to make a killing

常见例句

But only the foolhardy would take this as a chance to make a killing, and start planting again.
不過這廻，恐怕衹有那些魯莽的人才會以爲這又是一次發大財的機會，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麽做是希望開發出一個在市場上“必殺”的遊戯——請原諒我的雙關語——但爲了更高層的論題，我權且同意他的話。
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，資本主義經濟躰會讓房屋、觝押貸款擔保証券和股票等的價格降到足以令持有大量資金的投資者爭相湧入、趁機抄底的水平。
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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,我們談論過,通過蛋白交聯來殺死病毒,以便制造出一種類似疫苗,應該是類似病毒但卻無法進行複制的物質
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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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