profit

noun

1. 利润；收益；赢利
   the money that you make in business or by selling things, especially after paying the costs involved
   1. a rise/an increase/a drop/a fall in profits
      收益的上升 / 增长 / 跌落 / 下降
   2. The company made a healthy profit on the deal.
      公司在这笔生意中获利颇丰。
   3. Profit from exports rose 7.3%.
      出口利润增长了7.3%。
   4. Net profit (= after you have paid costs and tax) was up 16.1%.
      纯利润上升了16.1%。
   5. The sale generated record profits .
      这笔生意带来了创纪录的收益。
   6. We should be able to sell the house at a profit .
      我们卖掉这座房子应该可以获利。
   7. The agency is voluntary and not run for profit .
      这个机构是义务性的，不是为了赢利。
2. 好处；利益；裨益
   the advantage that you get from doing sth
   1. Future lawyers could study this text with profit.
      未来的律师研读这一文本也许会有裨益。

verb

1. 获益；得到好处；对…有用（或有益）
   to get sth useful from a situation; to be useful to sb or give them an advantage
   1. Farmers are profiting from the new legislation.
      新法规使农民受益。
   2. We tried to profit by our mistakes (= learn from them) .
      我们努力从错误中吸取教训。
   3. Many local people believe the development will profit them.
      当地的许多人认为，这项开发将对他们有利。

1. N-VAR 利润；收益；盈利
   A profit is an amount of money that you gain when you are paid more for something than it cost you to make, get, or do it.
   1. The bank made pre-tax profits of £3.5 million...
      这家银行的税前利润为350万英镑。
   2. You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning...
      你可以通过合理计划来提高盈利的机会。
   3. The profit motive is inherently at odds with principles of fairness and equity.
      盈利动机天生就与公平和公正的原则相抵触。
2. VERB 盈利；获取利润；赚钱
   If you profit from something, you earn a profit from it.
   1. Footballers are accustomed to profiting handsomely from bonuses...
      足球运动员对获取丰厚的奖金已习以为常。
   2. He has profited by selling his holdings to other investors...
      他将自己的股票卖给其他投资者，从中获利。
   3. The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family.
      这些经销商通过损害我家人的利益不光彩地赚钱。
3. V-ERG 得益（于）；对…有益；对…有好处
   If you profit from something, or it profits you, you gain some advantage or benefit from it.
   1. Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle...
      珍尼弗还不完全相信更轻松的生活方式会对她有好处。
   2. So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little...
      到目前为止叛军都没有从法国同盟那里获得什么好处。
   3. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
      恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处？
   4. Profit is also a noun.
      
   5. The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre.
      这位艺术家从卢浮宫受益颇多。

1. Pretax profit surged almost twelvefold.
   税前利润几乎涨到了原来的12倍。
2. Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a$ 24m profit had turned into a$ 20m deficit.
   去年10月，由于对2,400万美元的利润变成了2,000万的亏损感到担心，这家银行畏缩了。
3. A public service run for profit — a contradiction in terms if there ever was one.
   以营利为目的的公共服务机构——这是典型的用词上的自相矛盾（如果真有这种说法的话）。
4. Profit and dividend growth looks like being above average for the foreseeable future.
   利润和红利的增长看上去会在较长时间内维持在平均水平之上。
5. Do you think that they would forfeit profit in the name of safety?
   你认为他们会为了安全而放弃利润吗？
6. This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
   今年该航空公司将很难赢利。
7. In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output
   为了获得最大利润，这家公司会把产量增至最大。
8. They pass on their cost of borrowing and add it to their profit margin
   他们将借款成本转嫁，将其算到利润率里面。
9. You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning
   你可以通过合理计划来提高盈利的机会。
10. The profit motive is inherently at odds with principles of fairness and equity.
    盈利动机天生就与公平和公正的原则相抵触。
11. Footballers are accustomed to profiting handsomely from bonuses
    足球运动员对获取丰厚的奖金已习以为常。
12. He has profited by selling his holdings to other investors
    他将自己的股票卖给其他投资者，从中获利。
13. The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family.
    这些经销商通过损害我家人的利益不光彩地赚钱。
14. Jennifer wasn't yet totally convinced that she'd profit from a more relaxed lifestyle
    珍尼弗还不完全相信更轻松的生活方式会对她有好处。
15. So far the French alliance had profited the rebels little
    到目前为止叛军都没有从法国同盟那里获得什么好处。
16. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
    恐吓或者干掉詹姆斯·辛克莱对谁会有好处？
17. The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.
    去年，这个集团的纯利润率为30%。
18. His purpose was to make a profit by improving the company's performance.
    他的目标是通过提高公司的业绩来实现盈利。
19. It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter
    那是3个公司中唯一一家预计会在本季度盈利的公司。
20. In order to maintain profit margins health and safety regulations are often put to one side.
    为了保持利润率，常置卫生和安全规章于不顾。
21. Shares slid 11p to 293p after brokers downgraded their profit estimates
    股票经纪人降低了他们的利润预期之后，股价下跌了11便士至293便士。
22. Nobody will profit from it.
    没有人会从中得到好处。
23. Profit is not the only yardstick of success.
    利润并不是衡量成功的唯一尺度。
24. The goods are valued in gross profit at 20,000 yuan.
    这批商品的毛利估计为两万元。
25. I gave him my advice; I hope he may profit thereby.
    我已给他劝告了，希望他可以由此受益。
26. I hope to profit by [ from] your advice [ criticism, comments].
    我希望从你的忠告[批评，评语]中得益。
27. Surely we'll profit from your work.
    我们肯定会从你的工作中得到益处。

  advantage benefit profit【导航词义：好处】

  advantage n. 优势，有利条件；好处

〔辨析〕指有助于获得成功的因素或某事有利的方面。

  benefit n. 好处，利益

〔辨析〕最常用词，指任何利益或好处。

  profit n. 〈正式〉益处，好处

〔辨析〕指做某事得到的好处。

noun

1. the advantageous quality of being beneficial

   Synonym:    gain

2. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

   Synonym:    net incomenetnet profitlucreprofitsearnings

verb

1. make a profit
   1. The company has not profited from the merger

   Synonym:    turn a profit

2. derive a benefit from
   1. She profited from his vast experience

   Synonym:    gainbenefit