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。
• 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。
• These apples are windfalls, but they're good.
  这些苹果虽然被风吹落，但还是好的。
• The performance revealed in a regulatory filing compares with two losing trading days in the previous quarter and suggests the authorities 'drive to revive markets after the crisis is yielding huge windfalls for some financial institutions.
  上述业绩披露在一份监管申报文件中。前一季度有两个亏损交易日。这些情况表明，政府部门在危机后重振市场的努力，正为某些金融机构带来巨大效益。
• 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。
• We don't often have such windfalls.
  发这么大一笔横财，咱们可不常见啊！
• Iran, whose partnership Mr Obama has not sought, is waiting for whatever windfalls drop in its lap.
  至于奥巴马未寻求建立合作关系的伊朗，则正等着从中收获意外的好处。
• Finally, these are genuine windfalls.
  最后，这些是名副其实的意外收入。
• 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。
• 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。