fatten

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you say that someone is fattening something such as a business or its profits, you mean that they are increasing the value of the business or its profits, in a way that you disapprove of. 养肥[商业]
They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company's profits. 他们一直人为地使糖价居高不下，以此为公司牟利。
2. PHRASAL VERB Fatten up means the same as . 养肥
The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale. 政府正在让纳税人付钱来养肥一项公共服务事业，再卖给私人。