| 词汇 | example_english_profiteering |
| 释义 | Examples of profiteeringThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. But profiteering was not the only objectionable behavior. This is not to say that it was enforced uniformly, systematically, or consistently, or that its enforcement was not sometimes governed by profiteering. Scarcities, blackmarketeering and profiteering had a deep and lasting impact on society. The scope for profiteering by traders was therefore limited. Unfortunately, the ethical proscriptions have been emasculated by financial pressures, by increasing commercialism of academic medicine, and by profiteering. This was not a general prohibition on trade, but an attempt to overcome perceived profiteering. The sincerest compliment power pays to wealth is the crescendo of corruption and profiteering among cadres that occasioned the protests of early 1989. Public opinion held the urban retailers and artisans in the food sectors responsible for profiteering and famine. Profiteering and hoarding were serious problems. As long as health-care technologies continue to reflect gender bias, women will face potential harm in a health-care system under an onslaught of commercializing and profiteering interests. Profits and wealth that resulted from economic activities that did not conform to these standards were considered illicit and people used the term aischrokerdia (profiteering) to describe them. These regulations must be prayed against because they are oppressive for families with children and seek to justify the most blatant profiteering from nationality applications. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The attack upon land profiteering has always been a popular radical rallying cry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Prices collapse, there is terrible hardship and indeed terrible profiteering by middlemen. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is like food profiteering in a besieged town. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They make it plain that distributors are not profiteering on the shortage of potatoes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He denounced profiteering in terms which no one on this side could improve upon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That struggle has been one of selfishness against justice, of profiteering against fair play, of reaction against social progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, he was then referring to the profiteering in the provision of equipment for air-raid precautions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a lucky dip for profiteering landlords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no objection to steps that would prevent prices soaring and prevent undue profiteering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a question of profiteering at all, but of the continued solvency of the bakers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had profiteering rampant throughout the length and breadth of the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The profiteering landlord can turn into the street the widow of the ex-service man who did active service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that profiteering enters into this question of the price of bacon at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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