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.
一位著名的小企业投资者罗恩•康威，私下里谴责他的天使同行们妄自尊大，太热衷于一夜暴富。
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.
从国旗到蜡烛、郁金香和俗气的徽章，对那些想趁波兰总统卡辛斯基在俄罗斯空难中丧生而大发横财的人来说，生意可是兴隆得很。
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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.
从未有人为快速致富进入学术界，教授们，特别是那些在医学和技术相关领域的工作的教授，他们只能挣到在企业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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