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？
• Our rule of thumb is that consumers typically spend half of their windfall.
  他表示：我们的经验是，消费者一般会将意外收获的一半用于支出。
• Africa's seeds are a potential windfall investment for Monsanto.
  非洲的种子对孟山都公司的投资是一笔潜在的横财。
• The government is making windfall profits from everyone by selling land.
  政府正在通过卖土地来发横财。
• So why do I now find the idea of a windfall tax on banks so appealing?
  那麽为什麽我现在发现，向银行徵收意外收入税这个主意很有吸引力呢？
• You know, I am supposed to have a windfall this year.
  你知道我今年有财运嘛。
• For many, the crisis has also handed them a windfall.
  对于许多人来说，危机也让他们发了一笔横财。
• And with disproportionately large financial sectors, these two countries have also enjoyed a financial windfall from the rise of China and other emerging markets.
  而且，由于它们拥有异常庞大的金融业，这两个国家也从中国和其它新兴市场的崛起中发了一笔横财。
• 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。
• Call the windfall the real "cost" of the IPO.
  这笔横财是IPO真正的“成本”。