windfall meaning in Chinese
1.被风吹落的果实;被风吹折的树(枝);(森林中的)树木倒折地区。
2.横财,意外的收入。
Examples
- And the government enjoyed a windfall from selling our warrants .
政府从出售我们的认股证书中发了一大笔意外之财。 - They may try to spread out the enjoyment of the windfall over many years .
他们试图在今后许多年中逐渐消费这些财产。 - The result was a quota on u.s. imports but the foreign suppliers pocketed windfalls from the price markup .
其结果就是对美国的进口商品实行一种配额,但外国供应商却因提价攫取了暴利。 - He applied the windfall to payment of his mortgage
他把那笔意外的收入用於偿付抵押。 - They said , " no , no , we just had a little windfall .
他们说:不,我们只是有一笔横财。