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

• 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？
• 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。
• The unassuming Texas resident celebrated his windfall by having a family portrait photograph taken Wednesday morning.
  这位德克萨斯居民在周三的早上全家照了一张全家福，以庆祝他获得了这份意外之财。
• 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。
• This portfolio reallocation represents a pure windfall for the oil producers.
  这种投资组合的重新配置，对石油生产商而言，纯粹是一笔意外之财。
• 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。
• Mr wall wants to use the commodity windfall to build more infrastructure and fund more research and development.
  沃尔先生想要运用在商品上的意外获利去修建更多的基础设施和在研究发项目上提供更多资金。
• Its push to invest in infrastructure and property has provided a windfall.
  中国大力投资基础设施和房地产的做法，为这些企业带来了意外收益。
• Our rule of thumb is that consumers typically spend half of their windfall.
  他表示：我们的经验是，消费者一般会将意外收获的一半用于支出。
• The government is making windfall profits from everyone by selling land.
  政府正在通过卖土地来发横财。