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词汇 gold-mine
释义 gold mine
noun
(alsogoldmine)uk /ˈɡəʊld ˌmaɪn/ us /ˈɡoʊld ˌmaɪn/
[ C ]
a place where gold is taken from the ground: 金矿
Her family had made their fortune from owning gold mines.
The miners were trapped when a rock wall collapsed in the goldmine.
[ S ]
something from which a large amount of something valuable, such as money or information, can be obtained:
The archive is a gold mine for historians.这个档案馆对于历史学家来说就是一座宝库。
Many investors consider biotechnology a goldmine.
gold mine ofUniversity computer systems are a gold mine of personal information about students, and there have been several security breaches.
For industry analysts, the lawsuit is a goldmine of information.
This is the world's fifth largest gold mine.
The area is dotted with disused gold mines.
Reissuing old classics had been a gold mine for publishers.
He warned the information was a potential goldmine for organized crime and may compromise national security.
Old newspapers and magazines are a goldmine of ideas for you to use.
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gold mine | American Dictionary


gold mine
noun[ C ]
us/ˈɡoʊld ˌmɑɪn/

gold minenoun[C] (PLACE)


a place where gold is removed from the ground

gold minenoun[C] (OPPORTUNITY)


an opportunity for making a lot of money:
In the eyes of real estate developers, this property was truly a gold mine.

Examples of gold mine


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What information is worth extracting from this goldmine?
It is too bad; to fail to see a goldmine right in front of you out of principle is sad and not very clever.
This book is a real goldmine.
These men in my area thought they had found a real goldmine.
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The fact is that he has found a goldmine in the graduated scheme.
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We really did not then realise what a splendid goldmine of courage we had among our merchant sailors.
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We want to be part of that goldmine; we do not want to be second-class citizens.
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Is that not abdicating international control over two-thirds of the earth's surface, which is already potentially an arsenal, a goldmine and a sewer?
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The volume of evidence is a goldmine.
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Here we are as a nation sitting on a goldmine and not working it.
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The railway companies are not going to be a goldmine to the nation in the next few years.
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There is a goldmine coming in connection with electricity, and that is why there is this great demand for concessions.
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Tragically, for that reason, they are a goldmine.
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He knows that the definition of the term "the best practical means" represents a goldmine for his profession.
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They are a veritable goldmine of information.
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