柯林斯詞典windfall /?w?nd?f??l/ (windfalls) 1. N-COUNT A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example, if you win a lottery. 意外之財(cái) ...the man who received a $250,000 windfall after a banking error. ...因銀行失誤得到25萬(wàn)美元意外之財(cái)?shù)哪俏荒凶印?/p> ...windfall profits. …意外橫利。 返回 windfall劍橋詞典 windfall noun [C] (MONEY) an amount of money that you win or receive from someone unexpectedly 意外之財(cái) Investors each received a windfall of £3,000. 投資者每人都獲得了3000英鎊的意外之財(cái)。 UK The government is hoping to collect a windfall tax (= extra tax on a large unexpected company profit ) from British Electric. 政府打算針對(duì)英國(guó)電氣公司獲得的大筆意外利潤(rùn)征收額外的稅款。 windfall noun [C] (FRUIT) a piece of fruit blown down from a tree 被風(fēng)吹落的水果 I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at. 我常常會(huì)把被風(fēng)吹落的水果畱給鳥兒們啄食。 返回 windfall