英语释义

1. the act or activity of making an unreasonable profit on the sale of essential goods especially during times of emergency
… investigations unearthed information about industrial profiteering during the First World War …
— Thomas E. Ricks The real estate culture in Florida had pushed profiteering to new levels, in large part because of its condominium economy.
— Paul Reyes

2. the act of making money by selling things at very high prices at a time when they are hard to get

片语

Profiteering business暴力行业

sudden huge profits暴利

profiteering Marketing打黑

official profiteering官倒

exorbitant profiteering暴利行为

bureaucrat profiteering官倒

profiteering tax暴力税

profiteering merchant奸商

colossal profits暴利

sports profiteering体育创收

英汉例句

• if this sounds to you like a perfect setup for cronyism and profiteering — remember those missing billions in iraq? — you’re not alone.

  说到这里，如果您觉得这种做法是照顾亲信与谋取暴利的最佳安排——不要忘记在伊拉克失蹤的数十亿美元——许多人与您有同样的看法。

• first, government should check the cornering and profiteering in the real estate market.

  首先，政府应该遏制房地产市场囤积居奇以谋取暴利的行为。

• for instance, mr khanna's worldview has no room for the recent controversy over profiteering among microfinance lenders.

  比如说，肯纳先生的世界观没有挤出一点空间去思索最近有关小额信贷商谋求暴利的争议。

• in our modern world, i think we can use a little consumer disobedience—to make sure banks, corporations, and other profiteering interests don’t do the same.

  我认为，在这个摩登世界里，我们可以动用一点消费者不服从，确保银行、公司和其他利益体不做同样的事。

• but it was never going to be enough to satisfy the voters, who firmly believe that the nefarious duo are profiteering from the woes of a small country caught up in a global financial crisis.

  但是，选民从来是不会被满足的，他们认为英荷这些国家是乘火打劫，从深陷全球金融危机的小国身上牟利。

• today, firms are seen by many as more profiteering than profit-making.

  现在，在许多人看来，制药公司是在牟取暴利而非赚取利润。

• in recent years, from the investment point of view of the shops, shops of profiteering era is over.

  近年来，从投资的角度来看，商店，商店的暴利时代已经结束。

• in mature market conditions, fair competition in any industry there can be no profiteering .

  在成熟的市场条件，公平竞争，在任何行业不可能有暴利。

• dubai is suffering from a slump in the trading, lending, holidaying and profiteering that buoyed this remarkable emirate for so long.

  迪拜正遭受贸易、借贷业、度假业和投机活动的重创，它们长期以来为这个着名酋长国的经济保驾护航。

• he tried to sue the retailer for profiteering in a local court last month, presenting a picture of the melon plus the receipt.

  上月，法国人出示了那个甜瓜的照片和收据，在当地法院起诉零售商牟取暴利。

• he tried to sue the retailer for profiteering in a local court last month and presented a picture of the rather ordinary melon plus the receipt.

  上个月，他设法去当地法院起诉这个零售商，控告该超市是在牟取暴利，同时他还将一张极为普通的甜瓜照片及买瓜收据展示了出来。

• mr blankfein gurned incredulously at some of the senators’ questions, doubtless baffled that they would characterise as immoral profiteering what he views as prudent risk management.

  blankfein先生对议员们的一些问题持怀疑态度，毫无疑问他是为议员们将他认为的谨慎的风险管理定义为不道德的牟取暴利行为而感到困扰。

• the energy retail association (era), which represents suppliers, has rejected the accusation of profiteering and insisted that pricing was right given the current uncertainty.

  代表供应商方的能源零售协会否认了关于供应商谋取暴利的指控，并且坚称，在当前形势不稳定的情况下，现用的定价策略是正确的。