ADJECTIVE | VERB + PROFIT | PROFIT + VERB | PROFIT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, decent, enormous, fat, good, greater, handsome, healthy, hefty, high, huge, large, massive, maximum, record, strong, substantial, tidy巨額的利潤;可觀的利潤;不錯的利潤;巨大的利潤;豐厚的利潤;最大化的利潤;創紀錄的利潤;穩固的利潤➤increasing, rising不斷增加的/上升的利潤➤obscene骯髒的利潤◇At whose expense are those obscene profits made?那些骯髒的利潤是從誰那裏賺取的?➤low, modest, reasonable, small薄利;微利◇They closed down after years of low profits.他們數年來獲利微薄,終致倒閉。➤declining, falling減少的/下降的利潤➤overall, total總利潤➤average, steady平均的/穩定的利潤◇a commodity that produced steady profits一種產生穩定利潤的商品➤additional, excess, extra額外的利潤;超額的利潤▸➤lost, unrealized虧損的/未實現的利潤◇Damaged goods mean lost profit.商品有損毀意味着利潤受損。➤quick迅速獲得的利潤◇He's only interested in making a quick profit.他只對賺快錢感興趣。➤pure純利潤◇$700 million of almost pure profit幾乎 7 億美元的純利潤➤expected預期利潤◇The expected profits have not materialized.沒有實現預期的利潤。➤potential潛在利潤◇the potential profits from insider trading內部交易的潛在利潤➤future未來盈利▸➤gross, pre-tax (especially BrE) 毛利;稅前收益▸➤after-tax, clear, net, post-tax (especially BrE) 稅後收益;純利▸➤taxable應納稅的利潤➤reported報告利潤▸➤interim, short-term中期/短期利潤▸➤annual, quarterly年利潤;季利潤◇an annual profit of £50 0005 萬英鎊的年利潤➤first-quarter, full-year, half-year, second-quarter, etc.第一季度、全年、半年、第二季度等的利潤▸➤corporate, group公司/集團收益▸➤operating, trading經營/貿易利潤➤personal個人收益◇Jakob had realized a personal profit of $240 000.雅各布實現了 24 萬美元的個人收益。VERB + PROFIT➤bring, bring in, deliver, earn, generate, make, produce, realize, reap, return, turn, yield產生利潤;獲利◇The CD generated record profits.這張光盤賺得的利潤創了紀錄。➤boost, increase提高利潤➤double使利潤翻番▸➤maximize使收益最大化▸➤post, report公佈/報告利潤◇The company posted second-quarter profits of $570 million.該公司公佈的第二季度利潤為 5.7 億美元。➤show顯示出盈利◇The company started to show a profit in its first year.公司在第一年就開始盈利。➤take獲取利潤◇Investors will take the profits.投資者會獲取利潤。➤guarantee保證利潤➤share, split分享/分割利潤PROFIT + VERB➤climb, grow, increase, jump, rise, soar, surge利潤上漲/增長/增加/猛增/提高/高漲/急增◇Profits surged 41% to £13 million.利潤猛增 41%,達到 1,300 萬英鎊。➤decline, drop, fall, plummet, plunge利潤減少/下降/回落/急速下降/猛降▸➤accrue, arise利潤產生◇profits accruing to the taxpayer from the sale of property銷售房產給納稅人帶來的收益PROFIT + NOUN➤margin, rate利潤率➤sharing利潤分享➤motive利潤驅動力◇the pharmaceutical companies' profit motive製藥公司的利潤驅動力➤maximization利潤最大化◇We are continuing our strategy of profit maximization.我們將繼續執行利潤最大化的戰略。➤centre/center利潤中心◇The interest paid on credit-card bills has become the largest profit centre / center for banks.信用卡賬單支付的利息已成為銀行最大的利潤來源。PREPOSITION➤against profits與收益相對◇The company made losses of $500 000 against profits of $750 000.這家公司損失了 50 萬美元,收益 75 萬美元。➤at a profit有盈利◇We should be able to sell the piano at a profit.賣掉這架鋼琴,我們應該能賺錢。➤for profit為了獲利◇The goods were sold for profit.這些商品的出售是為了獲利。➤profit from來自⋯的收益◇profits from property investments來自不動產投資的利潤➤profit on從⋯獲利◇Did you make a profit on your house when you sold it?你賣掉房子時賺錢了嗎?PHRASES➤a decline in profits, a fall in profits利潤的下滑➤an increase in profits, a rise in profits利潤的上升▸➤profit after tax, profit before tax稅後/稅前利潤◇Profit before tax increased by 40% on last year.稅前利潤比去年增加了 40%。➡ note at per cent(for more verbs)➡ topic at business