profiteering
profiteering — 名詞
1. making large, unfair profits by selling things people urgently need at very high
牟取暴利
趁危機抬高物價牟取暴利
making large, unfair profits by selling things people urgently need at very high prices, especially in a war or disaster.
Karim's shop was accused of profiteering after it tripled the price of bottled water.
Karim 的商店把瓶裝水的價格漲到原本的三倍後，被指控牟取暴利。
be accused of + profiteering
Profiteering during the war made a few merchants rich while ordinary families went hungry.
戰爭期間的牟取暴利讓少數商人致富，一般家庭卻挨餓。
profiteering during + war/crisis
The new law punishes profiteering on medicine, masks, and other supplies during a health emergency.
新法律嚴懲在公共衛生緊急事件期間，對藥品、口罩和其他物資牟取暴利的行為。
profiteering on + goods
Gabriela was angry about the profiteering by landlords who raised rents after the earthquake.
Gabriela 對房東在地震後調漲租金、牟取暴利的行為感到憤怒。
Linh called it profiteering when the hotel doubled its room prices during the hurricane.
Linh 說飯店在颶風期間把房價調漲為兩倍，根本是牟取暴利。
文法句型
profiteering from + crisis
profiteering on + goods
用法筆記
Uncountable, so it takes no 'a' or 'an' and has no plural form; it is often followed by 'from' or 'on', as in profiteering from a crisis or profiteering on food.
同根字
- profit名詞
- profiteer名詞