windfalls

英 [ˈwɪndfɔːlz]

美 [ˈwɪndˌfɔlz]

n.  意外之财; 意外获得的东西; 风吹落的果子(尤指苹果)
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柯林斯词典

• 意外之财;横财
  Awindfallis a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery.
• 被风吹落的果子（尤指苹果）
  Awindfallis a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree.

双语例句

• Unexpected windfalls from property and stock markets which have been far more active than anyone expected raised revenues way beyond predictions.
  比任何人想象的都活跃得多地房地产和股票市场带来的意外之财使收入远远超过了预计。
• After the storm she gathered a basketful of windfalls in the apple orchard.
  风暴过后，她从苹果园地上拣了满满一篮子苹果。
• These apples are windfalls, but they're good.
  这些苹果虽然被风吹落，但还是好的。
• Plan to use any windfalls you may receive this year ( a bonus or tax refund) to pay off debt and pursue financial goals.
  计划使用任何你可能在今年获得的“意外之财”（奖金或退税）来还债、达到财务目标。
• Investors with interests in finance, insurance and health saw the biggest windfalls, Oxfam said.
  涉足金融、保险和卫生领域的投资者得到了最多的收益，乐施会说。
• Let's take our initiative instead of waiting and dreaming. Let's be courageous! Opportunities are not windfalls.
  我们不会等待，不会迷茫，让我们勇敢起来，因为我们相信：机会不会从天而降。
• They added that the huge windfalls that [ Man Utd] can expect, will see both revenues and brand value continue to increase in the coming years.
  他们补充道曼联可以期待一大笔横财。在未来几年里，它的收入和品牌价值都会持续增长。
• Gap theory: The process by which tropical forest regenerates spaces opened by windfalls.
  缺口原理：热带森林在被大风刮倒的地区再生的过程。
• I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at.
  我习惯于将被风吹落的水果留给鸟儿们啄食。
• In resource-rich region, resource endowments will result in a weak sense of innovation and reduce innovation investment, reap resource endowments "windfalls" and even the way people work effort, and thus fall into the plight of the "resource curse".
  在资源富集区，资源禀赋会导致创新意识薄弱和创新投入减少，坐享资源禀赋的意外之财甚至于降低了人们的工作努力程度，因而陷入了资源诅咒的困境。