windfall
n. 意外之財; 意外的收穫; 被風吹落的果子
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?
這次海灣國家在管理他們的橫財方面有什麼進步 嗎 ?
So why do I now find the idea of windfall tax on banks so appealing?
那麼為什麼我現在發現,向銀行徵收意外收入稅這個主意很有吸引力 呢 ?
I had a windfall from the football pools.
我從足球比賽賭博中發了一筆橫財.
They had received a $ 100,000 windfall and were agonizing about how to spend it.
他們得到了10萬美元的意外之財,不知道該怎麼花.
The water treatment was new, now , and Tom's low condition was a windfall to her.
時下,水療法是個新玩意, 正巧湯姆精神也不怎麼樣,這下可得了她的勁.