to 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。
I could be cynical and say he probably did it hoping to make a killing -- pardon the pun -- but for the sake of the higher argument I'll play along.
我也许可以玩世不恭的说他这么做是希望开发出一个在市场上“必杀”的游戏——请原谅我的双关语——但为了更高层的论题，我权且同意他的话。
In ordinary times, a capitalist economy lets prices -- such as those of homes, mortgage-backed securities and stocks -- fall to the point where the big-bucks crowd rushes in, hoping to make a killing.
在通常的情况下，资本主义经济体会让房屋、抵押贷款担保证券和股票等的价格降到足以令持有大量资金的投资者争相涌入、趁机抄底的水平。
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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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That sounds like a situation where sharp financiers might be able 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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