喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ˈprɑːfɪtəbəl/ · /ˈprɒfɪtəbəl/有利可圖；有益的

    Making money after costs, or giving a useful result from time or work you spend.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei’s lemonade stand became profitable after she sold twenty cups.

    逐字美的檸檬水攤位在她賣了二十杯之後變得有利可圖。

    「profitable」核心意思是「有東西賺回來」——生意上常指付完成本後還有賺（賺錢的、有利可圖），也可以指花的時間帶來有用的結果（一場有收穫的談話）。可以想成：做完這件事，你口袋或腦裡多了什麼好東西。跟 lucrative 比：lucrative 多半是「賺很多」；profitable 可以只是「有賺」或「有用」。反義常見 unprofitable（不賺錢、划不來）。

    常見搭配

    • highly profitable

      獲利很高；非常賺錢

      making a very large profit

      The family bakery became a highly profitable business.

    • profitable business

      賺錢的生意；有利可圖的事業

      a business that makes money after costs

      Selling fresh juice can be a profitable business in summer.

    • stay / remain profitable

      持續獲利；保持賺錢

      to keep making a profit over time

      The little café stayed profitable by offering lunch boxes.

    • become profitable

      開始獲利；轉虧為盈

      to start making a profit after a period without one

      Only last year did their online shop become profitable.

    • profitable conversation / talk

      有收穫的談話

      a talk that gives a useful result

      After a profitable talk with Mum, Leo knew how to start his project.

    • more / most profitable

      更／最賺錢的

      making more profit than another option

      Selling cookies was more profitable than selling plain bread.

    意思相反

    unprofitableloss-makingunrewarding

core核心畫面

Picture the two columns at the end of a month — what came in, what went out — and the first one being the larger. Profitable names that gap in your favour. English also lets you apply the same accounting to time and effort: an afternoon that gave back more than it cost is a profitable one.

可以想成：月底結算時的兩欄數字——進來的和出去的——而進來的那一欄比較大。profitable 說的就是這個對你有利的差額。英文也允許你把同一套算法用在時間和心力上：一個下午如果回收的比投入的多，那就是一個 profitable afternoon。

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同家族的字

比較級 more profitable最高級 most profitable

意思相反

unprofitableloss-makingunrewarding

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

profitableadj/ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩/

  • 1

    Producing a profit.

    • Profitable operation is being made possible by the widespread introduction of capacious diesel railcars, which for their comfort and speed are very popular with the travelling public.
    • The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
  • 2

    Beneficial, serviceable, of use.

    • I wylbe ferme and ſtabyll And to yow ſeruyceabyll And also prophytabyll Yf ye be agreabyll My propyr Beſſe To turne a gayne to me
    • Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。