bottom line

英 [ˌbɒtəm ˈlaɪn]

美 [ˌbɑːtəm ˈlaɪn]

n.  要旨; 基本论点; 底线; 最终赢利(或亏损); 损益表底线; 可接受的最低价格; 底价

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牛津词典

noun

• 要旨；基本论点；底线
  the most important thing that you have to consider or accept; the essential point in a discussion, etc.
  1. The bottom line is that we have to make a decision today.
     底线是，我们今天必须作出决定。
• 最终赢利（或亏损）；损益表底线
  the amount of money that is a profit or a loss after everything has been calculated
  1. The bottom line for 2004 was a pre-tax profit of £85 million.
     2004年最终获得税前利润8 500万英镑。
• 可接受的最低价格；底价
  the lowest price that sb will accept
  1. Two thousand─and that's my bottom line!
     两千块——不能再低了！

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 最重要的因素；要旨
  The bottom linein a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
  1. The bottom line is that it's not profitable...
     最重要的一点是它无利可图。
  2. The bottom line is that it did not get the best out of everybody.
     最关键的问题是这不能使每个人充分发挥自己的长处。
• N-COUNT （生意上达成交易的）底线，最低条件
  Thebottom linein a business deal is the least a person is willing to accept.
  1. She says £95,000 is her bottom line.
     她说95,000英镑是她的底线。
• N-COUNT （公司在一段时期内的）盈亏总额，账本底线
  Thebottom lineis the total amount of money that a company has made or lost over a particular period of time.
  1. These small promotions were costly and they did nothing to increase his bottom line.
     这些小规模的促销活动成本很高，而且对增加他的最终效益没什么贡献。
  2. ...to force chief executives to look beyond the next quarter's bottom line.
     迫使主管们将目光不要仅局限于下一个季度的盈亏

英英释义

noun

• the decisive point
• the last line in an audit

双语例句

• The bottom line is we made the choice in the business context we had.
  我们自己根据当时的商业环境进行决策，这是我们的底线。
• The bottom line is that it did not get the best out of everybody.
  最关键的问题是这不能使每个人充分发挥自己的长处。
• You know the bottom line.
  你知道自己的底线。
• I hope last year's price can be maintained and that is our bottom line.
  我希望能保持去年的价格，这是我们的底线。
• Trademark violations can hurt a business'reputation, and its bottom line.
  商标侵权会伤害到一个企业的声誉和底线。
• The bottom line is that TDD is a design technique but should not be the sole design technique.
  事实上，TDD是一门设计技术，但不是孤独的设计技术。
• Interviewer: Of course, that's the bottom line!
  老板：当然了！这是底线！
• At last, an algorithm for calculating the bottom line value was proposed.
  最后给出了计算底线值的方法及算法。
• The bottom line is that it's not profitable
  最重要的一点是它无利可图。
• The bottom line is that a project using existing assets will save a company time, money and resources.
  关键在于，使用现有资产的项目将节省公司的时间、资金和资源。