If we don't make a profit, my job is on the line.

我们要是赚不了钱，我就有失业的危险。

《牛津词典》

This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.

今年航空公司将很难盈利。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary if his employer is to make a profit.

一个很好的经验法则是，雇主要获取利润的话，其中间人必须创造10倍于自己薪水的销售额。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

They could not sell their oil for that low a price and still make a profit.

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And if I'm the tax collector, the way I make a profit is by charging you a lot more than I need just to send to Rome.

如果我是税吏，就会收你们一大笔钱,远多于需要上缴的数目，以赚取利润。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Then later on,whenever you want, you can take your money out Meanwhile, they invest the deposits some way or another at a higher interest rate than they pay on the deposits and they make the difference and that's how they make a profit.

然后你什么时候需要你就可以把钱取出来,同时储蓄机构以比给你的利息,更高的利息储蓄,或者投资，这就出现了差价,这就是储蓄机构盈利的方法。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Quitting shows you intended to make a profit and will help if prior losses are challenged.

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More incredibly, he boasted that Uncle Sam would make a profit on the bailout of AIG .

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Unlike many tax exempt organizations, I seriously doubt that Rolling Jubilee will ever make a profit.

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