fatten

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you say that someone is fattening something such as a business or its profits, you mean that they are increasing the value of the business or its profits, in a way that you disapprove of. 養(yǎng)肥[商業(yè)]
They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company's profits. 他們一直人爲(wèi)地使糖價(jià)居高不下，以此爲(wèi)公司牟利。
2. PHRASAL VERB Fatten up means the same as . 養(yǎng)肥
The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale. 政府正在讓納稅人付錢(qián)來(lái)養(yǎng)肥一項(xiàng)公共服務(wù)事業(yè)，再賣(mài)給私人。