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the money that you make in business or by selling things, especially after paying the costs involved 利润；收益；赢利 annual/pre-tax/corporate profits 年度/税前/公司利润 Profits before tax grew from £615m to £1 168m. 税前利润从6.15亿英镑增至11.68亿英镑。 a rise/an increase/a jump/a drop/a fall in profits 利润的增加/增加/跳跃/下降/下降 to maximize/increase profits 最大化/增加利润 to report/post profits of £50 million 报告/公布5000万英镑的利润 The club may turn a profit (= make a profit) by the end of the year. 俱乐部可能在年底前盈利。 The sale generated record profits. 这笔生意带来了创纪录的收益。 Net profit (= after you have paid costs and tax) was up 16.1 per cent. 净利润增长16.1%。 The business recorded a gross profit of (= before you pay costs and tax) £1.45 million last year 该企业去年的毛利为145万英镑 The division's profit margins are being squeezed. 该部门的利润率正在受到挤压。 The directors are driven only by the profit motive. 董事们只受利润动机的驱使。 - profit on something
The company made a healthy profit on the deal. 公司在这笔生意中获利颇丰。 - profit from something
Profit from exports rose 7.7 per cent. 出口利润增长7.7%。 The radio station earns a profit from its advertising. 这家电台从广告中获利。 - profit in something
There was little or no profit in the products themselves. 产品本身几乎没有利润。 - profit in doing something
There isn’t much profit in running a restaurant these days. 如今经营一家餐馆没有多少利润。 - at a profit
We should be able to sell the house at a huge profit. 我们应该能以巨大的利润卖掉房子。 - for profit
The agency is voluntary and not run for profit. 这个机构是义务性的，不是为了赢利。
Homophones profit | prophetprofit prophet- profit noun
She's only interested in making a quick profit. 她只对快速获利感兴趣。
- profit verb
Patents allowed inventors to profit from ownership of their inventions. 专利允许发明者从其发明的所有权中获利。
- prophet noun
With his long white beard, he looks like an Old Testament prophet. 他留着长长的白胡子，看起来像旧约先知。
Collocations BusinessBusiness 商业 Running a business 经营企业 - buy/acquire/own/sell a company/firm/franchise
收购／获得／拥有／出售公司／商行／特许经销权 - set up/establish/start/start up/launch a business/company
创办企业／公司 - run/operate a business/company/franchise
经营企业／公司／专卖店 - head/run a firm/department/team
管理公司／部门／团队 - make/secure/win/block a deal
达成／阻止一笔交易 - expand/grow/build the business
扩展业务 - boost/increase investment/spending/sales/turnover/earnings/exports/trade
增加投资／支出／销售量／营业额／收入／出口／贸易 - increase/expand production/output/sales
增加产量／输出量／销售量 - boost/maximize production/productivity/efficiency/income/revenue/profit/profitability
使产量／生产力／效率／收入／收益／利润／收益增加／最大化 - achieve/maintain/sustain growth/profitability
实现／维持／保持增长／收益 - cut/reduce/bring down/lower/slash costs/prices
削减成本／价格 - announce/impose/make cuts/cutbacks
宣布／强制实行／实施削减
Sales and marketing 销售和市场营销 - break into/enter/capture/dominate the market
打入／进入／占领／控制市场 - gain/grab/take/win/boost/lose market share
取得／夺取／得到／赢得／增加／丢失市场份额 - find/build/create a market for something
为某物找到／建立／开创市场 - start/launch an advertising/a marketing campaign
发起广告／营销宣传活动 - develop/launch/promote a product/website
开发／推出／推销产品／网站 - create/generate demand for your product
为产品创造需求 - attract/get/retain/help customers/clients
吸引／赢得／留住／帮助顾客／客户 - drive/generate/boost/increase demand/sales
刺激／创造／提高／增加需求／销售量 - beat/keep ahead of/out-think/outperform the competition
打败／领先于／智胜／胜过竞争对手 - meet/reach/exceed/miss sales targets
完成／达到／超过／未达到销售目标
Finance 财务 - draw up/set/present/agree/approve a budget
起草／制订／提出／批准预算 - keep to/balance/cut/reduce/slash the budget
执行／平衡／削减／大幅削减预算 - be/come in below/under/over/within budget
未超出／超出预算；在预算之内 - generate income/revenue/profit/funds/business
产生收益／利润／资金／营业额 - fund/finance a campaign/a venture/an expansion/spending/a deficit
为活动／商业项目／扩张／开支／赤字提供资金 - provide/raise/allocate capital/funds
提供／筹集／分配资金 - attract/encourage investment/investors
吸引／鼓励投资／投资者 - recover/recoup costs/losses/an investment
收回成本／亏损／投资 - get/obtain/offer somebody/grant somebody credit/a loan
获得／为某人提供／准予某人贷款 - apply for/raise/secure/arrange/provide finance
申请／筹集／获得／安排／提供资金
Failure 失败；不成功 - lose business/trade/customers/sales/revenue
失去生意／买卖／顾客／销量／收益 - accumulate/accrue/incur/run up debts
累积／积累／招致／积欠债务 - suffer/sustain enormous/heavy/serious losses
蒙受惨重损失 - face cuts/a deficit/redundancy/bankruptcy
面临削减／赤字／裁员／破产 - file for/ (North American English) enter/avoid/escape bankruptcy
申请／避免／幸免破产 - (British English) go into administration/liquidation
进入行政接管／清算 - liquidate/wind up a company
清算／关闭公司 - survive/weather a recession/downturn
艰难渡过萧条期／衰退期 - propose/seek/block/oppose a merger
提出／寻求／阻止／反对合并 - launch/make/accept/defeat a takeover bid
发起／进行／接受／阻止收购投标
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1At whose expense are those obscene profits made? 那些骯脏的利润是从谁那里赚取的？ Damaged goods mean lost profit. 商品有损毁意味着利润受损。 He's only interested in making a quick profit. 他只对赚快钱感兴趣。 Investors will take the profits. 投资者会获取利润。 Jakob had realized a personal profit of $240 000. 雅各布实现了 24 万美元的个人收益。 Profits surged 41 per cent to £13 million. 利润飙升41%，至1300万英镑。 The company started to show a profit in its first year. 公司在第一年就开始盈利。 The expected profits have not materialized. 没有实现预期的利润。 The goods were sold for profit. 这些商品的出售是为了获利。 They closed down after years of low profits. 他们数年来获利微薄，终致倒闭。 a commodity that produced steady profits 一种产生稳定利润的商品 an annual profit of £50 000 5 万英镑的年利润 We are continuing our strategy of profit maximization. 我们将继续执行利润最大化的战略。 The company posted second-quarter profits of $570 million. 该公司公布的第二季度利润为 5.7 亿美元。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- against profits
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- a decline in profits
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- [uncountable] (formal)
the advantage that you get from doing something 好处；利益；裨益
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘advantage, benefit’): from Old French, from Latin profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do’. The verb is from Old French profiter.