商務英語BEC高級課文輔導(一)2

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    bring somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
    1 to introduce a new law 頒布一項新法律
    Harsh anti-Trade Union laws were brought in in the early 1980s. 嚴厲的反工會法于80年代早期頒布。
    2 to ask someone to become involved in a discussion or situation 聘請
    I'd like to bring in Doctor Hall here and ask him his views. 我想聘請…博士來這里并詢問他的意見。
    The police were brought in to investigate the matter. 他們把警方請來,調查此事。
    3 to earn a particular amount or produce a particular amount of profit 產(chǎn)生收益
    The sale of the house only brought in about £45,000. 這棟房子只賣了4萬5千英鎊。
    4 to attract customers to a shop or business 吸引
    We've got to bring in more business if we want the restaurant to survive. 我們?nèi)绻胍屵@家飯館繼續(xù)生存下去,我們就必須吸引更多人。
    expatriate [countable] someone who lives in a foreign country
    ᅳexpatriate adjective [only before noun]移居國外的;
    expatriate workers
    British expatriates living in Spain
    sales staff 銷售人員 (sales force)
    force noun
    ▶MILITARY◀軍隊
    air force空軍
    armed forces 武裝部隊
    ▶MILITARY ACTION◀
    [uncountable] military action used as a way of achieving your aims 武力
    Peace cannot be imposed by force. 和平是不可能靠武力來強制實現(xiàn)的。
    ▶PHYSICAL POWER◀
    [uncountable]the amount of physical power with which something moves or hits another thing 力量
    force of
    The force of the explosion blew out all the windows. 爆炸的力量將所有玻璃都沖擊碎了。
    ▶NATURAL POWER◀
    [uncountable and countable] a natural power or event
    the force of gravity 地心引力
    ▶ORGANIZED GROUP◀
    [countable usually singular] a group of people who have been trained and organized to do a particular job 一群人
    the company's sales force 公司的銷售人員
    the quality of the teaching force 高水平的教師隊伍
    task force
    ▶STRONG INFLUENCE◀
    [countable] something or someone who is powerful and has a lot of influence on the way things happen 強勢人物或事情
    the driving force (behind something/somebody) (=the person or thing that makes something happen) 驅動力
    Betty Coward was the driving force behind the project. 貝迪是這個項目的發(fā)起人。
    a force for change/peace/democracy etc (=someone or something that makes change, peace etc more likely to happen) 主張改變/和平/民主的力量
    consultant [countable]咨詢?nèi)藛T
    1 someone whose job is to give advice on a particular subject
    a management consultant
    consultancy noun
    plural consultancies
    1 [countable] a company that gives advice on a particular subject 咨詢公司
    a management consultancy
    a consultancy firm
    2 [uncountable] advice that a company is paid to provide 咨詢公司的建議
    consultancy fees
    work on somebody/something phrasal verb
    1 to spend time working in order to produce or repair something 做某事
    He has spent the last two years working on a book about childcare. 他用了兩年的時間撰寫了一本關于育兒的書籍。
    Every weekend you see him working on his car. 每個周末你可以看見他修理自己的汽車。
    2 to try very hard to improve or achieve something 努力改善或取得成績
    A trainer has been brought in to work on her fitness. 她請來了一個培訓師,幫她鍛煉身體。
    work on doing something
    We need to work on ensuring that the children feel safe and confident. 我們需要不斷努力確保孩子們感到安全和自信。
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    participant n. 參加者
    *participate in sth. 參加
    electric adjective驚人的;令人興奮的
    making people feel very excited
    The atmosphere in the courtroom was electric. 法庭里的氣氛令人振奮。
    come up with something phrasal verb
    1 to think of an idea, answer etc產(chǎn)生;發(fā)現(xiàn)(解決辦法;答案)
    We've been asked to come up with some new ideas. 領導讓我們想出新主意。
    2 informal to produce an amount of money 籌措錢
    We wanted to buy the house but we couldn't come up with the cash. 我們想要買這棟房子,但是我們已是籌措不到這筆錢。
    throw light on something
    to make something easier to understand by providing new information幫助說明某事物;供給新知識
    Recent investigations have thrown new light on how the two men died. 近的調查給解釋這兩個人的死因帶了新說法。
    *light n.見解
    profit noun
     [uncountable and countable]money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid 利潤
    ᅳopposite loss
    They sold their house at a healthy profit. 他們的房子賣了個高價錢。
    The property company made a huge profit on the deal. 這家房地產(chǎn)公司在這次交易中賺了一大筆錢。
    sell sth. at a profit (at a loss) 賺錢(賠本)出售某物
    put somebody/something on phrasal verb
    ▶CLOTHES◀
    put something ↔ on 穿衣服
    to put a piece of clothing on your body
    ᅳopposite take off
    ▶ON SKIN◀ 化妝
    put something ↔ on
    to put make-up, cream etc on your skin
    I've got to put this cream on twice a day.
    ▶MUSIC◀播放音樂
    put something ↔ on
    to put a record, tape, or CD into a machine and start playing it
    She put on some music while they ate.
    put on weight/12 lbs/4 kg etc
    to become fatter and heavier 增重
    ᅳsynonym gain
    Rosie's put on five kilos since she quit smoking.
    ▶EVENT/CONCERT/PLAY ETC◀
    put something ↔ on
    to arrange for a concert, play etc to take place, or to perform in it 上演
    One summer the children put on a play.
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    workplace n. 工作場所[countable] the room, building etc where you work
    in the workplace
    a report into discrimination in the workplace 一份關于工作場所歧視問題的報告
    marketplace noun [countable]
    1 the marketplace
    the part of business activity that is concerned with buying and selling goods in competition with other companies 交流或競爭的場所
    Some retailers worry that new regulations will hurt their ability to compete in the marketplace. 一些零售商擔憂新的法規(guī)頒布后會損害它們在市場上的競爭力。
    2 an open area in a town where a market is held 集市
    positive adj. 積極的;肯定的
    accommodation n.
    1 [uncountable] also accommodations American English a place for someone to stay, live, or work 住宿
    The price for the holiday includes flights and accommodation.這個度假的價格包括機票錢和住宿費。
    Universities have to provide student accommodation for first-year students.
    return n. 收益=pay-off