| 单词 | profitable |
| 释义 | profitable (once / 305 pages) adj Things that are profitable make money or are beneficial in other ways. Businesses hope to be profitable in the financial sense, but a profitable relationship is one that's good for everyone involved. Profitable started out as a word to describe anything useful, but it hooked up with finance in the mid-1700’s. Profits are measured in money earned beyond expenses, so profitable businesses or transactions make money. A busy restaurant, sold-out concert, and best-selling book are all profitable. People also use this word for situations that are good in ways that don’t involve money. If you learned a lot from something, then it was a profitable experience, even if you didn't make any cash. WORD FAMILYprofitable: profitability, profitableness, profitabler, profitablest, profitably, unprofitable+/nonprofit: nonprofits/profit: nonprofit, profitable, profited, profiteer, profiting, profitless, profits, profitting/profiteer: profiteered, profiteering, profiteers/profitless: profitlessly/unprofitable: unprofitability, unprofitableness, unprofitably USAGE EXAMPLESExplaining this research is clearly within the mandate of the Labor Department, whose mission statement includes a pledge to “advance opportunities for profitable employment.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) In a classic business deal, an entrepreneur puts up collateral to get a loan for a potentially profitable investment. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Tentpole releases from major artists are still the thing that allows labels to stay profitable and for smaller acts to survive. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) adj yielding material gain or profit profitable speculation on the stock market Syn|Ant advantageous giving an advantage productiveproducing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) bankableguaranteed to bring a profit fat, juicylucrative gainful, paid, payingyielding a fair profit economicfinancially rewarding lucrative, moneymaking, remunerativeproducing a sizeable profit useful, utilebeing of use or service unprofitable producing little or no profit or gain unproductivenot producing or capable of producing dead, idlenot yielding a return leannot profitable or prosperous marginalproducing at a rate that barely covers production costs unremunerativenot yielding profit or recompense unsuccessfulnot successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome uselesshaving no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully |
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