只做有利可图的事是商人的本性。

Doing nothing but something is an angle is the nature of a merchant.

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我试图使他对我们的风险企业感兴趣，但他好像一心想着别的事情，显然另有有利可图的事。

I tried to interest him in our venture, but he seemed preoccupied with something else. No doubt he has other fish to fry.

youdao

他刚来的时候，打算只住几天就走，但他发现曼斯菲尔德可能有利可图，再说别处也没有什么事非要他去不可。

He had come, intending to spend only a few days with them; but Mansfield promised well, and there was nothing to call him elsewhere.

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