"profiteers" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 投机分子
• 牟利者

Definition

投机分子是指在危机、短缺或他人需要时，通过不公平或过度手段牟取高额利润的人或公司。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于新闻、正式或负面语境。“战争投机分子”、“灾难牟利者”等常见。强调利用他人困境牟利，区别于正常商业盈利。

Examples

During the food shortage, many profiteers raised their prices.

在食品短缺期间，许多**投机分子**抬高了价格。

The government promised to punish profiteers after the disaster.

政府承诺在灾难后惩治**牟利者**。

Profiteers often take advantage of people in need.

**投机分子**常常利用有需要的人。

Those hand sanitizer profiteers during the pandemic made a fortune.

大流行期间那些消毒液的**投机分子**赚了大钱。

People are angry that profiteers are selling supplies at triple the price.

人们很愤怒，因为**投机分子**以三倍价格出售物资。

You always hear stories about profiteers popping up whenever there's a crisis.

每当有危机，总会听说**投机分子**冒出来的故事。