单词详解

1.n.

A. [C; U]利润；收益；赢利（the money that you make in business or by selling things, especially after paying the costs involved)

The company made a healthy profit on the deal.公司在这笔交易中获利颇丰。

The profit from export rose 7.3%.出口利润增长了7.3%。

B. [C]好处；利益（the advantage that you get from doing sth.）

I have read the book with profit.我读完这本书后感到获益匪浅。

2.vt. & vi.

获利（于）；受益（于）(to get sth. useful from a situation; to be useful to sb. or give sb. an advantage)

We tried to profit by our mistakes.我们努力从错误中吸取教训。

It will profit you nothing to do that.做那事对你没有任何好处。

相关词组

1.profit on/by/from sth.从……中获利

 Farmers are profiting from the new legislation.新法规使农民受益。

2.make a profit获利

He makes a profit on everything he sells.他卖什么都要赚些钱。

A businessman will grab at any chance to make a profit.一个生意人会抓住任何机会赚钱。

If we don’t make a profit, my job is on the line.我们要是赚不了钱，我就有失业的危险。

3. at a profit获利

We should be able to sell the house at a profit.我们卖掉这所房子应该可以获利。

4. for profit为了获利

The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.这个机构是义务性的，不是为了获利。

相关单词

复数：profits

第三人称单数：profits

过去式：profited

过去分词：profited

现在分词：profiting