BEC高级词汇（15）

e.g. Last year’s sales figures for all our markets are shown on this bar chart. 我们所有市场去年的销售数字都显示在这个条形图上。

e.g. The bar chart below shows the cost of buying three different photocopiers. 以下条形图显示购买三种不同复印机所需的费用。

 

Bar code （打印在商品上，与电脑系统连接可读出商品价格和参考数据的）条形码，条码

e.g. The shop assistant scanned the bar code to check the price. 店员对条形码扫描以核对价格。

 

Bar graph 矩形图，条形图，直方图，也称bar chart 或histogram

e.g. the bar graph shows the sales of cars in different countries during August, September and October. 该条形图显示了八月，九月，十月这三个月里公司在不同国家的汽车销售情况。

 

Barrier crash （汽车）障碍试验

 

Barrister （英国、澳大利亚）（有资格出席高等法院）律师，出庭律师，大律师，相当于美国的attorney

e.g. He is a barrister specializing in employment law.　他是对劳工法有专门研究的大律师。

 

Base pay 基本工资

e.g. To know how much can be spent on benefits, you start with Base Pay. 要了解有多少钱可用于享受福利，须先看基本工资

Bancassurance 银行保险业, 亦作bankassurance 

e.g. The job losses stem largely from the amalgamation of TSB’s bank and insurance operations into a unified ‘bancassurance’. 丧失工作岗位主要是由于信托储蓄银行的银行业务和保险业务合并成为统一的银行保险业而引起的

 

base rate 基本利率，基础利率

e.g. the interest which a bank charges on loans is at a rate which is usually higher than its base rate. 银行收取的的货款利率通常高于其基础利率。

 

Batch 成批的产品

e.g. this is batch of watches that all have the same fault. 这就是那批有同样毛病的表。

e.g. the first batch of applicants was being processed by the personnel department. 人事部门正在处理第一批求职者。

 

Bath mat 浴室脚垫

 

Bear market  熊市 (通常指股市、汇市等金融市场价格下跌或疲软)

e.g. if the market is thought to be poor and prices on the Stock Exchange are thought to be likely to fall, the market is called to be a bear market. 市场疲软，股价看跌，这种股市被称为熊市。