profit

1. N-VAR 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. 利潤(rùn)

The bank made pre-tax profits of $6.5 million. 該銀行獲得了稅前650萬(wàn)美元的利潤(rùn)。

You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning. 你可以通過合理的計(jì)劃增加盈利的機(jī)會(huì)。

2. V-I If you profit from something, you earn a profit from it. (從…中) 獲利

No one was profiting inordinately from the war effort. 沒有人在從戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中發(fā)大財(cái)。

He has profited by selling his holdings to other investors. 他已通過將他所持有的賣給其他投資者們而獲利。

3. V-T/V-I If you profit from something, or it profits you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it. 使 (某人) 獲利; 獲利[正式]

Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle. 珍妮弗還沒有完全相信她會(huì)從更放松的生活方式中獲益。

So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little. 到那時(shí)為止，法聯(lián)盟還沒讓叛軍得到多少好處。