lucrative

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

形容詞

Producing a surplus; profitable. / (military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.

日本語の意味

利益を生む、儲かる、収益性が高い / （軍事的文脈で）攻撃に値する、破壊が軍事上有用な対象を指す

英語の意味

Producing a surplus; profitable. / (military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.

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She accepted a lucrative consulting contract that guaranteed a steady surplus for the nonprofit.

彼女はその非営利団体に安定した黒字を約束する収益性の高いコンサル契約を受け入れた。

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意味（1）

Producing a surplus; profitable.

Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.

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意味（2）

(military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.

Command and Control centers and headquarters are strategically important and lucrative targets.

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more lucrative （ comparative ）

most lucrative （ superlative ）