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

• They also make price volatility worse and reduce investment in new production because exporters cannot access high international prices, governments often tax windfall profits from price rises, and fluctuating prices increase risk and raise the cost of capital.
  由于出口商无法与较高的国际价格接轨，这会导致资源价格更不稳定，并减少对新生产的投资。而政府往往又通过征税从价格上涨中获益，波动的价格增加了风险和资金的成本。
• Imposing either a windfall tax or special curbs on bonuses is an understandable political response to what is happening.
  征收暴利税或对奖金发放加以特别限制，是针对当前现实的政治回应，可以理解。
• It could be a windfall!
  这可能是个意外的收获！
• So why do I now find the idea of a windfall tax on banks so appealing?
  那麽为什麽我现在发现，向银行徵收意外收入税这个主意很有吸引力呢？
• Fate has offered him a windfall.
  命运给他带来了意外之喜。
• 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。
• Call the windfall the real "cost" of the IPO.
  这笔横财是IPO真正的“成本”。
• 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。
• 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。
• You know, I am supposed to have a windfall this year.
  你知道我今年有财运嘛。