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单词 profiteering
释义
profiteering
noun[U]
disapproving
uk
/ˌprɒf.ɪˈtɪə.rɪŋ/us
/ˌprɑː.fəˈtɪr.ɪŋ/
theactof takingadvantageof asituationinorderto make aprofit, usually bycharginghighpricesfor thingspeopleneed:
牟取暴利，投机倒把
Thepharmaceuticalcompanyhas beenchargedwith profiteering from theAIDScrisis.这家制药公司被控从艾滋病危机中牟取暴利。
We will nottolerateprofiteering onfoodaidthat issupposedto befree.我们不会容忍从本应免费的粮食援助中牟取暴利。
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  • There is profiteering, ofcourse- somesecond-ratehotelsarechargingeye-wateringratesduring theOlympics.
  • War profiteering is anage-oldphenomenon.
  • Helambastedthepharmaceuticalindustryfor "shamefulprofiteering."
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
  • profitable
  • rake-off
  • trade deficit
  • trade surplus
  • winnings
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(Definition ofprofiteeringfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

profiteering| Business English

profiteering
noun[U]
uk
/ˌprɒfɪˈtɪərɪŋ/us
COMMERCE
theactivityof takingunfairadvantageof asituationto make alargeprofit, often bysellinggoodsthat aredifficultto get at a very highprice:
The CompetitionCommissionisinvestigatingsupermarketpricesandaccusationsof profiteering.
(Definition ofprofiteeringfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofiteering

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Butprofiteeringwas not the only objectionable behavior.
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This is not to say that it was enforced uniformly, systematically, or consistently, or that its enforcement was not sometimes governed byprofiteering.
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Scarcities, blackmarketeering andprofiteeringhad a deep and lasting impact on society.
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The scope forprofiteeringby traders was therefore limited.
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Unfortunately, the ethical proscriptions have been emasculated by financial pressures, by increasing commercialism of academic medicine, and byprofiteering.
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This was not a general prohibition on trade, but an attempt to overcome perceivedprofiteering.
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The sincerest compliment power pays to wealth is the crescendo of corruption andprofiteeringamong cadres that occasioned the protests of early 1989.
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Public opinion held the urban retailers and artisans in the food sectors responsible forprofiteeringand famine.
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Profiteeringand hoarding were serious problems.
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As long as health-care technologies continue to reflect gender bias, women will face potential harm in a health-care system under an onslaught of commercializing andprofiteeringinterests.
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Profits and wealth that resulted from economic activities that did not conform to these standards were considered illicit and people used the term aischrokerdia (profiteering) to describe them.
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These regulations must be prayed against because they are oppressive for families with children and seek to justify the most blatantprofiteeringfrom nationality applications.
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The attack upon landprofiteeringhas always been a popular radical rallying cry.
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Prices collapse, there is terrible hardship and indeed terribleprofiteeringby middlemen.
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It is like foodprofiteeringin a besieged town.
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