fattens是什么意思？

fattens

• v. 喂肥( fatten的第三人称单数 )，养肥（牲畜），使（钱）增多，使（公司）升值；

例句

• It boosts consumers'real incomes and fattens firms'profit margins. 这将增加消费者的收入提高企业的利润幅度.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  (动物)长膘，变肥;催肥，养肥
  If an animal is fattened, or if it fattens, it becomes fatter as a result of eating more.
  例句
  The cattle are being fattened for slaughter... 喂肥牛群以宰杀。 The creature continued to grow and fatten. 这个家伙继续长大、变肥。
• VERB
  使(企业)发财;使(利润)增长;为…牟利
  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.
  例句
  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的价格居高不下，以此为公司牟利。