英 [ˈfæt(ə)n] 美 [ˈfæt(ə)n]
vt. 养肥；使肥沃；使充实
vi. 养肥；（靠……）发财
第三人称单数fattens
现在分词fattening
过去式fattened
过去分词fattened
fatten /ˈfætən/ TEM4 [ fattening fattened fattens ]
及物动词 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
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。
动词词组 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。
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... fat 长肥 fatten 养肥；（靠…）发财 fat 养肥；在…中加入脂肪 ...
... n.脂肪,油脂,肥肉 fatten vi.长肥, (靠...)发财, 养肥 vt.养肥, 使肥沃, 使充实, 使肥胖 ...
... exuberant a.(人)充满活力的(植物)茂盛的 fatten v.使长肥；使土壤肥沃；装满 fawn n.未满周岁的小鹿；v.巴结，奉承 ...
... exuberant a.(人)充满活力的(植物)茂盛的 fatten v.使长肥；使土壤肥沃；装满 fawn n.未满周岁的小鹿；v.巴结，奉承 ...
养肥；（靠…）发财
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。
Holding has integrated his ranching operation, purchasing two feedlots in Wyoming to fatten his own cattle.
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High crude oil prices fatten the economic prospects of the oil services and transport stocks.
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