windfall

英 [ˈwɪndfɔːl]

美 [ˈwɪndfɔːl]

n.  意外之财; 意外获得的东西; 风吹落的果子(尤指苹果)

复数：windfalls　

GRETEM8经济

Collins.1 / BNC.15234 / COCA.12082

牛津词典

noun

• 意外之财；意外获得的东西
  an amount of money that sb/sth wins or receives unexpectedly
  1. The hospital got a sudden windfall of £300 000.
     这家医院获得了一笔30万英镑的意外款项。
  2. windfall profits
     意外的利润
  3. The government imposed a windfall tax (= a tax on profits to be paid once only, not every year) on some industries.
     政府对某些行业征收暴利税。
• 风吹落的果子（尤指苹果）
  a fruit, especially an apple, that the wind has blown down from a tree

柯林斯词典

• 意外之财;横财
  Awindfallis a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery.
• 被风吹落的果子（尤指苹果）
  Awindfallis a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree.

英英释义

noun

• a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
  1. the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
  Synonym:boombonanzagold rushgravygodsendmanna from heavenbunce
• fruit that has fallen from the tree

双语例句

• Are the Gulf countries handling their windfall any better this time?
  海湾国家是否这次更好地处理了他们的意外收获？
• Fate has offered him a windfall.
  命运给他带来了意外之喜。
• The unassuming Texas resident celebrated his windfall by having a family portrait photograph taken Wednesday morning.
  这位德克萨斯居民在周三的早上全家照了一张全家福，以庆祝他获得了这份意外之财。
• It could be a windfall!
  这可能是个意外的收获！
• Call the windfall the real "cost" of the IPO.
  这笔横财是IPO真正的“成本”。
• The central bank has ensured a windfall for banks by keeping deposit rates low, while deregulating lending rates.
  中国央行在解除贷款利率管制的同时，将储蓄利率维持在低水平，确保了银行的厚利。
• Russia and Brazil are benefiting from high commodity prices but are not attempting to invest their windfall in long-term economic development.
  俄罗斯和巴西得益于大宗商品价格的高企，但却没有打算将这笔横财投资于长期经济发展。
• Hedgers 'loss is others' gain, giving a temporary windfall to midwestern refiners.
  对冲者的损失即其他人的所得中西部炼油商获得了暂时性的意外收获。
• Imposing either a windfall tax or special curbs on bonuses is an understandable political response to what is happening.
  征收暴利税或对奖金发放加以特别限制，是针对当前现实的政治回应，可以理解。
• Limiting rates paid to depositors also does not necessarily bestow windfall profits to banks.
  此外，对存款利率设限也未必会给银行带来暴利。