c. 1300, "yielding benefit, useful," from profit (v.) + -able or from Old French profitable, porfitable. Specific sense of "money-making" is attested from 1758. Related: Profitably.
双语例句
1. Drug manufacturing is the most profitable business in America.
制药业是美国利润最丰厚的业务。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Tina believed that, given time, her business would become profitable.
