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

• 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。
• In the process, it handed a windfall to both the investment bankers and their mainly institutional clients.
  在上市过程中，它倒是把一笔意外横财拱手送给了投资银行家及其主要由机构投资者构成的客户。
• 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。
• The money that my great-uncle left us was certainly a windfall.
  我的大叔叔留给我们的钱无疑是天上掉下来的馅饼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A one-off windfall tax on bonuses would make the pain ahead for society so very much more bearable.
  对奖金徵收一次性的意外收入税，会让社会未来面临的痛苦变得容易忍受得多。
• Call the windfall the real "cost" of the IPO.
  这笔横财是IPO真正的“成本”。
• Some analysts suggest keeping them running and imposing windfall taxes that could be used to promote renewable energy.
  一些分析者认为其实可以允许核电厂继续运行，但应对它们征收暴利税，而这项税收则可以用于推进可再生能源的发展。