lucrative
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lu·cra·tive /ˈluːkrətɪv/ ●○○ adjective BPROFITa job or activity that is lucrative lets you earn a lot of money 〔职业或活动〕可赚大钱的；获利多的 SYN profitablelucrative business/market/contract etc He inherited a lucrative business from his father. 他从父亲那里继承了一家赚大钱的公司。
Examples from the Corpus
lucrative• Only his progress to the second round of Wimbledon last year proved more lucrative.• If form holds, the pros' tips will be intriguing, well-researched and potentially lucrative.• Catering is a very lucrative business if you succeed in it.• Massive spamming has turned what was an amusing annoyance into a lucrative business that profits by violating the pre-commercial Internet ethic.• Financial services is a lucrative business when one actually succeeds in organising the finance, endowment policies, term policies and so on.• a lucrative business• An increase in consumer demand has made sports shoe retailing a lucrative business.• Mr Moore had recently discovered how lucrative preventive dentistry could be, and Mrs Moore was dressed accordingly.• At $ 40 million a year, the printer advertising account is considered a lucrative prize and is being hotly contested.• Sam's journalistic work was much more lucrative than his painting had ever been.• Johnston said the contract was exploitative and restrictive, with the financial arrangements much less lucrative than she'd expected.• Transferred from Barcelona to Naples, Maradona signed a highly lucrative three-year contract.• There is still an illegal but lucrative trade in ivory between Africa and South-East Asia.lucrative business/market/contract etc• The lobbies of Baghdad's five-star hotels are packed with businessmen fighting over lucrative contracts.• They had received some excellent, lucrative contracts.• They were chuffed when one of the majors offered her the lucrative contract.• Consequently, Iridium will need to rely on more lucrative business customers than it had envisioned.• It wants the money spent on public infrastructure, providing lucrative contracts for business.• Instead, he appears to have transferred operations to Bosnia for the much more lucrative business of war.• Massive spamming has turned what was an amusing annoyance into a lucrative business that profits by violating the pre-commercial Internet ethic.• Financial services is a lucrative business when one actually succeeds in organising the finance, endowment policies, term policies and so on.From Longman Business Dictionarylucrativelu‧cra‧tive /ˈluːkrətɪv/ adjective an activity, project, job etc that is lucrative makes a lot of moneyalucrative contract to promote a new leisure centreThe change in bonus payments would be especially lucrative for top executives.Origin lucrative (1400-1500) Latin lucrativus, from lucrari “to gain”, from lucrum; → LUCRElu·cra·tive adjectiveChineseSyllable
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lucrative
lu‧cra‧tive /ˈluːkrətɪv/
adjectivea job or activity that is lucrative lets you earn a lot of money
SYN profitable
lucrative business/market/contract etc
He inherited a lucrative business from his father.
lu‧cra‧tive /ˈluːkrətɪv/
adjectivea job or activity that is lucrative lets you earn a lot of money SYN profitable
lucrative business/market/contract etc
successful making a lot of money, especially by being popular 指赚钱的、成功的 ：◆ The play was very successful on Broadway. 那出剧在百老汇大获成功。 ◆ The company has had another successful year. 公司又度过了一个兴旺发达之年。 profitable making a profit 指有利润的、赢利的 ：◆ a highly profitable business 一家赢利很高的企业 commercial [ 指赢利的、以获利为目的的 ：◆ The movie was not a commercial success (= .made no profit )这部电影票房收入不佳。 lucrative (of business or work) producing or paying a large amount of money; making a large profit 指生意或工作赚大钱的、获利多的 ：◆ They do a lot of business in lucrative overseas markets. 他们在利润丰厚的海外市场上生意很多。 economic (often used in negative sentences) (of a process, business or activity) producing enough profit to continue （常用于否定句中）指（工序、业务或活动）有利可图的、可赚钱的、合算的 ：◆ Small local shops stop being economic when a supermarket opens up nearby. 附近有超市开业的话，当地的小商店就没有利润可赚了。
Patterns
a successful/profitable/lucrative business a successful/profitable/lucrative year a(n) commercial/economic success