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.
不过这回，恐怕只有那些鲁莽的人才会以为这又是一次发大财的机会，再一次开始种植葡萄。
However, toy manufacturers and their contemporaries in advertising make a killing during this period.
玩具制造商及其广告业的同伙们，在这个期间大大地赚了一笔。
So many that Charmin should figure out how to send out an army of their bears to distribute dream toilet paper – they could make a killing!
这些人的数量大得惊人，我想保洁该派多大一个军团的人去给这些梦中人分发厕纸，他们足可以大赚一笔。

I did not make a killing in the stock market when my stocks increased in value.
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,我们谈论过,通过蛋白交联来杀死病毒,以便制造出一种类似疫苗,应该是类似病毒但却无法进行复制的物质
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Where some see a soured bet, others see a chance 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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