| 单词 | lucrative |
| 释义 | lucrative (luːkrətɪv ) adjective A lucrative activity, job, or business deal is very profitable. Thousands of ex-army officers have found lucrative jobs in private security firms. Synonyms: profitable, rewarding, productive, fruitful Collocations: increasingly lucrative Memoirs have often provided a private pension fund but, in recent years, the lecture circuit has proved increasingly lucrative. Times, Sunday Times Unencumbered by past sins, these challenger banks have started to make inroads into the increasingly lucrative loans industry. Times, Sunday Times The £325,000 threshold has been frozen since 2009, making it an increasingly lucrative source of revenue for the taxman. Times,Sunday Times Computer games in the high-street arcade are beginning to resemble exercise machines and an increasingly lucrative cyber-athlete professional league has been established. Times, Sunday Times They're also increasingly lucrative for the music industry. Times, Sunday Times He's also on the verge of signing a lucrative advertising deal to fill a new range of underpants. The Sun It guarantees column inches in magazines and can lead to lucrative advertising deals. Times, Sunday Times Tactics include buying lucrative advertising supplements in cashstrapped commercial news outlets and offering free content to broadcasters. Times,Sunday Times It has also lost its bank holiday matches, which are more desirable as they typically attract higher audiences - and therefore more lucrative advertising. Times, Sunday Times Box-office bank-ability may be augmented by the right choice of outfit; lucrative advertising endorsements follow. Times, Sunday Times But it was hardly lucrative employment. Times, Sunday Times I suspect many would have abandoned the service for more lucrative employment elsewhere were it not for this restriction. Times, Sunday Times I graduated into a job market that offered secure and lucrative employment. Times, Sunday Times He was trained as an engraver, and commercial engraving for booksellers remained his primary and most lucrative employment. The Times Literary Supplement The insatiable demand for housing also ensured lucrative employment for thousands of people. Times, Sunday Times There would surely be a lucrative export market. Times, Sunday Times The country has also spotted a potentially lucrative export opportunity, if it can master the emerging technology before others. Times, Sunday Times Of the two, sugar was the considerably more lucrative export. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mineral was a lucrative export at the time and was a major factor for the island being part of international commerce. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It would be a lucrative investment in goodwill. Times, Sunday Times These books are not so much record-straightening accounts as acts of political self-defence and selfjustification; both historical insurance and lucrative investment. Times, Sunday Times He also wants the banking regulator to approve every single mortgage sold and to force banks to turn their vastly lucrative investment arms into separate consultancies. Times, Sunday Times An old-fashioned broker, his first priority was serving his clients and being their eyes and ears in the market rather than drumming up lucrative investment banking work for his employer. Times, Sunday Times That means that they would be willing to opt for more lucrative investments and the estimated 6 billion deficit, and cause of the proposed changes, would shrink considerably. Times, Sunday Times Despite the economic challenges faced by the industry, for those still employed it remains a lucrative profession. Times, Sunday Times I know it's never been a lucrative profession. Times, Sunday Times It was not a highly lucrative profession, but he loved its immediacy, its glamor, and the fun of revealing people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After that, financial pressures forced him to take up a more lucrative profession. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They could have entered lucrative professions such as law or banking but, like many of their generation, they crave a different kind of job satisfaction. Times, Sunday Times She became better known for her good looks and lucrative sponsorship deals. Times, Sunday Times The top players receive lucrative sponsorship deals from hardware manufacturers. Times, Sunday Times Lucrative sponsorship deals bringing in 300,000 a year have been cancelled. Times, Sunday Times The tournament has been awash with aces, match points, talking points
and lucrative sponsorship logos. The Sun Brand experts warned that celebrities who were exposed as members of tax avoidance schemes faced losing lucrative sponsorship deals and endorsements because of public opprobrium. Times, Sunday Times There are also his and hers book deals; his the most lucrative sports biography deal in history worth 5m over five books, hers 400,000. Times, Sunday Times Such injuries are a problem to repair in a way that provides not only reasonable quality of life, but even the possibility of resuming a lucrative sporting career. Times, Sunday Times Banking sources said that the approach would flush out others, putting one of the world's most lucrative sports businesses 'in play'. Times, Sunday Times However, these are desperate measures, as illegal silver mining continues to thrive as a dangerous but lucrative venture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both the geopolitical environment and the economic difficulty of the colony made privateering a successful and lucrative venture, both for the individual and for the government itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The brand grew to encompass mobile phones, gyms, trains and financial services, which may yet turn out to be one of his most lucrative ventures. Times, Sunday Times Excess capacity can drain the company's resources and prevent investments into more lucrative ventures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company claims to be years, if not decades, ahead of its peers in this potentially lucrative field. Times, Sunday Times It was a contorted but potentially lucrative money trail. Times, Sunday Times These involve finances, new ventures and potentially lucrative partnerships. Times, Sunday Times There are ways to tap into the potentially lucrative pickings that private companies offer. Times, Sunday Times There was, however, another potentially lucrative application: crime detection. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 有利的 Japanese: 儲かる |
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