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[C/U] business money that you make by selling something or from your business, especially the money that remains after you have paid all your business costs. Your total profit before you pay tax is called gross profit, and the amount that remains after you have paid tax on this is called net profit 盈利;利润 Profits rose 31% to £144 million. 利润上升了31%,达到1.44亿英镑。
make a profit : Investors have made a 14% profit in just 3 months. 仅仅3个月的时间,投资者就获得了14%的利润。
profit on : The profit on that deal was £21 million. 那笔交易所得的利润为2,100万英镑。
profit from : All the profits from the sales of the CD will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. 销售这张CD所得的全部利润将捐给多发性硬化症协会。
at a profit (=so that you make a profit) 以获利 : They were buying securities and reselling them at a profit. 他们正在倒卖证券谋利。
for profit (=in order to make money) 为了获利 : the practice of killing whales for profit 为获利而捕杀鲸鱼的行径
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