profitability [ˌprɔfɪtəˈbɪlətɪ] n.收益性，利益率

　　[真題例句] His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied reengineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping out costs without giving sufficient thought to long-term profitability.[1998年閱讀2]

　　[例句精譯] 他的同事邁克·比爾說(shuō)，太多的企業(yè)用機(jī)械的方式進(jìn)行重組機(jī)構(gòu)，在沒(méi)有充分考慮到長(zhǎng)期效益的情況下就降低了成本。