fatten
英 [ˈfætən]
[VERB]
fatten up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 使（利润）增长 , 为···牟利（同）fatten）
Fatten up means the same as fatten.
双语例句
例：The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale.
用纳税人的钱壮大一家国有企业，再对其进行私人认购。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
fattens , fattening , fattened
1. [T 及物动词] 使（利润）增长 , 为···牟利
If you say that someone is fattening something such as a business or its profits, you mean that they are increasing the value of the business or its profits, in a way that you disapprove of.
双语例句
例：They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company's profits.
他们一直人为地使糖价居高不下，以此为公司牟利。
VERB. 动词
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