BEC考试辅导：2011年商务英语(高级)难词解析汇编(4)
annoyance 令人讨厌的人或事
例:The target market has viewed the ad so many times that it no longer makes a positive impression, and, in fact, it may make a negative impression in the form of an annoyance.
annual general meeting 年度股东大会(根据法律规定每年举行,出席的包括公司成员,股东和董事),简称AGM.口语里也称the yearly shareholders' meeting.
例: The financial results will be announced at the annual general meeting.
annualization 年工时制
例: She also said companies might be able to implement the government's measures based on the "annualization" of working hours rather than a calculation week by week.
annual production 年产量
例: Within five years annual production went from 20 000 to 230 000 cars and the company founded its first South American subsidiary.
annual profit 年收益,年利润
例: The company produces an annual profit of 25 million.
annual report 年报
例: An annual report is a document which tells you about the company's performance over the year.
appointment 任命,(聘任的)职位
例: There has been a new appointment to the board.
appraisal 评价,评估
例: annual appraisal interviews 年度能力评估面试
appointed 1 任命的
例1: Measures are taken to ensure that newly-appointed members of staff are integrated effectively into existing teams.
appreciation 增值,升值
例:For investors, innovation has translated into stong earnings growth and stock price appreciation.
approach to dialogue谈话方式
例:Different language have their own approach to dialogue.
arrival notice到货通知.
例:We have not yetreceived the carrier's arrival notice.
articles (在法律事务所)培训期,律师实习
例:She's doing her articles with a firm in London.
A share A股股票(持有者没有投票权的普通股票)
例: But the A shares, off limits to foreign investors, were still among the best performers.
Asian crises of the late 1990s 90年代末亚洲金融危机
例:As Asian crises of the late 1990s illustrated, U.S.firms entering international business transactions need to be cautious of foreign governments.
as is 按现状出售,概不保证,亦作as seen.
例:The goods are to be sold as is .
asking price 索要价,要价
例:Always negotiate, never pay the full asking price.
asleep at the switch 玩忽职守,坐失良机
例:Interest rates dropped significantly for a month before climbing back to higher levels, but our finance manager was asleep at the switch and failed to renegotiate our loans.
as of 自......起,等于as from
例:I would like to inform you that as of September 6, 2001,the new name for our company will be Sunrise.
as per 按照,依据
例:The client requested that we send our report to him on a computer disc, so we wrote a short note to him saying"as per your request, we are sending you our report on disc," and elclosed it with the disc.
aspirational group 带领性消费群体,领导性消费群体
例:Our emulates certain reference groups(aspirational groups) whereas one is actually a member of other groups.
as seen 看货买卖,现场交易(货物按买者所见现状出售,卖方不保证质量)
例: If you buy at a car auction you take the vehicle as seen.
Assembly line 装配线
e.g. He first worked on the shop floor on the assembly line. 他先是在工厂的装配线上工作。
e.g. I hope that all the training programs they run for the staff on the assembly line might have begun to have an effect. 希望那些为工作在装配线上的员工提供的专业培训，如今已经开始发挥作用
