make a fast buck

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Ron Conway, a well-known investor in tiny firms, has privately castigated some of his fellow super angels for having overinflated egos and for appearing too keen to make a fast buck.
一位著名的小企業(yè)投資者羅恩?康威，私下里譴責(zé)他的天使同行們妄自尊大，太熱衷于一夜暴富。
From flags to candles and tulips to tacky badges, business is brisk for those looking to make a fast buck in the wake of the air-crash death in Russia of Polish president Lech Kaczynski.
從國(guó)旗到蠟燭、郁金香和俗氣的徽章，對(duì)那些想趁波蘭總統(tǒng)卡辛斯基在俄羅斯空難中喪生而大發(fā)橫財(cái)?shù)娜藖?lái)說(shuō)，生意可是興隆得很。
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Nobody ever went into academia to make a fast buck. Professors, especially those in medical- and technology-related fields, typically earn a fraction of what their colleagues in industry do.
從未有人為快速致富進(jìn)入學(xué)術(shù)界，教授們，特別是那些在醫(yī)學(xué)和技術(shù)相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的工作的教授，他們只能掙到在企業(yè)工作的同事收入的一小部分。

Those who were paying close attention to the markets today had an opportunity to make a fast buck.
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ProPublica, however, seems to assume that any health care professional communicating with the drug industry is, by definition, just trying to make a fast buck.
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