BEC高级词汇（2）

例：They have cut the access fee long-distance providers pay to local phone companies.

 

account 1 账户

例:When the debt is cleared- as it must be by the time the customer retires- and the account goes into credit, it will attract interest at about 5 per cent.

 

account 2 客户,生意往来关系

例:The firm is one of our major accounts.

 

accountancy 会计工作

例: To her, accountancy was a means to find out about business and be paid at the same time.

 

accounts 1 账目

例:The financial director was accused of falsifying the company accounts.

 

accounts 2 会计部门  即 accounts department

例: She works in accounts.

 

accounts manager 会计部经理

 

accounts payable 应付账款

例: Accounts payable is created when a firm deals with suppliers who extend credit.

 

accounts receivable 应收账款

例: Assets include cash, accounts receivable, inventory, property and equipment, and patents.

 

achievable 切实可行的,可达到的

例: Your objectives should be relevant to the job you have applied for and achievable.

 

acquire 购入,取得所有权

例: This is Cussons' newly acquired factory in Poland.

 

acquisition 收购

例: The accelerated rate of globalisation has left companies desperately seeking overseas acquisitions in order to remain competitive.

 

acquire 购入,取得所有权

例: This is Cussons' newly acquired factory in Poland.

 

acquisition 收购

例: The accelerated rate of globalisation has left companies desperately seeking overseas acquisitions in order to remain competitive.

 

across-the-board 全面,全体

例1: They have decided to increase prices by 4% across-the-board.

例2: To save money, identify current problems, and make the old company more dfficient, the new president ordered an across-the-board examination of expenditures and operational procedures in every department.

 

action figure  (仿真)玩具人,活动人

 

activewear 运动服

例: Lauren has been making activewear and basics like jeans and leather jackets for almost a quarter of a century.

 

activity 经营项目, 经营业务

例: The main activities of the company are manufacturing computer components and direct retailing to consumers

 

Achilles' heel 原意为阿基里斯的脚踵,引申为致命弱点

例: However, an Achilles' heel can usually be found that allows the headhunter to persuade them that they are, in fact, wanting to change.

 

acid test 决定性的考验

例: The acid test is whether or not somebody will actually buy the product.

 

act of God 不可抗力, 天灾, 亦作 force majeure.

例1. Private householders or businessmen insure against burglary, loss or damage by vandalism or "acts of God".

例2. The insurance policy does not cover acts of God.

 

actuals 实际数字(相对于估计的数目)

例: These are the actuals for last year's turnover.

 

actuary 精算师(受雇于保险公司或退休基金公司,根据死亡率和意外事故、火灾、盗窃等的可能性，估计保险风险和费用)

例：Actuaries spend their time working out whether or not an accident will happen and how much it will cost if it does.

 

adaptation 重新打造以适应本土化

例1：Adaptation may need to be made in branding, labeling, and packaging of the product.

例2：Potential risk refers to the level of adaptation required to enter foreign markets.

 

added value 增加值，增值

例：An important aspect of marketing goods like CD players and televisions is possible added value, such as free videos or CDs.

 

addition （某一产品系列中的）新增产品

例：The KR 700 is the latest addition to our range of fax machines.

 

Additional Benefit Funding 附加福利基金（专款）

例：You will be able to use as much as you like of your Additional Benefit Funding to "buy" benefits.