money selling your photographs, they're excellent. 你把照片卖了可以赚许多钱，那些照片太美了。make millions/make a fortune Mandon, our richest cousin, had made a fortune in the cable TV business. 我们最富有的表亲曼东靠有线电视发了财。make out of The entrepreneur boasted that he could make money out of anything, even pebbles in the beach. 那个企业家吹嘘说，他能靠任何东西赚钱，甚至是沙滩上的卵石。make a profit /ˌmeɪk ə ˈprɒftǁ-ˈprɑː-/ [verb phrase]to get a profit from a business or from selling something 赚钱；获利〔指通过做生意或出售某物的方式〕 Harry made a good profit - he bought the house for £45,000 and sold it for £55,000 six months later. 哈里获了厚利—他以45,000英镑买下那幢房子，六个月后卖了55,000英镑。 When you consider how much this meal would cost to prepare at home, you realize that the restaurant must be making an enormous profit. 你考虑一下这顿饭在家里做会花费多少，就会明白饭馆定是赢利颇丰的。make a profit of $53m/£600 etc The drug company Sasco made a profit of $53 million last year. 塞斯科制药公司去年赚了5,300万美元。make a profit on Even though the price has been reduced, the builders will still make a profit on the sale. 尽管降低了价格，建筑商仍能从这笔买卖中获利。earn /ɜːʳn/ [transitive verb]to make a profit from business or from putting money in a bank, lending it to a company etc 赚；赚取〔指通过做生意或存款于银行、借贷予公司等方式〕 The Washington Post Company earned $187 million in 1987. 华盛顿邮报公司1987年赚了1.87亿美元。 Our finances look better if we include the profit earned on the sale of our London offices. 如果我们把出售伦敦分公司所获的利润算进去，资金状况看上去就好些。 She decided to put the money in a high-earning investment account. 她决定将资金投入高收益投资账户。make a killing /ˌmeɪk ə ˈkɪlɪŋ/ [verb phrase]informalto get a very large profit quickly from one successful business deal 【非正式】发大财 He had made a killing on the stock exchange that morning. 那天早晨，他在股市上赚了大钱。 Vito's a debonair middle-aged New Yorker, who's made a killing in advertising. 维托是个温文尔雅的中年纽约人，他靠广告发了大财。4 to not make a profit 没有利润unprofitable /ʌnˈprɒfɪtəbəl, ʌnˈprɒfətəbəlǁ-ˈprɑː-/ [adjective]anunprofitable business or activity does not make a profit and is likely to have debts 无利的 The company says that the publishing side of its division is unprofitable and must be closed down. 该公司称它的出版部门无利可图，必须关闭。 Unprofitable flight routes have been axed as recession hits the aviation industry. 经济衰退影响航空业，无利可图的航线被削减了。 The bank isn't likely to lend money to an unprofitable business like yours. 银行不会借钱给你那样不赚钱的公司。uneconomic /ˌʌniːkəˈnɒmɪk, ˌʌnekə-ǁ-ˈnɑː-/ [adjective]not making enough profits to be successful or to successfully compete with other companies, industries etc - use this especially when this is a reason for closing the company, industry etc 没有效益的〔尤用于关闭公司、工厂等的理由〕 Most of the old nationalized industries were labelled ‘uneconomic’ and sold off to private companies. 旧的国营企业大多被说成“没有效益”，出售给了私人公司。 Workers in uneconomic areas of the economy fought hard to keep their factories and mines open. 经济结构中非赢利部门的工作人员努力让他们的工厂和矿井继续运营。5 when a business produces a profit 企业赢利profitable /ˈprɒfɪtəbəl, ˈprɒfətəbəlǁˈprɑː-/ [adjective]a profitable business or activity makes a profit 赚钱的；有赢利的 We don't sell children's clothes any more - it wasn't profitable enough. 我们不卖童装了一赢利不多。 It's only in the last year that our business has become profitable. Before that we were just managing to cover our costs. 我们公司去年才开始赢利。在那以前，我们只是勉强做到收支相抵。lucrative /ˈluːkrətɪv/ [adjective]a type of business or activity that islucrative produces a very large profit 赢利丰厚的；能赚大钱的 Catering is a very lucrative business if you succeed in it. 如果酒宴办得好，那是一门非常赚钱的生意。 Sam's journalistic work was much more lucrative than his painting had ever been. 萨姆的新闻作品较之以前的绘画赚的钱多得多。 There is still an illegal but lucrative trade in ivory between Africa and South-East Asia. 在非洲和东南亚之间，仍有人进行着非法但利润丰厚的象牙贸易。money-spinner /ˈmʌni ˌspɪnəʳ/ [countable noun]British informala business or product that produces a large profit 【英，非正式】赚大钱的生意；赚大钱的产品 The little bar turned out to be a real moneyspinner. 结果证明，小酒吧确实很赚钱。 The toy companies are always trying to find another money-spinner like Monopoly or the Barbie doll. 玩具公司总想发掘另一种像“大富翁”游戏或“芭比”娃娃那样赚钱的产品。goldmine /ˈgəʊldmaɪn/ [countable noun usually singular]informala small business, especially a shop or restaurant, that produces a very large profit 【非正式】大财源〔尤指商店或餐厅〕 It's just a scruffy little beach café, but in summer it's an absolute goldmine. 那只是海滩上一家邋遢的小咖啡馆，但夏天它绝对是一大财源。 I bet that corner shop's a goldmine. 我敢肯定，那家街角小店很赚钱。6 to not make a profit 既不赚钱也不亏本break even /ˌbreɪk ˈiːvən/ [verb phrase] The company made a small loss last year but this year has managed to break even. 去年这家公司略有亏损，但今年达到了收支平衡。 We'll be just breaking even if we can get an average audience of 300. 如果平均每场观众有300人的话，我们刚好收支相抵。non-profitmaking /nɒn ˈprɒftmeɪkɪŋǁnɑːn ˈprɑː-/ [adjective]Britisha company or business that isnon-profitmaking does business so that its profits are used to provide money for hospitals, poor people etc 【英】〔公司或企业〕非牟利的，非赢利性的 Traidcraft is a non-profitmaking organization that buys goods from Indian workers at fair prices. “翠德克拉夫特”是一家非赢利机构，它以公平的价格购买印度工人的产品。7 to make a profit in an unfair way 以不公平的方式赚钱cash in on /ˌkæʃ ˈɪn ɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to make a profit from a situation in a way that is wrong or unfair 〔从…中〕捞到好处；赢利；利用 He's just cashing in on the fact that his wife is famous. 他就是利用妻子的名气来赚钱。 Have you noticed how the record companies cash in on the death of famous pop stars by re-releasing all their old records? 你注意到唱片公司怎样在著名歌星去世之际靠重新发行他们全部的旧唱片来捞钱吗？profit from /ˈprɒfɪt frɒm, ˈprɒfət frɒmǁˈprɑː-/ [verb phrase]to make aprofit from a bad situation, instead of trying to help people 从〔糟糕的情况中〕获利 Nobody should be allowed to profit from war and human suffering. 任何人都不可以从战争及人类的苦难中获利。 Crafty entrepreneurs like Harper profited from the ignorance of the masses. 像哈珀之类精明的企业家利用大众的无知来获利。profiteering /ˌprɒfɪˈtɪərɪŋ, ˌprɒfəˈtɪərɪŋǁˌprɑː-/ [uncountable noun]when someone makes large profits from a bad situation by charging extremely high prices for things that people need to buy 牟取暴利；投机倒把 The emergency government brought in a special law to prevent hoarding and profiteering. 临时政府颁布特别法令禁止囤积居奇和投机倒把的行为。 As food supplies dwindled, complaints against profiteering became more vociferous. 随着食品供应量的减少，大众反对“牟取暴利”的呼声越来越高。exploit /ɪkˈsloɔɪt/ [transitive verb]to make an unfair profit out of someone who is in a weaker position than yourself or who seriously needs the things you can sell them, do for them etc 利用；剥削 Measure are being taken to stop employment agencies exploiting foreign workers desperate to find a job. 正在采取措施阻止职业介绍所剥削急着找工作的外国劳工。 Many ‘New Age’ therapists simply exploit the hopes and fears of sick people who would be better off going to their own doctor. 许多“新时代”治疗师只是利用病人的希望与恐惧，病人还是去自己的医生那里看病比较好。 loan sharks who exploit the poor by charging up to 1000% interest per year. 以年利率高达1000%来剥削穷人的放高利贷者
