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单词 profitable
释义
profitable
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒf.ɪ.tə.bəl/us
/ˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬ə.bəl/
B2
making orlikelyto make aprofit:
Over theyearsit hasdevelopedinto ahighlyprofitablebusiness.经过这些年，它发展成了高盈利企业。
profitableinvestments
Thecompanyhad toeliminate200jobstostayprofitable.
Opposite
unprofitable
in a way thatproducesor islikelytoproduceanadvantage:
I made profitable use of mytime,mixingwith a lot of differentpeopleandpractisingmySpanish.
Opposite
unprofitable
More examples
  • ahighlyprofitablelineofproducts
  • Customers weren'twillingtopayenough to make theproductsprofitable.
  • Thesesalesfiguresare a goodindicationof another profitableyear.
  • Thecompanyremainsmoderatelyprofitable, but it is not making as muchmoneyas it should.
  • Thediscussionturnedout to be really profitable.
  • This did notproveto be a profitablelineofenquiry.
  • Ithinkyou need tofindsomething more profitable to do withyourtime.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Profits & losses
  • anti-profiteering
  • anti-speculative
  • buoyancy
  • cash cow
  • deficit
  • lose
  • loseyourshirtidiom
  • margin
  • muck
  • out-of-pocket
  • pocket
  • profit
  • profit fromsomething
  • profit warning
  • profitability
  • profitably
  • rake-off
  • trade deficit
  • trade surplus
  • winnings
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Useful or advantageous

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profitability
profitably
(Definition ofprofitablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
profitable
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒf.ɪ.tə.bəl/us
/ˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬ə.bəl/
B2
resultingin orlikelytoresultin aprofitor anadvantage
有盈利的；有益的
Over theyearsit hasdevelopedinto ahighlyprofitablebusiness.经过这些年，它发展成了高盈利企业。
I made profitable use of mytime(= used mytimeto getadvantagesorbenefits),mixingwith a lot of differentpeopleandpractisingmySpanish.我充分利用时间和许多不同的人交往，练习我的西班牙语。
Opposite
unprofitable
More examples
  • ahighlyprofitablelineofproducts
  • Thesesalesfiguresare a goodindicationof another profitableyear.
  • Thecompanyremainsmoderatelyprofitable, but it is not making as muchmoneyas it should.
  • Thediscussionturnedout to be really profitable.
  • profitableinvestments

profitable| American Dictionary

profitable
adjective
us
/ˈprɑf·ɪ·t̬ə·bəl/
resultingin orlikelytoresultin aprofitor abenefit:
a profitablebusiness
Itryto make profitable use of mytime.

profitability

noun[U]us
/ˌprɑf·ɪ·t̬əˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i/
Herevealedplanstorestorethe magazine’s profitability.

profitably

adverbus
/ˈprɑf·ɪ·t̬ə·bli/
We canoperateprofitably within thatmarket.
(Definition ofprofitablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

profitable| Business English

profitable
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒfɪtəbl/us
COMMERCE,FINANCE
producingaprofit:
a profitable business/companyThey are now among the most profitablecompaniesquotedon the New York Stock Exchange.
highly/very profitableThis is ahighlyprofitablebusiness.
aprofitablemarket/product
profitablegrowth
be profitable for sb to do sthConsumers need toconvincefarmersthat it can be profitable for them togroworganicfood.
giving anadvantageorusefulresult:
Themeetinghad gone well, and hefeltit had been a profitablemorning.
(Definition ofprofitablefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofitable

profitable
Local finance is too expensive under structural adjustment to make agricultural marketingprofitable.
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Evidence was found, however, to suggest that full adopters of the technology had moreprofitablefarms than partial adopters.
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Tobacco worked well for farmers, who soon found that it was moreprofitableif traded outside of the colonial marketing system.
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Farming practices that are economicallyprofitablein the short-run usually attract farmers' interest and are therefore more likely to be adopted.
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The organic rotation wheat-sweet clover will be moreprofitablethan wheat-fallow in the long term, but will be lessprofitablethan continuous wheat.
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The fact that organic fruit costs twice as much as inorganic fruit means greater profits and makes organic banana production aprofitableagricultural system.
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And lurking in the background is industry promotion of aprofitableproduct.
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The key argument on oaths in this commentary is contained in his observation that solemn oaths are bothprofitableand needful.
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The argument was that even academic and quasi-academic institutions should actively seek to market their services and engage inprofitabletrading with private sector customers.
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Cultural capital not only has been conserved but has generated revenue byprofitableconversion into social and economic capital.
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The combination encouraged efficiency and produced reasonablyprofitablepastoral farming.
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There is mounting evidence that this approach is neitherprofitablefor producers nor good for the environment2.
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Initially, most payment programs for land diversion had a fixed payment per land unit, attracting the leastprofitablelands while maximizing the area enrolled.
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As with any investment, the returns must exceed the actors' discount rates and be moreprofitablethan alternative available uses of the resources.
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Sharp and his wife also kept a grocery shop for several years, but did not find itprofitable.
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