| 释义 |
at a profitMaking more money than is spent buying, operating, or producing something: doing up houses and selling them at a profit...- The pre-school is not a business, but a registered charity, unable to operate at a profit, forbidden to do so under laws governing charities.
- The management told us before Christmas that we were a little down on the projected budget in the three months to December but the company was still operating at a profit.
- It has the largest number of trains, stations, and long distance travellers, and it operates at a profit.
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