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fatten

英  [ˈfætən]
    

[VERB]

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • fatten up

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 使（利润）增长 , 为···牟利（同）fatten）

    Fatten up means the same as fatten.

    双语例句

    例：

    The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale.

    用纳税人的钱壮大一家国有企业，再对其进行私人认购。

    VERB. 动词

  • fattens , fattening , fattened

    1. [T 及物动词] 使（利润）增长 , 为···牟利

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

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