profiteer 英 [ˌprɒfɪ'tɪər]   美 [ˈprɑfɪˈtɪr]

profiteer

profiteer  英 [ˌprɒfɪ'tɪər] 美 [ˈprɑfɪˈtɪr]

vi. 赚大钱;牟取暴利  n. [贸易] 奸商;牟取暴利的人 

进行时:profiteering  过去式:profiteered  过去分词:profiteered  第三人称单数:profiteers  名词复数:profiteers 

I feel like a war-time profiteer. 我觉得自己就像一个战时的奸商。
He tried to profiteer from this dirty deal. 他想在这笔肮脏的交易中捞一把。

  • To profiteer is to take advantage of a situation or a person in order to make money. A landlord might profiteer during a housing shortage by doubling rents.
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  • vi. 赚大钱;牟取暴利
  • n. [贸易] 奸商;牟取暴利的人
  • 1. I feel like a war-time profiteer.

    我觉得自己就像一个战时的奸商。

  • 2. He tried to profiteer from this dirty deal.

    他想在这笔肮脏的交易中捞一把。

  • 3. Mr Sanader told the court that he denied “the charge of being a war profiteer with repugnance.

    萨纳德告诉法庭他否认“被指控是一名令人厌恶的战时投机商。

  • 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).
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