六级And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices, perhaps by accepting slimmer profit margins or demanding better deals from providers.

而面对面的竞争可能会给他们一个降低价格的强烈动机，可能是通过接受较低的利润率或要求供应商提供更好的交易。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch’s daughter ,Elisabeth ,spoke of the “unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our institutions” Integrity had collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the only “sorting mechanism ”in society should be profit and the market.

两年前，鲁珀特·默多克（Rupert Murdoch）的女儿伊丽莎白（Elisabeth）谈到“我们这么多机构中令人不安的诚信缺失”，她认为，诚信已经崩溃，因为人们普遍认为社会上唯一的“分类机制”应该是利润和市场。

2015年考研阅读原文

考研Integrity had collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the only "sorting mechanism "in society should be profit and the market .

她认为，诚信已经崩溃，因为人们普遍认为社会上唯一的“分类机制”应该是利润和市场。

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms: either freely available from the moment of publication, or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general rel

现在，英国一半以上的科研成果都是以开放获取的方式发表的：要么从发表之日起免费提供，要么支付一年或更长时间的费用，以便出版商在进入general rel之前获利

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The Dutch giant Elsevier, which claims to publish 25% of the scientific papers produced in the world, made profits of more than £900m last year, while UK universities alone spent more than £210m in 2016 to enable researchers to access their own publicly f

荷兰巨头爱思唯尔（Elsevier）声称发表了世界上25%的科学论文，去年盈利超过9亿英镑，而仅英国大学在2016年就花了2.1亿英镑让研究人员能够公开发表论文

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研There is one and only one social responsibility of business,” wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel prize-winning economist, “That is, to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.”

诺贝尔经济学奖获得者米尔顿·弗里德曼（Milton Friedman）写道：“企业有一个也是唯一一个社会责任，那就是利用其资源，从事旨在增加利润的活动。”

2016年考研阅读原文

六级Many dairy farmers were persuaded to switch to grass-fed when they saw its advantage in terms of profits.

许多奶农在看到草饲料在利润方面的优势后，被说服改用草饲料。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级The belief that research data is private intellectual propertyThe concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it.

认为研究数据是私人知识产权的观点担心某些机构可能会从中获利。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Not the 20% profit margins that were routine a few years ago, but profit all the same.

不是几年前常规的20%的利润率，而是利润率。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Some schools out for profit cynically increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill – knowing full well that the students won't make it.

一些以营利为目的的学校玩世不恭地增加学费，并指望学生贷款和联邦援助来买单——他们深知学生不会成功。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级The sugar industry is overtaking alcohol and tobacco business in generating profits.

制糖业在创造利润方面正在超越烟酒业。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profit.

他说，今年的价格太低，他几乎没有盈利。

2016年12月听力原文

高考Although she founded her company early on in life, she wasn't driven primarily by profit.

尽管她很早就创立了自己的公司，但她并不是以利润为主要驱动力。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级I think what Aesop was suggesting is that when you offer a good turn to another human being, one can hope that that good deed will come back and sort of pay a profit to you, the doer of the good deed.

我认为伊索所建议的是，当你向另一个人提供一个好的转机时，你可以希望善行会回来，并为你这个善行的实践者带来某种利润。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Another factor is the squeeze that conventional dairy farmers have felt as the price of grain they feed their cows has gone up, tightening their profit margins.

另一个因素是传统奶农在他们饲养奶牛的谷物价格上涨时所感受到的压力，从而收紧了他们的利润率。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Though schools cannot profit from these trips, the companies that arrange them do.

尽管学校无法从这些旅行中获利，但安排这些旅行的公司却从中获利。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考It is wrong to assume arts groups cannot make a profit.

认为艺术团体无法盈利是错误的。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

考研"Short-termism" or the desire for quick profits, has worsened in publicly traded companies, says the Bank of England's top economist Andrew Haldane.

英格兰银行首席经济学家安德鲁·霍尔丹（Andrew Haldane）表示，上市公司的“短期主义”或急功近利的欲望已经恶化。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Just because I have a business relationship with an individual and I can profit from that relationship, it does not necessarily mean that this person is my friend, Soupios says.

索皮奥斯说，仅仅因为我与个人有业务关系，我可以从这种关系中获利，并不一定意味着这个人就是我的朋友。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级"Just because I have a business relationship with an individual and I can profit from that relationship, it does not necessarily mean that this person is my friend," Soupios says.

苏皮奥斯说：“仅仅因为我和一个人有业务关系，我可以从这种关系中获利，并不一定意味着这个人就是我的朋友。”。

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研But “it’s us ,human beings ,we the people who create the society we want ,not profit ”.

但是“是我们，人类，我们创造了我们想要的社会，而不是利润”。

2015年考研阅读原文

六级The idea that all energy and wealth comes from the sun really intrigued him He thought the shorter the distance between the sun and the end product, the higher the profit to the farmer.

所有的能量和财富都来自太阳的想法让他很感兴趣，他认为太阳和最终产品之间的距离越短，农民的利润就越高。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考She donates 10% of ailiecandy's profits to big smiles.

她把安迪10%的利润捐给了大微笑。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级These companies, which long reaped big profits as textbook publishers, have boasted that their new online offerings, when pushed to students through universities they partner with, represent the future of the industry.

这些公司作为教科书出版商长期以来获得了巨额利润，它们吹嘘自己的新在线产品，当通过与它们合作的大学向学生推出时，代表了该行业的未来。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研In some ways the scientific publishing model resembles the economy of the social internet: labour is provided free in exchange for the hope of status, while huge profits are made by a few big firms who run the market places.

在某些方面，科学出版模式类似于社会互联网的经济：劳动力免费提供，以换取地位的希望，而巨额利润则由几家经营市场的大公司赚取。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Businesses in order to boost their profits hire employees as part-time workers only.

企业为了增加利润，只雇佣兼职员工。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研Splitting kids, or adults, into ever-tinier categories has proved a sure-fire way to boost profits.

事实证明，将儿童或成人分成越来越小的类别是提高利润的可靠方法。

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Transient investors, who demand high quarterly profits from companies, can hinder a firm's efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty.

临时投资者要求公司获得高额季度利润，这可能会阻碍公司投资长期研究或建立客户忠诚度的努力。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级I concluded that the profit from burgers is more than offset ( ' , 抵消 ) by the damage they cause in health problems and environmental harm.

我得出的结论是，汉堡的利润远远超过了抵消（“，抵消 ) 由它们造成的健康问题和环境损害。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级I concluded that the profit from burgers is more than offset by the damage they cause in health problems and environmental harm.

我的结论是，汉堡包的利润被它们对健康和环境造成的损害所抵消。

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级As American research universities begin to resemble profit centers and entertainment complexes, it's easy to lose sight of their primary mission; to produce and spread knowledge.

随着美国研究型大学开始类似于利润中心和娱乐综合体，人们很容易忽视它们的主要使命；产生和传播知识。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级Students may choose among 6,000 public, private, nonprofit, for profit, or religious institutions of higher learning.

学生可以从6000所公立、私立、非营利、营利或宗教高等教育机构中进行选择。

2012年6月阅读原文

考研For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit.

一代人以来，集体主义一直认为社会的分类机制应该是盈利的。

2015年考研阅读原文

六级He made a profit out of Monsanto's commercial secrets.

他从孟山都的商业秘密中获利。

2013年12月阅读原文

考研Even American newspapers, which inhabit the most troubled corner of the global industry, have not only survived but often returned to profit.

即使是居住在全球新闻业最麻烦角落的美国报纸，也不仅存活了下来，而且经常恢复盈利。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考How could a fine dining shop make more profit?

一家好的餐厅怎么能赚更多的钱？

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

六级Publishers were interested only in books that would sell fairly quickly in sufficient numbers to cover the costs of production and make a profit.

出版商只对那些能迅速卖出足够数量的书感兴趣，以弥补生产成本并赚取利润。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

考研But "it's us, human beings, we the people who create the society we want not profit".

但是“是我们，人类，我们创造了我们不想要利润的社会”。

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Dog-fighting victims are tortured and killed for profit and "sport," yet their criminal abusers often receive a 28 minimal sentence for causing a lifetime of pain.

斗狗的受害者为了利润和“运动”而被折磨和杀害，但他们的犯罪虐待者往往因为造成终生痛苦而被判最低刑罚28年。

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

考研Scientific publishers routinely report profit margins approaching 40% on their operations, at a time when the rest of the publishing industry is in an existential crisis.

在出版业其他部门陷入生存危机之际，科学出版商通常报告其运营利润率接近40%。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级It profits by selling its users' personal data.

它通过出售用户的个人数据获利。

2012年6月阅读原文

六级It is difficult to find solid evidence to prove environmental friendliness generates more profits than exploiting the natural environment.

很难找到确凿的证据证明环保比开发自然环境能产生更多的利润。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级David Card, an economist at UC Berkeley, notes that the ones who profit most directly from immigrants' low-cost labor are businesses and employers – meatpacking plants in Nebraska, for instance, or agricultural businesses in California

加州大学伯克利分校（UC Berkeley）经济学家大卫·卡德（David Card）指出，最直接从移民的低成本劳动力中获利的是企业和雇主——比如内布拉斯加州的肉类加工厂，或者加利福尼亚州的农业企业

2011年6月阅读原文

四级"The move to recapture a small part of the profits from an industry that pushes a product that contributes to diabetes, obesity and heart disease in poorer communities in order to reinvest in those communities will sure be inspirational to many other plac

“从一个在贫困社区推广导致糖尿病、肥胖症和心脏病的产品的行业中重新获得一小部分利润，以便在这些社区进行再投资，这一举措肯定会对许多其他plac公司产生启发

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级As American research universities begin to resemble profit centers and entertainment complexes, it's easy to lose sight of their primary mission; to produce and spread knowledge

随着美国研究型大学开始类似于利润中心和娱乐综合体，人们很容易忽视它们的主要使命；产生和传播知识

2014年6月阅读原文

考研These have included Britain's DPT diverted profits tax, Australia's MAAL multinational anti-avoidance law, and India's SEP significant economic presence test, to name but a few.

其中包括英国的DPT转移利得税、澳大利亚的MAAL跨国反避税法和印度的SEP重大经济存在测试，仅举几例。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级David Card, an economist at UC Berkeley, notes that the ones who profit most directly from immigrants' low-cost labor are businesses and employers – meatpacking plants in Nebraska, for instance, or agricultural businesses in California.

加州大学伯克利分校（UC Berkeley）经济学家大卫·卡德（David Card）指出，从移民的低成本劳动力中最直接获利的是企业和雇主——比如内布拉斯加州的肉类加工厂，或者加利福尼亚州的农业企业。

2011年6月阅读原文

考研Retailers that master the intricacies of wholesaling in Europe may well expect to rake in substantial profits thereby.

掌握欧洲复杂批发业务的零售商很可能因此获得丰厚利润。

2010年考研阅读原文

六级The Best Retailers Combine Bricks and Clicks Retail profits are falling sharply.

最好的零售商将砖块和点击结合在一起

2019.6六级真题第一套

六级E-books can be created on a shoestring budget while the authors of traditional books will have to overcome a tough sales target before they even consider making a profit on the book.

电子书可以用很小的预算制作，而传统书籍的作者甚至在考虑从书中获利之前，都必须克服一个艰难的销售目标。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级To conclude, E-books are a very valuable tool that could be used as a profit centre, as a publishing tool or as a marketing tool.

总之，电子书是一种非常有价值的工具，可以用作利润中心、出版工具或营销工具。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级Shenwu pockets a cut of those savings, so both Shenwu and the client profit.

神武从这些积蓄中分一杯羹，所以神武和客户都获利。

2007年12月英语六级真题

四级In contrast to one, all-powerful government, many businesses compete against each other for profits.

与一个全能的政府形成对比的是，许多企业为了利润而相互竞争。

1999年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The Empire Builder, which was focused on in one ad, enjoyed a 15 percent increase in profits on its Chicago to Seattle route.

帝国建设者号在一则广告中备受关注，其芝加哥至西雅图航线的利润增长了15%。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline.

目标是延长产品寿命，使销售额和利润不会下降。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Downsizing—the laying off of thousands of workers to keep expenses low and profits high—creates feelings of insecurity for many.

裁员——为了保持低开支和高利润而解雇数千名工人——给许多人带来了不安全感。

2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The 1972 games in Munich cost the Germans 545 million dollars, but by selling medal symbols, TV rights, food, drink, hotel rooms, and souvenirs (纪念品), they managed to make a profit.

1972年在慕尼黑举行的奥运会花费了德国人5.45亿美元，但通过出售奖牌符号、电视转播权、食物、饮料、酒店房间和纪念品(纪念品), 他们设法获利。

2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级And accounts for over half of the parent company’s $3 billion annual profits.

占母公司30亿美元年利润的一半以上。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级As diners thirst for leading brands, bottlers and restaurateurs salivate (垂涎) over the profits.

随着食客对领先品牌的渴望，灌装商和餐馆老板垂涎三尺(垂涎) 超过利润。

2006年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级Unlike your fingerprints, which are unique to you and cannot be given to someone else for their use, you personal data, especially your social security number, your bank account or credit card number, your telephone calling card number, and other valuable identifying data, can be used, if they fall into the wrong hands, to personally profit at your expense.

与你的指纹不同，你的指纹对你来说是独一无二的，不能交给别人使用，你的个人数据，尤其是你的社会保险号码、银行账户或信用卡号码、电话卡号码和其他有价值的身份数据，如果落入坏人之手，可以用来从你身上获利。

2007年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级But for rankings-conscious schools in between, merit aid has served primarily as a tool to recruit top students and to improve their academic profits.

但对于介于两者之间的注重排名的学校来说，助学金主要是作为招收顶尖学生和提高学术利润的工具。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Some fast-food companies also sacrificed their own profits by trying to give customers better value.

一些快餐公司也牺牲了自己的利润，试图给顾客更好的价值。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套)

四级I concluded that the profit from burgers is more than offset (抵消) by the damage they cause in health problems and environmental harm.

我得出的结论是，汉堡的利润远远被抵消了(抵消) 它们在健康问题和环境危害方面造成的损害。

2015年12月英语四级考试真题（第2套）

四级“Just because I have a business relationship with an individual and I can profit from that relationship, it does not necessarily mean that this person is my friend,” Soupios says.

苏皮奥斯说：“仅仅因为我和一个人有商业关系，我可以从这种关系中获利，并不一定意味着这个人就是我的朋友。”。

2016 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）

四级“I think what Aesop was suggesting is that when you offer a good turn to another human being, one can hope that that good deed will come back and sort of pay a profit to you, the doer of the good deed.

“我认为伊索的建议是，当你向另一个人提供善意的帮助时，人们可以希望这种善意的行为会回来，并在某种程度上为你这个善意行为的实施者带来利润。

2016 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）

四级“The move to recapture a small part of the profits from an industry that pushes a product that contributes to diabetes, obesity and heart disease in poorer communities in order to reinvest in those communities will sure be inspirational to many other places,” said Jim Krieger, executive director of Healthy Food America.

美国健康食品执行董事Jim Krieger表示：“从一个在贫困社区推广导致糖尿病、肥胖和心脏病的产品的行业中夺回一小部分利润，以便对这些社区进行再投资，这一举措肯定会激励许多其他地方。”。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研One of the great things that censorship does is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others.

审查制度所做的一件大事是防止某些人通过腐蚀他人的思想来赚取暴利。

1983年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研This work of collection is common in an office from the sorting of mail every morning to the accountant's work in finding out the final figure for the year's profit.

这种收集工作在办公室里很常见，从每天早上分拣邮件到会计师找出年度利润的最终数字。

1985年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The interpretation of information and of tables should tell us where success or failure lies, where profit can be had and where losses occur.

对信息和表格的解释应该告诉我们成功或失败在哪里，利润在哪里，损失在哪里。

1985年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Most students would, I believe, profit by a year of such exploration of different academic studies, especially those “all rounders” with no particular interest.

我相信，大多数学生都会从一年的不同学术研究的探索中受益，尤其是那些没有特别兴趣的“全才”。

1986年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Production is up, profits are up, her income is up and Mrs. Matheson says the work is far less strain on her eyes.

产量增加了，利润也增加了，她的收入也增加了。Matheson女士说，这项工作对她的压力要小得多。

1989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Private businessmen, striving to make profits, produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen; and the profit motive, operating under competitive pressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced.

私营企业主为了盈利，在与其他企业主竞争的情况下生产这些商品和服务；在竞争压力下运作的利润动机在很大程度上决定了这些商品和服务的生产方式。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.

因此，在美国的经济体系中，正是个人消费者的需求，加上商人实现利润最大化的愿望和个人实现收入最大化的欲望，共同决定了应该生产什么以及如何使用资源来生产。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The important factor in a private enterprise economy is that individuals are allowed to own productive resources (private property) , and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit.

私营企业经济中的一个重要因素是，允许个人拥有生产资源（私人财产），允许他们雇佣劳动力，获得对自然资源的控制权，并生产商品和服务以营利。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In response, schools are modifying their programs, adapting instruction to children who are exceptional, to those who cannot profit substantially from regular programs.

作为回应，学校正在修改他们的课程，使教学适应那些特殊的孩子，适应那些无法从常规课程中获得实质性利润的孩子。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The report, by John Houghton of Victoria University in Australia and Graham Vickery of the OECD, makes heavy reading for publishers who have, so far, made handsome profits.

这份由澳大利亚维多利亚大学的John Houghton和经合组织的Graham Vickery撰写的报告，对迄今为止盈利颇丰的出版商来说意义重大。

2008年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题