windfall
n. 意外之财; 意外的收获; 被风吹落的果子
A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery.
A windfall is a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree.
1. fruit that has fallen from the tree
2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);
Are the Gulf countries handling their windfall any better this time?
这次海湾国家在管理他们的横财方面有什么进步 吗 ?
So why do I now find the idea of windfall tax on banks so appealing?
那么为什么我现在发现,向银行征收意外收入税这个主意很有吸引力 呢 ?
I had a windfall from the football pools.
我从足球比赛赌博中发了一笔横财.
They had received a $ 100,000 windfall and were agonizing about how to spend it.
他们得到了10万美元的意外之财,不知道该怎么花.
The water treatment was new, now , and Tom's low condition was a windfall to her.
时下,水疗法是个新玩意, 正巧汤姆精神也不怎么样,这下可得了她的劲.