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)
windfall的复数

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

• That is more than the entire stock market value of rival Yahoo, and represents one of the biggest windfalls since the dotcom boom of the late-1990s first made the stock options of Silicon Valley employees the subject of global envy.
  这不仅超过了竞争对手雅虎（yahoo）的总市值，也是自上世纪90年代末互联网繁荣首次令硅谷员工的股票期权成为全球艳羡的对象以来，数额最大的意外财富之一。
• These apples are windfalls, but they're good.
  这些苹果虽然被风吹落，但还是好的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If the traders lever up their positions, as many are likely doing, even small profits can turn unto huge windfalls.
  如果他们再使用杠杆的话（相信很多人已经在这样做了），即使很小一点利润也会变成一笔横财。
• But state governments, which are enjoying windfalls from oil and gas royalties, are reluctant to curb production.
  但靠油气开采许可获得可观收入的州政府不愿控制产量。
• 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。