profits

1. N-VAR 利润；收益；盈利
   A profit is an amount of money that you gain when you are paid more for something than it cost you to make, get, or do it.
   1. The bank made pre-tax profits of £3.5 million...
      这家银行的税前利润为350万英镑。
   2. You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning...
      你可以通过合理计划来提高盈利的机会。
   3. The profit motive is inherently at odds with principles of fairness and equity.
      盈利动机天生就与公平和公正的原则相抵触。
2. VERB 盈利；获取利润；赚钱
   If you profit from something, you earn a profit from it.
   1. Footballers are accustomed to profiting handsomely from bonuses...
      足球运动员对获取丰厚的奖金已习以为常。
   2. He has profited by selling his holdings to other investors...
      他将自己的股票卖给其他投资者，从中获利。
   3. The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family.
      这些经销商通过损害我家人的利益不光彩地赚钱。
3. V-ERG 得益（于）；对…有益；对…有好处
   If you profit from something, or it profits you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it.
   1. Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle...
      珍尼弗还不完全相信更轻松的生活方式会对她有好处。
   2. So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little...
      到目前为止叛军都没有从法国同盟那里获得什么好处。
   3. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
      恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处？
   4. Profit is also a noun.
      
   5. The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre.
      这位艺术家从卢浮宫受益颇多。

1. The City fears that profits could fall.
   伦敦商界担心利润可能下滑。
2. Officials say the options will offer investors a longer time in which to accrue profits.
   官员说这些期权会给投资者提供更长的利润积累期。
3. The profits rise was achieved against a backdrop of falling metal prices.
   在金属价格下跌的背景下，利润提高了。
4. In Japan firms are biased towards growth rather than profits
   在日本，公司偏重于发展，而不是一味追求利润。
5. He has a clause in his contract which entitles him to a percentage of the profits.
   他的合同中有一项条款，使他有权分得一定比例的利润。
6. The dollar's recent strength is crimping overseas sales and profits.
   美元最近的坚挺影响了国外的销量和利润。
7. The need for change has been dramatized by plummeting bank profits.
   改革的必要性由于银行利润的暴跌而凸显。
8. Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.
   工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。
9. Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits
   金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
10. They no longer expect corporate profits to improve
    他们不再期待公司利润会增长。
11. They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company's profits.
    他们一直人为地使糖的价格居高不下，以此为公司牟利。
12. Higher sales have not helped profits, however.
    然而，销售量的增加并没有推动利润。
13. He invested all our profits in gold shares
    他把我们所有的收益都投资在黄金股上了。
14. The group made operating profits of £ 80m before interest.
    该集团创造了8,000万英镑的息前营业利润。
15. They got a small piece of the net profits and a screen credit.
    他们得到了一小部分纯利润以及电影演职人员字幕中的署名权。
16. The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent
    银行的利润骤降了87%。
17. Its net profits plunged 73% last year.
    去年，它的净利猛跌了73%。
18. The privatisation allowed companies to rake in huge profits.
    私有化使许多公司大赚了一笔。
19. The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.
    消费需求的降低也影响到了公司的利润。
20. Foreign investors are to be allowed to repatriate profits over one billion rupees.
    外国投资者将被允许将利润额超过10亿卢比的部分调回国内。
21. It makes sense to buy at dealer prices so you can maximize your profits if you resell.
    明智的做法是以批发价购进，这样可以在转卖时获得最大的利润。
22. Profits have picked up this year but the return on capital remains tiny
    今年的利润已经回升，但是资本收益仍然很少。
23. Pre-tax profits rose from £ 842,000 to £ 1.82m
    税前利润从84.2万英镑上升到了182万英镑。
24. Net profits slumped by 41%
    净利润暴跌了41%。
25. Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January.
    因利润骤降，他作为董事长于去年1月辞职了。
26. Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company
    它的利润增长速度比一般公司快4倍。
27. Any investment in shares is a bet on an unknowable future flow of profits
    任何股票投资都是对不可知的未来利润走向的赌博。
28. The profits in this business are not large.
    这个行业利润不大。
29. He pocketed half the profits.
    他把一半利润放进了自己的腰包。

noun

1. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

   Synonym:    net incomenetnet profitlucreprofitearnings

2. something won (especially money)

   Synonym:    winningswin