2011商务英语辅导：BEC词汇例解8

[例]  They appropriated $10,000 for bribery.

 approve [  ] (v.) agree to pass officially批准

[例]  They Board approved the new plan.

[同义词]  accept

 approval [ ] (n.) agreement批准

 aptitude [  ] (n.) natural ability (to do a task)天资

[例] She had a high aptitude for business.

 arbitrage [  ] (n.) the purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy套利

[例]  He made big fortune by arbitrage.

 arbitration [  ] (n.) process of settling a dispute仲裁

[例] We shall have to resort to arbitration.

[同义词]  judgement, adjudication

 area [ ] (n.) region区域

[例]  His sales area is the North East.

[同义词]  district, region, territory

 arrears [] (n.) money which is owed and has not been paid on time到期未付帐

[例]  The payment in arrears amounts to$100.

[同义词]  arrearage, debt, liabilities

 arrival notice (n.) a note sent by a carrier to the receiver( consignee) saying that goods have arrived 到货通知[例]  After your receipt of the arrival notice from the carrier---COSCO, please arrange the picking-up of the goods at the dock.

 artifical person (n.) a company considered as having a separate legal identity from the people who work for it, although some of these people will represent the will of the company 法人

[例]  The company is regarded legally as an artifical person.

[同义词]  fictitious person, juristic person

 as per (adv) according to根据

[例]  As per your request that is made in your last mail, we are writing to confirm our point concerning the price.

 asap as soon as possible 及早

[例]  After the cargo reaches your dock,please inform us by fax or email asap.

 assemble [ ] (v.)1. put (a product) together from component parts装配

[例]  After the internal innovation, the efficiency of workers’ assembling machines has greatly improved.

2.to bring or call together into a group or whole集合

[例]  Ask your colleagues to assemble in the meeting room at 10:15.

 assembly-line (n.) layout of workers and machines where the work passes from one worker to the next, usually on a moving belt, until it is finished装配线

[例]  All the workers should take care of the assembly line.