maximize

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max·i·mize (also maximise British English) /ˈmæksəmaɪz/ AWL verb [transitiveT]

1 BBPROFITto increase something such as profit or income as much as possible 使增加到最大限度，使最大化 OPP minimize

maximize profit/revenue etc

The company’s main function is to maximize profit.

该公司的主要目的是要把利润最大化。

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2. to click on a special part on a window on a computer screen so that it becomes as big as the screen 使〔计算机视窗〕最大化 OPP minimize

3 to use something in a way that gives you the greatest practical value or the best results 最大限度地利用，充分利用

We need to maximize the space.

我们要充分利用空间。

maximize opportunities/chances etc

The career center will help you maximize your opportunities.

职业介绍中心将帮助你充分利用就业机会。

—maximization /ˌmæksəmaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -səmə-/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

maximize• The aim of everyone, irrespective of weight, should be to modify their eating very slightly to maximize health benefits.• We need to look at how to maximize our cash flow.• The idea that maximizing personal consumption is central to individual welfare is less than two hundred years old.• The bank's function is to maximize profits, and that requires some risk-taking.• Both, however, exist to maximize the inclusive fitness of breeding in their exponents.• Strategies that maximize the individual fitness component may be termed selfish.• Diamonds are cut to maximize the stone's beauty.• The state / firm attempts to use productive resources optimally to maximize the supply of appropriate goods available for consumers.• Carr and the Celtics have done a decent job the past 48 hours, maximizing the suspense surrounding their new lineup.• Following this rule will result in choosing the investment that will maximize the value added to the firm.• The result is that they are bought up by development companies, insurance companies and pension funds looking to maximize their value.

maximize profit/revenue etc• Business, after all, exists to maximize profits.• But it should come as no shock that the oil industry is out to maximize profits.• He is meticulous in developing, implementing and maintaining systems which minimize inventory and maximize profit.• It's probably to maximize revenue.• On the supply side, firms maximize profits and entry occurs until the marginal firm can only just break even.• The objective is to maximize revenue and security.• The technicians and experts simply mirror this reality as they squabble over the means to maximize profits for their respective ruling classes.• Apple, which disdained cloning until early 1995, instead chose to maximize profit margins.

From Longman Business Dictionary