2011商务英语辅导：BEC词汇例解5

after-sales service (n.) service offered by a supplier to a customer to maintain or repair the product supplied售后服务

[例] Nowadays many enterprises began to compete in the field of after-sales service.

 affiliate [ E5filieit ] (n.)a person or an organization that is attached to a larger organization 成员，联号

[例]  That company is an affiliate of a prestigious holding group.

[同义词] member

(v.) to attach ( a person or an organization) to a larger organization 附属于

[例]  The business is affiliated to TCL Group.

 afmd (abbr.) aforementioned 上述的

[例]  You can refer to afmd post address for the dispatch.

 aftermarket [`B:ftE9mB:kIt] (n.) a situation where a newly issued security is traded before its real price has been established in the stock market. 二级市场

[例]  Buy shares on a healthy aftermarket.

 after sight (adv) written on a bill of exchange to show that the bill should be paid within a specified time after the payer is presented within it见票后付款

[例]  The bill should be paid at 60 days after sight.

 against all risks (adv.) (of a marine insurance policy) providing insurance for all types of loss or damage全保险.

[例]  We insuranced the cargo against all risks.

 agenda [ E5dVendE ] (n.) order of topics to be discussed at a meeting会议议程

[例]  The first topic on the agenda is salaries.

 agent [ 5eidVEnt ] (n.) person who represents a company代理（商）

[例]  Our company’s agent in Middle East has developed a widespread and mature business there.

[同义词]  representative, deputy

 agiotage [ 5AdViEtidV ] (n.) the business of buying and then later selling foreign currencies 套汇

[例]  That guy makes a big fortune by agiotage.

[同义词]  arbitrage

 airline [ 5ZElain ] (n.) a business providing a system of scheduled air transport航空公司

[例]  United Airlines

 air time (n.) time given to advertise on TV or radio电视(收音)广告节目时间

[例]  The air time of this new product will be prolonged for 10 seconds.

 allocate [ 5AlEukeit ] (v.) give money or other resources in certain proportions分配

[例]  In the budget we allocated most of the money to marketing.

[同义词]  assign, designate, allot

 allotment [ E5lCtmEnt ] (n.) the distribution of new company shares to the people who have applied for them配股

[例]  Allotment has been made by random draw because of oversubscription.

 allowance [ E5lauEns ] (n.) something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose津贴

[例]  An expenses allowance is paid monthly to each trainee.

 amalgamation [ E7mAl^E5meiFEn ] (n.) a type of reorganization where two or more companies are combined into one company合并

[例]  The amalgamation of the three companies strengthened the corporation.

[同义词]  combination, merger