"make a profit" 是动词短语,表示通过商业活动、投资或交易等行为,获得扣除成本/支出后的净收益 (即“盈利、获利、赚钱”),强调“收入>成本”的正向结果(反义是 make a loss “亏损”)。
该短语的主语通常是企业、个人、项目、业务等,后面可接不同介词或修饰词,具体如下:
主语直接发出“盈利”的动作,无需补充具体来源。
Small cafes often struggle to make a profit in their first year.(小咖啡馆通常第一年很难盈利。)
Did the concert make a profit?(这场音乐会赚钱了吗?)
from sth:强调“从某事物(活动、产品、投资等)中获利”;
on sth:更侧重“在某笔交易/资产上获利”(如买卖商品、股票等)。
We hope to make a profit from our new online course.(我们希望从新的在线课程中获利。)
He made a profit on the sale of his old car.(他卖旧车赚了一笔。)
The company made a huge profit from its overseas markets.(这家公司从海外市场赚了大钱。)
用“of”连接具体的盈利数额。
The restaurant made a profit of $10,000 last month.(这家餐厅上个月盈利1万美元。)
They made a profit of 20% on their investment.(他们的投资获得了20%的利润。)
常见修饰词:big/large/handsome/substantial/modest(大笔的/可观的/微薄的)等。
The startup made a substantial profit in its second year.(这家初创公司第二年就赚了一大笔。)
We only made a modest profit from the event.(我们从这次活动中只赚了一点小钱。)
否定形式:not make a profit(不盈利);
反义短语:make a loss(亏损)、lose money(赔钱)。
The shop didn’t make a profit this quarter—it actually made a loss.(这家店本季度没盈利,反而亏了。)
"profit" 可作可数名词(表示“一笔利润”,如 "a profit")或不可数名词(表示“利润”的抽象概念,如 "profit margins" 利润率);
"make a profit" 更强调“净收益”(扣除成本后),而 "earn money" 更泛泛指“赚钱”(不强调成本)。例如:
I earned $500 from the part-time job, but after paying for gas, I only made a profit of $300.(我兼职赚了500美元,但扣除油费后只盈利300美元。)
"make a profit" 是描述“盈利”的核心短语,重点在“净收益”,常用结构包括:
直接说“make a profit”;
加来源:from/on sth;
加金额:of + 数字;
加修饰:big/handsome等形容词。
掌握这些用法,就能准确表达“获利”的场景啦!