英语单词 | lucrative |
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英美音标 | 英 ['luːkrətɪv] 美 ['luːkrətɪv] |
中文释义 | adj.合算的;获利的 |
英语例句 | (1) There is a lucrative black market in car fittings. (2) Her husband is reaching after a more lucrative situation. (3) They surrendered the lucrative bonds for no reason. (4) It was not a lucrative profession. |
中文例句 | (1) 有一个能赚钱的汽车配件黑市。 (2) 她丈夫正在谋求一个待遇较佳的职位。 (3) 他们莫名其妙地放弃了那些正在升值的公债。 (4) 那是一个没有多少油水的职业。 |
vocabulary简明 | Use lucrative to refer to a business or investment that makes money. The drug trade has proved very lucrative, if dangerous, for people willing to risk their lives to take part in it. |
vocabulary扩展 | This adjective is from Latin lucrātīvus, from lucrātus, from lucrārī "to profit," from lucrum "profit." In Latin, lucrum also meant "greed," a negative sense preserved in the English phrase filthy lucre "shameful profit or gain." But there is no shame in the sense of lucrative––if you're lawn mowing job proves lucrative over the summer, you might be able to buy yourself an old car. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]获利多的;赚大钱的 A lucrative activity, job, or business deal is very profitable.
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