| 单词 | to do well out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do well out of b. to do well out of: to profit by or from. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit win1340 to wind the penny1546 vantage1563 to turn a profit1843 to do well out of1857 1857 Rep. Sel. Comm. House of Lords on Coalwhippers Act 73 in Parl. Papers 1857: Session 2 (H.C. 286) XII. 1 The second [answer] was, ‘Did very well out of the old Act of Parliament office; 1l. a week, and no deduction.’ 1884 Graphic 29 Nov. 562/3 The second category of companies is usually so managed that the originators do pretty well out of it whether those of the shareholders who are not ‘in the swim’ gain a profit or lose their Capital. 1919 J. M. Keynes Econ. Consequences of Peace v. 133 They are a lot of hard-faced men..who look as if they had done very well out of the war. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. iii. 577 Seth..had done very well out of the Festival. 1987 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) p. vi/3 Russell is often portrayed as one of the greediest of the Tudor ‘New Men’ who did well out of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 173 For a time, Brazil did very well out of rubber. Indeed it seemed set to transform the country's economy. < as lemmas |
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