Whether the private schools can seek profit (or even profit_seeking as the goal) has been a hot issue in recent years.

民办教育可否营利(甚至是以营利为目的)已成为近年来争论的热点问题。

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China's enterprises are surpassing primitive capital accumulation period to seek profit maximization and enter a period of "corporate citizenship".

我国企业正在超越原始资本积累时期片面追求利润最大化而进入一个崭新的“企业公民”阶段。

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In order to maximize profit, the firm would seek to maximize output.

为了最大限度地增加利润，这家公司将试图最大限度地增加产量。

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But with its new search business, Defense Distributed goes beyond provocation to seek profit, too.

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In a market-based economy, scarce resources seek profit and are allocated to sectors of the economy where consumer demand is high and there are potential profits.

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It is the lucrative domain of serious organised crime groups that seek to profit at the expense of innocent people.

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