【每日一词】lucrative - adj. 获利多的，赚大钱的 producing wealth : PROFITABLE

lucrative

lucratively adverb

lucrativeness noun

Synonyms -

economic，fat，gainful，juicy

money-spinning [chiefly British]，moneymaking，paying，profitable，remunerative

Examples of lucrative in a Sentence

1 Their success has given Gladwell an active, and extremely lucrative, second career as a public speaker. Much in demand, he is paid in the neighborhood of $40,000 per lecture. —Rachel Donadio, New York Times Book Review, 5 Feb. 2006

2 Clubs take care of their star and other best players first, paying them lucrative salaries. By the time they get to the bottom half of the roster, they would not have enough money left to pay veterans worthwhile salaries … —Murray Chass, New York Times, 16 Aug. 1994

3 Since the health care industry is lucrative and largely insulated from the usual disciplines of the marketplace, it has been able to absorb an ever-growing fraction of the gross domestic product. —Marcia Angell, New England Journal of Medicine, 17 June 1993

4 The learned profession of the law was certainly not behind any other learned profession in its Bacchanalian propensities; neither was Mr. Stryver, already fast shouldering his way to a large and lucrative practice, behind his compeers in this particular, any more than in the drier parts of the legal race. —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859

5 The outdoor venues in particular are especially lucrative. —Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 2 May 2024

6 Apple, which had the most lucrative deal, was paid around $18 billion in 2021, according to the New York Times.

—Dara Kerr, NPR, 2 May 2024