rainmaking

基本解釋

Artificial rainmaking is practised in many countries but its success is hard to prove.
許多國(guó)家都開(kāi)展了人工降雨，但難以証實(shí)其成功作用。
Rainmaking is even riskier, the study says, in part because it takes just as much time and effort but isn't billable unless and until a new client signs on.
培養(yǎng)新客戶(hù)的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)更大，部分原因是它需要耗費(fèi)同樣多的時(shí)間和精力，但這些付出是不計(jì)費(fèi)的，除非一位新客戶(hù)願(yuàn)意簽約。
The dragon had gone to the South China Sea to host a rainmaking ceremony.
原來(lái)龍是先去遙遠(yuǎn)的南海主持一個(gè)落雨個(gè)典禮。

They are boosting spending on what they call the world's largest programme of artificial rainmaking.
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In these sceptical days, she explained, there was less demand for her rainmaking skills, so times were hard.
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The queen pressed her advantage by asking for a road to the cave where she liked to practise her rainmaking rites.
ECONOMIST: Queen Modjadji