值得收藏的商务英语BEC高级难词解析

值得收藏的商务英语BEC高级难词解析

Bank charges 银行手续费

e.g. One significant expense is bank charges, which all businesses are forced to pay. 费用中的很大的一笔是手续费，所有的企业都必须支付。

Banking business 金融业，银行业

e.g. Credit lyonnais is in the banking business. 里昂信贷银行从事金融业务。

Bank on 依赖……获利

e.g. bank on brand 依赖品牌获利

bank statement 银行结帐，银行水单

e.g. The bank statement should be checked against the cash book to make sure the figures are the same and there are no discrepancies. 银行结帐单应与现金账簿核对，确保两者数字一致无不符之处。

Banner towing 条幅广告

Banqueting manager （酒店的）宴会经理

Bar chart 矩形图，条形图，直方图 也称bar graph or histogram （是以宽度相同

的长条，按其长短或上下来表示指标或数值大小的一种图形。 有单式。复式和分段式三种。其中纵轴线称为vertical axis,横轴线称为horizontal axis.）

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. 以下条形图显示购置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 根本工资

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，须先看根本工资

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

Bill 要求……支付

e.g. Michigan officials are planning to bill the federal government for the state’s fire-fighting costs. 密歇根州的官员们打算要求联邦政府支付该州的消防费用。

Billboard 露天大广告牌

e.g. Saturn has chosen to price their car rather inexpensively, has promoted the car mainly through television advertisements and billboards and distributes the car exclusively through Saturn dealerships. “土星”汽车选择了低价位政策，主要利用电视广告和露天广告牌促销并通过独家经销商销售。

e.g. There are American flags visible EVERYWHERE, on the rooftops, on cars, on the billboards, on the boats. 在屋顶、车上、广告牌上、船上，美国旗到处可见。

Bill of entry 报关单

e.g. they are preparing bill of entry for customs. 他们正在为海关准备报关单。

Bill of lading 提单

e.g. documentation for export shipments includes the bill of lading. 出口货物运输所需文件包括提单。

e.g. the full contract details appear on the back of the bill of lading. 提单反面印有全部和约的细那么。

Binding machine 装订机

e.g. A binding machine fixes sheets of paper together like a book. 装订机用来把成叠的纸按图书装订

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Bingo card 宾戈卡（出版者随杂志发出的已付邮资的明信片，读者可凭卡函索广告中有关产品的信息）

Bioengineered food 生物工程食品

e.g. Bioengineered food is the brave new wave of the future, but should consumers ask more questions? 生物工程食品是未来绚丽夺目的新浪潮，但消费者是否应该多问一点问题？

Biotech 生物技术，亦作 biotechnology

e.g. Biotech is the industry most apt to confuse fantasy with reality. 生物技术很容易把梦想和显示混为一谈。

Biotechnology 生物技术，同上

e.g. the number of alliances between the pharmaceutical panies and biotechnology groups is increasing. 制药公司和生物技术公司的结盟日益增加。

Black economy 黑市经济 （指为逃税而隐瞒收入的地下经济）

e.g. the part of an economy which is not declared to the tax authorities is known as the black economy. 不向税务部门申报的经济领域被称为黑市经济。

Black Friday （尤指经济领域内灾难性的）黑色星期五，灾难性的一天

Boardroom 2 (早期证券经济行中)置放最新价格的房间，行情室

Body language 身体语言

e.g. Some people signal their anxiety by their body language. Sweat on the upper lip, false smiles and nervous hand movements all indicate disfort.

Book launch 图书发行会

e.g. There will be a book launch next Sunday

Billboard 露天大广告牌

e.g. Saturn has chosen to price their car rather inexpensively, has promoted the car mainly through television advertisements and billboards and distributes the car exclusively through Saturn dealerships. “土星”汽车选择了低价位政策，主要利用电视广告和露天广告牌促销并通过独家经销商销售。

Attorney 法律事务代理人, 律师

e.g. We need to use attorneys and other specialists in the area to smooth the way and prevent mistakes. 我们需要使用法律事务代理人和业内专家帮助铺平道路,防止出错.

Attrition 人员自然损耗,人员自然削减 (如自然退休, 死亡等，而不是人为的辞退,裁员

Let's do better than our best!

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Attrition 人员自然损耗,人员自然削减 (如自然退休, 死亡等，而不是人为的辞退,裁员)

e.g. By a quite practice of attrition we were able to reduce our staff size and cut our annual expenses while not firing anyone and risking a decrease in employee morale. 通过正常的人员自然损耗,我们得以减少员工人数并削减年度费用, 同时也防止了因采取解聘行为而导致员工士气降低的风险.

Audio conference 会议

Attribute 品质, 特性

e.g. They have the appropriate attributes for effective team leadership. 他们具备有效领导团队的应有品质。

Audio typing 听录音打字

e.g. Because my boss is away from the office a lot he often dictates on to a cassette tape, so I have to learn audio typing. 因为我老板难得在办公室，常常把话留在口述记录机里，因此我得学会听录音打字。

Audit 审计

e.g. The audit is known, colloquially, as “checking the book.” 审计，就是人们平时口头上说的查帐。

Auditor 审计员，审计师，稽核员

e.g. The auditor is responsible for checking the reason for any changes in the aounts. 审计员负责核查账目中任何改动的原因。

Authorized dealer 特约经销商， 授权经销商

e.g. The applicant pany is appointed by Ford Motor Company as an authorized dealer. 该申请公司被指定为福特汽车公司的特约经销商。

Authorized share capital 法定股本，也称作nominal capital

e.g. The pany is allowed to issue a total amount of shares known as the authorized share capital or nominal capital. However, the issued capital may be less than that. 公司获准发行一定数目。

Auto hire pany 汽车出租公司

Auto insurance 汽车保险

e.g. For auto insurance, this information includes plete driving history-aidents or tickets-the kind of car, and the purposes for which it is to be used. 办理汽车保险所需信息包括完整的驾车历史记录—事故或罚单记录—以及车的种类、用途等。

Awareness 意识，认识程度

e.g. The booklet helped raise public awareness of the product. 这本小册子有助于提高该产品的知名度。

e.g. The old pany started extensive advertising on radio to increase awareness among young people who had not been the pany’s traditional customers. 这家老牌子公司开始在电台大做广告，以使从前不是其传统消费者的年轻人提高对产品的认识。

Axe 1 大幅削减

e.g. In an effort to save money our pany president aced the promotions budget. 为节省开支，我们公司的总裁大幅削减了推广活动的预算。

Axe 2 裁员

e.g. Three people in the marketing department were axed last week and are now looking for new positions. 市场营销部的三名员工上周被辞退了，他们目前正在寻找新的工作

Backup 2 为……做备份，亦作back up

e.g. You can backup aounting records, business plans charts, graphs or confidential information on CDs for decades-safe and secure. 你可以把帐目记录，业务方案，图表或机密情报备份到光盘上，可保证数十年安然无恙。

Back-up facility 支持设备，辅助设备

e.g. The latest development is the use of the virtual office to provide essential back-up facilities to the self-employed. 目前，虚拟办公室的最新进展是被用来为个体

经营者提供根本的支持设备。

Bad debt 坏帐， 呆帐， 倒账（无法收回的应收账款）

e.g. The bank wrote off one million pounds in bad debt. 银行注销了100万的呆帐。

Bad publicity 负面影响

e.g. When they started to raise prices, they might create bad publicity, which would hurt their brands. 当他们开始提价时，就可能造成负面宣传，损害其品牌。

Baggage allowance 行李重量限额

e.g. If the boss is traveling with a lot of heavy equipment he will probably exceed the baggage allowance by the airline. 假设老板携带很重的设备出差，很可能会超过航空公司规定的行李重量限制。

Bagstuffer 公告传单， 小型宣传品，通常在街头散发或在付款台前塞进顾客购物袋。

Balance 余额，平衡

e.g. If you choose not to use all of your Additional Benefit Funding for benefits, you’ll be paid the balance in cash, as part of your monthly pay. 如果员工不愿把所有附加福利金都花在支付各种福利工程上，余额将作为工资的一局部现金支付

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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.

例: The financial results will be announced at the annual general meeting.

annualization 年工时制

例: She also said panies might be able to implement the government's measures based on the \"annualization\" of working hours rather than a calculation week by week.

annual production 年产量

例: Within five years annual production went from 20 000 to 230 000 cars and the pany founded its first South American subsidiary.

annual profit 年收益,年利润

例: The pany produces an annual profit of 25 million.

annual report 年报

例: An annual report is a document which tells you about the pany's performance over the year.

appointment 任命,(聘任的)职位

例: There has been a new appointment to the board.

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.

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.

arrival notice到货通知.

例:We have not yetreceived the carrier's arrival notice.

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)

例: But the A shares, off limits to foreign investors, were still among the best performers.

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.

as is 按现状出售,概不保证,亦作as seen.

例:The goods are to be sold as is .

asking price 索要价,要价

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, xx,the new name for our pany will be Sunrise.

as per 按照,依据

例:The client requested that we send our report to him on a puter 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 带着性消费群体,领导性消费群体

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

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。

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。

affinity (group) card 团体(组织)卡(志为具有共同背景或是联系 的个人群体,如人事相同专业、校友或退休人员组织等共同使用的信用卡)

after-care service 售后效劳

例：Make sure that the pany you buy from can offer a prehensive and convenient after-care service.

after-sales service 1 售后效劳(常用于汽车、电脑、家用电器等耐用消费品)

例：We off a full after-sales service.

after-sales service 2 售后效劳中心

例：Many large panies in Shanghai have geared themselves to the

international conventions and set up after-sales services aepting repairs and dealing with customers' plaints.

after-sales warranty 售后保单

against all risks 保全险

例：These are goods insured against all risks.

agency 代理行，经销处，公众效劳机构，代理公司，中介公司

例：The firm has agencies all over the world.

agenda 议程

例：An agenda is a list of things to discuss at a meeting.

airlines 航空公司(多用于航空公司名称中)

例: English Royal Dutch Airlines (均大写)

air miles 里程奖 亦作 air-miles awards

例1: The attraction of air miles is easy to understand.

例2: Air-miles awards for frequent flyers are one of airline services.

air time 通话时间

例: Traditionally, cellar（此处应为cellular,谢谢千千提醒） users have paid the air time for ining calls as well as outgoing.

airways 航空公司(主要用于航空公司名称中)

例: British Airways

aleter酒精检测仪(通过检查呼吸测出血液中酒精含量的仪器),亦作Breathalyzer, drunkometer

例:We are empowered to stop any motorist for routine reasons, and we can ask them to blow into the Aleter if we think they might be over the limit.

all-expenses-paid trip (由公司出钱的)旅行

例: To reward the top sellers, the pany is offering them an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas in America.

allotment 配股

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

all-risk policy 全险,综合险,全险保单

例: We have taken out an all-risk policy on the electronic equipment.

alternative 非主流的

例: Coca-cola already has 8 per cent of the alternative beverage market.

aluminum can 易拉罐, 亦作ring-pull can或pop

amalgamate 合并

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 aident will happen and how much it will cost if it does.

adaptation 重新打造以适应外乡化

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.

advance 预付款, 垫款

例: I asked for an advance on my salary.

advanced orders 预订货量

例: The development of the game has taken two years but advanced orders are impressive.

advancement 进步

例: Businesses established in foreign countries should contribute to the social advancement of those countries.

advance publicity 前期宣传

例: The product has sold well considering it was not given much advance publicity.

advance reservation clerk (酒店)客房预订接待员

例：These major sectors are telems, IT, agro-industry and what is termed \"welfare\".

air freight operator 空运公司

例：This air freight operator has no travel service.

airline 航空公司

例：I flew with my favourite airline as always.

airline business 航空业务

例：Cathay Pacific（国泰航空公司） is in the airline business.

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advisory service 咨询效劳

例：The bank provides a financial advisory service for all its clients.

aero (车辆等)流线型的

例：We lowered the front end for more visibility, and softened the lines for a more aero look.

affiliation 1 联营公司

例: We have a number of affiliations throughout the country.

affiliation 2 附属机构

例: Please put your name, address and affiliation.

abandon rate 挂断率（衡量客户效劳质量的指标之一，计算方式为：拨入客户效劳

中心的 总数中客户因等候时间过长而挂断的 数目占总数的百分比）

例： By choosing the right on-hold music, the pany has reduced abandon rate by 50%.

absenteeism 旷工，缺勤

例：Improvements in working conditions helped to reduce levels of absenteeism.

absolute interest 绝对产权，绝对权益

例：The pany has an absolute interest in the building.

academic intelligence 学术方面的才智

例：Phrases such as \"solves problems well,\"\"displays interest in the world at large,\"\"aepts others for what they are,\"\"admits mistakes,\"\"is goal oriented,\" and \"converses well\" suggest that people focus on the worldly side of intelligence, as opposed to just \"academic intelligence.

academic smarts 学术方面的才能

例：It's not the usual way of thinking about it - academic smarts-IQ

aelerated learning 速成学习

例：Aelerated learning shows that language learning an be fast, effective and enjoyable.

aess 1 使用，享用权

例1： Aess to these files is restricted.

2 : Students have free aess to the library's scientific literature.

aess 2 进入

例：Its acquisition of the group will allow it to gain aess to France's railway business.

aommodation address 临时通信地址

例:Please write to my aommodation address.

aount 1 账户

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

aount 2 客户,生意往来关系

例:The firm is one of our major aounts.

aountancy 会计工作

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

aounts 1 账目

例:The financial director was aused of falsifying the pany aounts.

aounts 2 会计部门 即 aounts department

例: She works in aounts.

aounts manager 会计部经理

aounts payable 应付账款

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

aounts receivable 应收账款

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

achievable 切实可行的,可到达的

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