cash cow

noun

1. 金牛，摇钱树，赢利部门（指一企业中始终赢利并给其他部门提供资金的部门）
   the part of a business that always makes a profit and that provides money for the rest of the business

1. (指产品或投资)长期盈利项目，摇钱树
   In business, a cash cow is a product or investment that steadily continues to be profitable.

1. If the economics work out, YouTube could become even more of a cash cow.
   如果经济效益真的不错，那么YouTube就会变成一颗摇钱树。
2. Qualcomm has the upper hand in smartphones, a cash cow it can keep milking for years to come.
   高通牢牢地掌控着智能手机领域，这是它未来数年能一直能赚钱的摇钱树。
3. If the book does well, you could have a cash cow on your hands in the form of royalties and advance checks.
   如果书写得好，稿酬、支票都会来，你就有了一棵摇钱树。
4. These are intended to supplement not replace the short, residential executive education courses that have been a cash cow for decades.
   这些课程意在对短期在校高管教育课程进行补充，而非替代。后者数十年来一直是商学院最赚钱的项目。
5. According to one Chinese dealer representative, the cash cow is dying.
   中国某经销商的代表表示，现金牛正在死去。
6. In reality, many of the changes are window dressing with schools just trying to keep their cash cow M.B.A. programs alive by attempting to ride the entrepreneurial fever breaking out across the country.
   在现实生活中，有许多此类变革其实只是装点门面而已，学校们想要让M.B.A.项目这棵摇钱树保持活力，于是就趁着全国刮起的这一股创业风潮来赶时髦。
7. Microsoft announced this spring that it would give away some versions of Windows, its other big cash cow, to hardware companies that want to put it on devices with screens smaller than nine inches.
   Windows是微软的另一棵大型摇钱树，今年春天，微软宣布会把某些版本的Windows免费提供给那些希望将其搭载在9英寸以下设备上的硬件公司。
8. This product has always been a cash cow for our company.
   这种产品一直是我们公司的摇钱树。
9. The South Korean government says it may improve, rather than suspend its joint tourism and commercial projects with North Korea but US officials have made clear they view the Mount Kumgang tourist resort as a cash cow for the North.
   韩国政府表示，它可以改进，但不会暂停与朝鲜共同开发的旅游和商业项目。但美国官员明确表示，他们认为金刚山（MountKumgang）旅游度假胜地为朝鲜政府提供了大量收入。
10. So what happened to this cash cow of yours?
    你的摇钱树怎么了？
11. But emerging markets are the car industry's biggest cash cow as it finds its footing after the financial crisis.
    但在汽车业在金融危机过后试图站稳脚跟之际，新兴市场是其最大的增长点。
12. That will be the first step in reinventing BSkyB as a financially strong and totally independent British media business arguably a far more interesting future than becoming the cash cow for News Corp.
    这将是bskyb改头换面、成为一家财务强健且完全独立的英国传媒公司的第一步这样的前景可以说比成为新闻集团摇钱树有意思多了。
13. Movie industry is a cash cow in Hong Kong.
    电影工业在香港是会下金鸡蛋的母鸡。
14. LL: You know what? The new movie theater that they just opened by campus is another real cash cow.
    嗯，我也希望自己能有这样一个赚钱的摇钱树呢。
15. Right now taking on part-time jobs on your extra days off is a great cash cow.
    时下利用多余的工作休息日来接点兼职来干是一个很好的‘财源牛’。
16. The new movie theater that they just opened by campus is a real cash cow.
    学校旁边新开的那家电影院真是个摇钱树。
17. If the two US makers are not careful, their hoped-for graceful exit of this former cash cow could sour quickly.
    如果这两家美国制造商不小心，他们从这棵曾经的摇钱树华丽退出的愿望，可能会快速变味。
18. His latest invention turned out to be a real cash cow.
    他的最新发明现在真的变成了他的摇钱树了。
19. Text messaging has been a cash cow for mobile operators in recent years but instant messaging services allow unlimited mobile chat without needing to pay for each transmission.
    最近几年手机短信一直是移动运营商的摇钱树，但使用即时通讯服务可以不受限制地移动聊天，而不需要为每条消息付费。
20. Jeff: I need to find a cash cow so that I can get rich and retire early.
    杰夫：我需要找棵摇钱树，我就可以发财，早点儿退休了。
21. Taiwan is a very good cash cow for us, he added. But it was time to look at the other markets for growth within Asia.
    他接着表示：对我们而言，台湾是一个非常能赚钱的地方，但现在是时候去亚洲其它市场谋求发展了。
22. Many daughters also eager to hold tightly a cash cow use their young, beautiful to captive this kind of man's desire.
    许多的女儿们也渴望去抱住一棵摇钱树，以自己的年轻，美丽去俘虏他的欲望。
23. This is what companies call "their cash cow": a product line that requires very little new development cost while being profitable year after year.
    此即所谓的企业“摇钱树”：这样的一条产品线，只需追加很少的开发成本，就能实现常年获利颇丰。
24. If you've been farming and selling Arctic Furs, I suppose you might be a bit bummed that your cash cow is going away, but for the most part I think most of us are pretty happy with it.
    如果你一直在采集和销售极地毛皮，这棵摇钱树倒了我想你肯定有点不开心。一般来说我们中的大多数人还是希望看到这个改变的。
25. With the market for low-calorie sweeteners nearing$ 1 billion a year in the US alone, thaumatin is likely to become a cash cow.
    低热量增甜剂的市场单在美国就接近每年十亿美元之巨，因此索默丁即可能成为商家们的摇钱树。
26. You'll be rich soon, because that kind of business is a real cash cow.
    你就快发了，那种生意可真是摇钱树呢。
27. But the biggest cash cow is lower-division undergraduate education.
    但是最大的摇钱树却是层次较低的本科生教育。
28. The long-term growth strategy is overseas and the key to that is how to make the domestic business [ including soft drinks] a cash cow, said Mr Tanaka.
    长期增长战略目标在海外，而关键问题在于，如何令国内业务（包括软饮料）成为摇钱树，田中克典表示。
29. Electronic currency: A cash cow
    电子货币：一种新的现金代替方式
30. Hyper-class retail market business is the main business and cash cow for the company, it contributes a stable cash flow.
    高级百货业是公司现有的支柱产业和主要利润源泉，为公司带来了稳定的现金流。

noun

1. a project that generates a continuous flow of money

   Synonym:    moneymakermoney-spinner