91.cash flow ：現金流通
Fluctuations in a company’s cash position
公司現金形勢的波動情況。
Our company is currently having a cash flow problem.
92.CEO ：總裁，總經理
An acronym for “chief executive officer”. The highest executive officer of a company.
“chief executive officer”的縮略詞。指公司的行政長官。
Advertisers are using CEO’s more frequently in their company’s commercials because studies show that people trust and admire leaders.
廣告商們在廣告片中越來越多地利用總裁的形象，因為研究表明，人們相信、崇拜。
93.Chapter 11 ：破產條款
A bankruptcy code section that applies to a corporation going out of business which may require restructuring.
破產法的部分章節(jié)，適用于需要重組的倒閉公司。
Rumors are spreading that one of the big movie companies is filing a chapter 11.
有謠言說一家大的電影公司正申請破產。
94.commercialism ：重商主義，商業(yè)行為
The practice and spirit of business in which the making of profits is emphasized.
商業(yè)做法和精神，強調利潤的追求。
Many American dislike the commercialism that is associated with Christmas.
95.competition ：競爭
The rivalry between similar businesses for customers or clients.
經營產品相近的廠商間爭奪顧客或客戶的斗爭。
Competition in business is good because it generally results in better quality and lower prices for consumers.
商業(yè)競爭中是好事，它可以為消費者帶來更好的質量和更低的價格。
96.conglomerate ：集團公司，聯(lián)合大企業(yè)
A corporation made up several companies that produce large quantities of output in a variety of industries.
諸多產業(yè)中，由幾家公司組成的股份公司，大量生產各種產品。
Proctor & Gamble is a large personal product conglomerate.
寶潔公司是一家生產個人衛(wèi)生用品的大集團公司。
97.consumerism ：（1）消費；（2）消費者權益運動
The consumption of goods and service.
商品和服務的耗費
Inflation always hurts consumerism.
通貨膨脹總是打擊消費。
The protection of consumers form poor products or misleading claims.
保護消費者免受劣質產品和誤導性廣告的侵害。
The U.S. Food and Drug administration tries to regulate consumerism.
美國食品和醫(yī)藥管理局想規(guī)范消費者權益運動。
98.consumer price index ：消費品價格指數
A measure of the fluctuation in prices of common consumer goods and services over a fixed time period.
在一定時期內衡量常用消費品和服務價格波動情況的一種尺度。
The consumer price index is a good reference tool to use in order to learn how much the price of a specific item has changed over the last several years.
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想了解某一特定商品在過去幾年內的價格變化情況，消費品價格指數是一個很好的工具。
99.corporate ladder ：公司的官階
A series of steps in the organizational hierarchy of a company.
公司組織等級制度中的一系列晉升階梯。
Climbing the corporate ladder is not as popular as it used to be.
走公司的晉升之道不象以前那樣有吸引力了。
100.corporate raider ：強行收購
A person, company, etc. that attempts to take over another company, exp. by buying up the stock of the target company.
個人或公司通常以全部買下其看準的公司的股份而吞并該公司。