to make a killing

常見例句

But only the foolhardy would take this as a chance to make a killing, and start planting again.
不過這回，恐怕只有那些魯莽的人才會(huì)以為這又是一次發(fā)大財(cái)?shù)臋C(jī)會(huì)，再一次開始種植葡萄。
I could be cynical and say he probably did it hoping to make a killing -- pardon the pun -- but for the sake of the higher argument I'll play along.
我也許可以玩世不恭的說他這么做是希望開發(fā)出一個(gè)在市場(chǎng)上“必殺”的游戲——請(qǐng)?jiān)徫业碾p關(guān)語(yǔ)——但為了更高層的論題，我權(quán)且同意他的話。
In ordinary times, a capitalist economy lets prices -- such as those of homes, mortgage-backed securities and stocks -- fall to the point where the big-bucks crowd rushes in, hoping to make a killing.
在通常的情況下，資本主義經(jīng)濟(jì)體會(huì)讓房屋、抵押貸款擔(dān)保證券和股票等的價(jià)格降到足以令持有大量資金的投資者爭(zhēng)相涌入、趁機(jī)抄底的水平。
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We've talked about killing a virus by cross-linking it, for example, to make a substance that looks like a vaccine-- looks like a virus but can't replicate.
例如,我們談?wù)撨^,通過蛋白交聯(lián)來殺死病毒,以便制造出一種類似疫苗,應(yīng)該是類似病毒但卻無法進(jìn)行復(fù)制的物質(zhì)
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Where some see a soured bet, others see a chance to make a killing.
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That sounds like a situation where sharp financiers might be able to make a killing.
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But because it was good enough they were able to make a killing off of it.
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