windfall

noun

1. 意外之财；意外获得的东西
   an amount of money that sb/sth wins or receives unexpectedly
   1. The hospital got a sudden windfall of £300 000.
      这家医院获得了一笔30万英镑的意外款项。
   2. windfall profits
      意外的利润
   3. The government imposed a windfall tax (= a tax on profits to be paid once only, not every year) on some industries.
      政府对某些行业征收暴利税。
2. 风吹落的果子（尤指苹果）
   a fruit, especially an apple, that the wind has blown down from a tree

1. 意外之财;横财
   A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery.
2. 被风吹落的果子（尤指苹果）
   A windfall is a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree.

1. In the process, it handed a windfall to both the investment bankers and their mainly institutional clients.
   在上市过程中，它倒是把一笔意外横财拱手送给了投资银行家及其主要由机构投资者构成的客户。
2. Call the windfall the real "cost" of the IPO.
   这笔横财是IPO真正的“成本”。
3. Our rule of thumb is that consumers typically spend half of their windfall.
   他表示：我们的经验是，消费者一般会将意外收获的一半用于支出。
4. Russia and Brazil are benefiting from high commodity prices but are not attempting to invest their windfall in long-term economic development.
   俄罗斯和巴西得益于大宗商品价格的高企，但却没有打算将这笔横财投资于长期经济发展。
5. They also make price volatility worse and reduce investment in new production because exporters cannot access high international prices, governments often tax windfall profits from price rises, and fluctuating prices increase risk and raise the cost of capital.
   由于出口商无法与较高的国际价格接轨，这会导致资源价格更不稳定，并减少对新生产的投资。而政府往往又通过征税从价格上涨中获益，波动的价格增加了风险和资金的成本。
6. So why do I now find the idea of a windfall tax on banks so appealing?
   那麽为什麽我现在发现，向银行徵收意外收入税这个主意很有吸引力呢？
7. The unassuming Texas resident celebrated his windfall by having a family portrait photograph taken Wednesday morning.
   这位德克萨斯居民在周三的早上全家照了一张全家福，以庆祝他获得了这份意外之财。
8. You know, I am supposed to have a windfall this year.
   你知道我今年有财运嘛。
9. It could be a windfall!
   这可能是个意外的收获！
10. True, vendors of hard and soft commodities based outside China have enjoyed windfall profits.
    的确，总部不在中国的有形与无形商品经销商一直在大发横财。
11. A one-off windfall tax on bonuses would make the pain ahead for society so very much more bearable.
    对奖金徵收一次性的意外收入税，会让社会未来面临的痛苦变得容易忍受得多。
12. Imposing either a windfall tax or special curbs on bonuses is an understandable political response to what is happening.
    征收暴利税或对奖金发放加以特别限制，是针对当前现实的政治回应，可以理解。
13. Mr wall wants to use the commodity windfall to build more infrastructure and fund more research and development.
    沃尔先生想要运用在商品上的意外获利去修建更多的基础设施和在研究发项目上提供更多资金。
14. The only financial consolation for the next generation is the windfall when we leave them our houses.
    下一代人在财务方面的唯一安慰是，我们会把房子留给他们，这可谓一笔横财。
15. Oil prices tumbled, giving consumers a sudden windfall that helped support spending.
    油价下挫，使消费者突然得到了一笔意外之财，有助于推动支出。
16. Limiting rates paid to depositors also does not necessarily bestow windfall profits to banks.
    此外，对存款利率设限也未必会给银行带来暴利。
17. Are the Gulf countries handling their windfall any better this time?
    海湾国家是否这次更好地处理了他们的意外收获？
18. The central bank has ensured a windfall for banks by keeping deposit rates low, while deregulating lending rates.
    中国央行在解除贷款利率管制的同时，将储蓄利率维持在低水平，确保了银行的厚利。
19. Some analysts suggest keeping them running and imposing windfall taxes that could be used to promote renewable energy.
    一些分析者认为其实可以允许核电厂继续运行，但应对它们征收暴利税，而这项税收则可以用于推进可再生能源的发展。
20. Its push to invest in infrastructure and property has provided a windfall.
    中国大力投资基础设施和房地产的做法，为这些企业带来了意外收益。
21. Fate has offered him a windfall.
    命运给他带来了意外之喜。
22. The government is making windfall profits from everyone by selling land.
    政府正在通过卖土地来发横财。
23. And with disproportionately large financial sectors, these two countries have also enjoyed a financial windfall from the rise of China and other emerging markets.
    而且，由于它们拥有异常庞大的金融业，这两个国家也从中国和其它新兴市场的崛起中发了一笔横财。
24. Africa's seeds are a potential windfall investment for Monsanto.
    非洲的种子对孟山都公司的投资是一笔潜在的横财。
25. This is a goddamn windfall.
    这真他妈是一笔横财。
26. Investors are hoping for a windfall.
    投资者希望能发一笔横财。
27. Hedgers 'loss is others' gain, giving a temporary windfall to midwestern refiners.
    对冲者的损失即其他人的所得中西部炼油商获得了暂时性的意外收获。
28. For many, the crisis has also handed them a windfall.
    对于许多人来说，危机也让他们发了一笔横财。
29. The money that my great-uncle left us was certainly a windfall.
    我的大叔叔留给我们的钱无疑是天上掉下来的馅饼。
30. This portfolio reallocation represents a pure windfall for the oil producers.
    这种投资组合的重新配置，对石油生产商而言，纯粹是一笔意外之财。

noun

1. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
   1. the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

   Synonym:    boombonanzagold rushgravygodsendmanna from heavenbunce

2. fruit that has fallen from the tree