[ 第三人称单数 fattens 现在分词 fattening 过去式 fattened 过去分词 fattened ]
fatten sth up 使 ; 长肥
over-fatten 过肥的
fatten out 长肥大 ; 长胖
fatten on 变肥 ; 发财致富
fatten pig 商品猪
fatten upon 养肥自已靠
V-T 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. 养肥 [商业]
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。
PHRASAL VERB Fatten up means the same as . 养肥
The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale.
政府正在让纳税人付钱来养肥一项公共服务事业，再卖给私人。
She's very thin after her illness—but we'll soon fatten her up.
她病后瘦得很—不过我们会使她迅速胖起来的。
Birds will fatten themselves with heavy feeding in advance of a long migrational flight.
鸟类在长途迁徙飞行之前，会用大量的食物喂肥自己。
They would fatten themselves for another long leg of their journey.
它们为走上另一个长期的旅程而使自己胖起来。
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