windfall

US [ˈwɪn(d)ˌfɔl]
UK [ˈwɪn(d)ˌfɔːl]
  • n.意外之财；意外获得的东西；风吹落的果子（尤指苹果）
  • Web横财；外快；意外的收获
Plural Form：windfalls  

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windfall
n.
1.
意外之财；意外获得的东西an amount of money that sb/sth wins or receives unexpectedly
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。
windfall profits
意外的利润
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。
2.
风吹落的果子（尤指苹果）a fruit, especially an apple, that the wind has blown down from a tree

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1.
George Osborne, shadow chancellor, is refusing to rule out his own windfall tax and demanding that banks forgo their tax losses.
影子财相乔治-奥斯本（GeorgeOsborne）拒绝取消他自己提出暴利税方案，并要求银行放弃税损。
yǐng zi cái xiāng qiáo zhì - ào sī běn ( GeorgeOsborne ) jù jué qǔ xiāo tā zì jǐ tí chū bào lì shuì fāng àn , bìng yāo qiú yín háng fàng qì shuì sǔn 。
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2.
Convenience store chains, wary of anti-smoking sentiment, have been reluctant to refer publicly to the windfall nature of their sales boost.
对反烟情绪十分谨慎的便民连锁店一直不愿意公开提及它们销售增长的本质是意外之财。
duì fǎn yān qíng xù shí fēn jǐn shèn de biàn mín lián suǒ diàn yì zhí bù yuàn yì gōng kāi tí jí tā men xiāo shòu zēng zhǎng de běn zhì shì yì wài zhī cái 。
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3.
It might have led to a windfall financial gain, but, at the very least, it was an opportunity to make video games.
它最终或许会创造巨大的经济效益，但对我而言，重要的是我有了一个开发电脑游戏的机会。
tā zuì zhōng huò xǔ huì chuàng zào jù dà de jīng jì xiào yì , dàn duì wǒ ér yán , zhòng yào de shì wǒ yǒu liǎo yī gè kāi fā diàn nǎo yóu xì de jī huì 。
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4.
It would have been neither feasible nor wise for oil-rich nations to spend this windfall at home, so much of it was saved and sent abroad.
将这笔横财用于国内是既不可行也不明智的，因此许多的资金便贮存了下来并转移到了国外。
jiāng zhè bǐ hèng cái yòng yú guó nèi shì jì bù kě xíng yě bù míng zhì de , yīn cǐ xǔ duō de zī jīn biàn zhù cún le xià lái bìng zhuǎn yí dào le guó wài 。
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5.
To have one of their countrymen who can play, and is young and can be here a long time, I don't know how that's not a windfall for us.
能长期拥有一个会打篮球的年轻中国人在这里打球，我肯定这将会是一笔以外的收获。
néng cháng qī yōng yǒu yī gè huì dǎ lán qiú de nián qīng zhōng guó rén zài zhè lǐ dǎ qiú , wǒ kěn dìng zhè jiāng huì shì yī bǐ yǐ wài de shōu huò 。
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6.
The purchase landed it a windfall profit and a leading position in fixed-income trading on both sides of the Atlantic.
此项收购使巴克莱获得意外的暴利，成为大西洋两岸固定收入交易的佼佼者。
cǐ xiàng shōu gòu shǐ bā kè lái huò de yì wài de bào lì , chéng wéi dà xī yáng liǎng àn gù dìng shōu rù jiāo yì de jiǎo jiǎo zhě 。
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7.
He told me that he often illusions themselves from an early age to encounter such a windfall uncle, however, has not encountered before.
他告诉我，他从小就经常幻想自己能遇到这样一个从天而降的叔叔，然而一直没有遇到过。
tā gào su wǒ , tā cóng xiǎo jiù jīng cháng huàn xiǎng zì jǐ néng yù dào zhè yàng yī gè cóng tiān ér jiàng de shū shū , rán ér yì zhí méi yǒu yù dào guò 。
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8.
It was a pretty good one, made of windfall limbs peeled smooth with a draw knife and thatched with pine straw.
这是很好的一个，使苹果树的果子像用一把刀子削得那么光滑，并用松树稻草盖的。
zhè shì hěn hǎo de yī gè , shǐ píng guǒ shù de guǒ zi xiàng yòng yī bǎ dāo zi xiāo de nà me guāng huá , bìng yòng sōng shù dào cǎo gài de 。
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9.
With that windfall, Baekeland, with his wife and two children moved to Yonkers.
带着这笔意外之财，贝克兰及其妻子、他们的两个孩子移居到了扬克斯。
dài zhe zhè bǐ yì wài zhī cái , bèi kè lán jí qí qī zi 、 tā men de liǎng gè hái zi yí jū dào le yáng kè sī 。
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10.
That has helped make it a windfall for all involved.
这使该基金成为所有参与者的摇钱树。
zhè shǐ gāi jī jīn chéng wéi suǒ yǒu cān yù zhě de yáo qián shù 。
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