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windfall

/wind-fawl/US // ˈwɪndˌfɔl //UK // (ˈwɪndˌfɔːl) //

风头,风头正劲,风头正劲时

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
    • : something blown down by the wind, as fruit.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : accruing in unexpectedly large amounts: windfall profits.

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Examples

  • Because the three has become just a bit more difficult, it’s not the windfall it once was.

  • Staying at the forefront of the AdTech innovation curve will open doors to windfall profits.

  • The second media executive said that their company has “not seen a windfall of political dollars.”

  • The world’s rapid shift to online platforms during the pandemic is a windfall for artificial intelligence, he said.

  • Still, he says that there is “too much uncertainty” to begin lowering reserves, a move that would prove a windfall for profits, and could happen.

  • It generates tragedy, violence, and a windfall for undertakers.

  • And the boomers—at least those in the more affluent classes—are about to get yet another windfall.

  • With some areas, the differences are stark in terms of where this windfall lands.

  • Is this ignorant and sanitized speech truly a windfall for feminism?

  • The Vatican reinvested about 60% of its windfall in government bonds.

  • Since the announcement of this windfall we understand that the beneficiaries have been overwhelmed with offers of marriage.

  • At the sound there was a sudden rustling in the bushes behind the windfall.

  • The Institution had just had a windfall in the shape of one of those agreeable 1000l.

  • Ay, my boy, there it is—no doing in this world without the needful, and I'm not the ass to fight shy of such a windfall.

  • With a great expenditure of time and patience I have at last had this windfall, very rarely, I admit.