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Profiteer N `Prɔfi'tiə N.奸商,牟取暴利者 英 奸商,牟取暴利者(On E Makes

单词 profiteer
音标 [`prɔfi'tiə]
解释 n.奸商,牟取暴利者
红宝书 【英】 n. 奸商,牟取暴利者(on e who makes an unreasonable profit)
【记】 profit(利润)+eer(人 )→赚利润之人→奸商
【例】 The profiteer sold items in short supply for very high prices.
字源 profiteer (v.)
1797, but dormant in English until it was revived in World War I, from profit + -eer. From 1912 as a noun. Related: Profiteering (1814).
Or is it simply hysteria which produces what is to-day termed "the profiteer?" It is probable that the modern profiteer is the same person whom we formerly called "the grafter, the extortioner, the robber, the gouger." ["Legal Aid Review," April 1920]
不择手段背单词 n. 奸商(供应短缺时牟取暴利者)
【记】源于: profit(n 利润)
趣味全助记 【记】profit + eer 人,赢利之人,比常见的er 多个e 指的是奸商

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