profitable

adj.

1. 有利润的；赢利的
   that makes or is likely to make money
   1. a highly profitable business
      一家赢利很高的企业
   2. It is usually more profitable to sell direct to the public.
      向社会大众直销往往获利较高。
2. 有益的；有好处的
   that gives sb an advantage or a useful result
   1. She spent a profitable afternoon in the library.
      她在图书馆待了一个下午，颇有收获。

1. ADJ-GRADED 盈利的；有利润的；赚钱的
   A profitable organization or practice makes a profit.
   1. Drug manufacturing is the most profitable business in America...
      制药业是美国利润最丰厚的业务。
   2. It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.
      生产大量的食物能让他们获利。
2. ADJ-GRADED 有利可图的；有益的；有用的
   Something that is profitable results in some benefit for you.
   1. ...collaboration which leads to a profitable exchange of personnel and ideas.
      有利于人员和观念交流的合作

1. The bottom line is that it's not profitable
   最重要的一点是它无利可图。
2. Drug manufacturing is the most profitable business in America
   制药业是美国利润最丰厚的业务。
3. It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.
   生产大量的食物能让他们获利。
4. Tina believed that, given time, her business would become profitable.
   蒂娜相信假以时日，她的生意一定会盈利。
5. The gentleman understands what is moral, the small man what is profitable.
   君子喻于义，小人喻于利。（《论语》）
6. The stock market is profitable.
   股市利好。
7. It's more profitable to grow rice than sorghum here.
   咱这儿种稻子比种高粱出息大。
8. Especially, it provides a profitable tool for extracting rules from experience knowledge.
   该模型为经验知识的总结归纳提供了有益手段。
9. That business became profitable last year.
   那项生意去年变得很赚钱。
10. It's profitable to grow vegetables out of season.
    错季种菜利润丰厚。
11. This kind of business is quite profitable.
    这生意来钱。
12. Companies that get service right – see southwest and Zappos – are rewarded with profitable growth and devoted customers.
    服务做得好的公司看看西南航空（Southwest）和美国网络鞋店Zappos在保证盈利的情况下都实现了企业增长，并赢得了回头客。
13. We have companies in Africa that can be some of our most profitable.
    我们目前在非洲的公司可能会是我们集团最赚钱的企业。
14. Bank bosses still value the support research analysts can give their profitable investment-banking and corporate-advisory businesses.
    银行老板仍人重视支持研究分析给自己投资银行和咨询公司业务带来利润。
15. The company was profitable the first year.
    公司首年便实现了盈利。
16. You can invest in profitable ventures.
    你可以做一些营利性的投资。
17. Retail is not profitable but it offers trading volume and cash flow.
    做零售没有利润，但能产生交易量和现金流。
18. 'I built a huge profitable business with no debt,' she says.
    她说：我不背债就建立了一家利润丰厚的大公司。
19. When other importers place their goods on the market, we have sold ours at profitable prices.
    当其他进口商将货物投放市场时，我们已经以盈利价格售出了我们的货。
20. Profitable businesses and creditworthy consumers would suffer.
    盈利企业和信誉良好的消费者将受到损害。
21. As a Texas redneck with acute money problems, you join the profitable fish business.
    作为一个钱的问题严重德州乡下人，你加入了有利可图的鱼生意。
22. As manager is looking for more power and prestige, they can tend to be less profitable operations.
    作为管理者，是寻求更多的权力和威望，他们往往不在乎有利润的的业务。
23. Analysts say products relating to corporate and investment banking remain a profitable niche for overseas banks.
    分析师表示，对海外银行来说，与公司及投行业务相关的产品，仍是一个有利可图的利基领域。
24. Payments are also a profitable activity for banks, compared with the risky, capital-intensive business of lending.
    对银行来说，与高风险、资本密集型的放贷业务相比，支付还是一种有利可图的活动。
25. New rules on capital and liquidity are also likely to make these businesses less profitable.
    资本和流动性方面的新规则也可能使投行业务盈利能力下降。
26. With that amount of money I should be able to engage in some profitable business.
    如果有了那笔钱，我就可以从事一些有利可图的事业。
27. For News Corp this was an attractive opportunity to consolidate the cash flows of a mature and profitable business.
    对新闻集团来说，这是一个诱人的机会，合并一项成熟而又盈利业务的现金流。
28. Integrating Workbench with BizTalk opens up the profitable ESB market.
    与BizTalk的集成工作台打开了有利润的ESB市场。
29. He studied the German market to find the potential there for profitable investment.
    他对德国的市场进行了研究以寻求投资获利的可能性。
30. If you need a job, know that sales work will be profitable.
    如果你需要工作，要知道销售工作将有利可图。

adj

1. yielding material gain or profit
   1. profitable speculation on the stock market