BEC考试辅导：2011年商务英语(高级)难词解析汇编(4)

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　　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.
8 i7 x& }9 ^4 I6 z& `. v! O$ M0 h　　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.
0 o! @  g- u5 R/ H  K. f: [　　annual production 年产量
, a8 h7 [% t  Z! z　　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
  T' g# [% E8 y/ B  X: h　　例: The company produces an annual profit of 25 million.
- w7 j, v8 \0 u; k　　annual report 年报
　　例: An annual report is a document which tells you about the company's performance over the year.
9 @$ N6 T' ^# H7 T　　appointment 任命,(聘任的)职位
　　例: There has been a new appointment to the board.
5 X! v* w. H; Z* o　　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.
+ ?; t- o4 r$ J' _　　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.
9 t# n8 ~# x+ d" z* |　　arrival notice到货通知.
　　例:We have not yetreceived the carrier's arrival notice.
( D5 T; O# \7 f: @% m) e　　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)
6 Q6 [1 N2 c  O9 [/ o4 w, J　　例: But the A shares, off limits to foreign investors, were still among the best performers.
: M! _  r7 K! N: ?0 L　　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.
  a4 a- y+ P% w9 |- @+ l4 X# q　　as is 按现状出售,概不保证,亦作as seen.
0 `' G# G6 @  b) e5 r% L1 b　　例:The goods are to be sold as is .
　　asking price 索要价,要价
; F) R' S; y- q) R　　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.
) ^0 m7 k; a; n! ~0 ]7 r　　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
6 d+ q- y7 Z' _6 Y2 h; v; N　　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
( t' r# s+ F+ J# e' ~6 t( m8 Q# ^. g　　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。
" L, e; j" e! q- `! ^7 O　　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