bottom line star1 (bottomlines)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider. 最重要的因素

  例：

  The bottom line is that it's not profitable.

  最重要的是这无利可图。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The bottom line in a business deal is the least a person is willing to accept. 底线

  例：

  She says $95,000 is her bottom line.

  她说$95000是她的底线。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The bottom line is the total amount of money that a company has made or lost over a particular period of time. 盈亏底线 [商业]

  例：

  ...to force chief executives to look beyond the next quarter's bottom line.

  …迫使首席执行官们考虑下季度的盈亏底线。