windfall

英['wɪndfɔːl]美['wɪndfɔːl]
  • n. 风吹落的果实；意外的收获；侥幸所得

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    欧洲中世纪时，英国许多土地都掌握在贵族手中，包括大片的森林。这些私人森林专供贵族打猎之用。国王颁布了严厉的法令保护贵族的森林和野兽。平民不能拿走森林的一草一木。只有当风雨来临时，他们才能捡吹落到地上的果子和折断的树枝。所以，愿意为“大风吹落”的windfall就变成了“意外得到的好处”的意思。
      noun(名词)
      1. 意外之财
      2. 被风吹落的水果

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 意外之财

      Investors each received a windfall of ￡3,000.

      投资者每人都获得了3000英镑的意外之财。

      The government is hoping to collect a windfall tax (= extra tax on a large unexpected company profit) from British Electric.

      政府打算针对英国电气公司获得的大笔意外利润征收额外的税款。

    2. 被风吹落的水果

      I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at.

      我常常会把被风吹落的水果留给鸟儿们啄食。

    小知识

    Lucky you! You just won the lottery and your windfall will make life very comfortable for you and your family. A windfall is a crazy bit of unexpected good fortune.

    First used in the fifteenth century, the word windfall originally referred to fruit that the wind blew from the trees. Like a prize was there for whomever found it — no need for the ladder and effort of picking it from the tall trees. The word eventually came to mean any unexpected and easily-gained good fortune, typically one involving money, such as the windfall profit from a lucky stock purchase.

    实用短语

    1. windfall profits tax

      暴利税

    2. windfall tax

      暴利税,利得税

    3. windfall profit

      暴利,

    4. windfall profit tax

      暴利税

    5. windfall profits

      横财就手,暴利

    6. windfall gain

    7. a windfall

      一笔横财,意外的收获

    8. windfall season

      前途似锦

    常用短语

    1. windfall tax

      n. 暴利税；意外利润税

    单词用法

    词组短语
    windfall tax n.暴利税；意外利润税；

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