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小词详解 | lucrative
lucrative 英 [ˈluːkrətɪv] 美 [ˈluːkrətɪv]
Graduate students are regularly lured away from their studies by lucrative jobs.
面对高薪工作的诱惑,研究生往往会放弃研究生涯。
——《经济学人》A niche business straddling journalism and oil is proving surprisingly lucrative.
横跨新闻业和石油业的利基业务利润之丰厚令人惊讶。
——《经济学人》
[形容词] 产生大量利润的
我可以证实他的话是千真万确的。在如此一个不景气的时期,这份副业很赚钱。
I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement. In such a lean period, it was quite a lucrative sideline.
He never appreciated being awoken early on a Saturday morning, but it was particularly distasteful that he had been called in to oversee the arrest of one of his most lucrative clients.
他从不喜欢周六早上一大早就被人叫醒,然而格外让他倒胃口的是,竟然叫他去监督逮捕他最赚钱的客户之一。
profitable: (of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain gainful: serving to increase wealth or resources; providing money or other benefit remunerative: financially rewarding; lucrative