| arbitration | n. ①仲裁，公斷 ②鑒定，檢驗 | |
| 短語 | refer to arbitration 交付公斷 submit to arbitration交付公斷 commercial arbitration 商務仲裁 obligatory arbitration 強制仲裁 price arbitration 公斷價格，議價 quality arbitration 質(zhì)量檢（商）定 | |
| 例 | The issue has been taken to arbitration. 爭議已提交仲裁。 They decided to settle the dispute by arbitration. 他們決定通過仲裁來解決爭議。 The management refused to agree to arbitration. 管理層拒絕訴諸仲裁。 | |
| arrears | n. 欠款 逾期債款 | |
| 短語 | arrears of interest 積欠利息 in arrears 欠債；欠人的，拖欠的 an account in arrears 拖欠債款的賬戶 | |
| 例 | I’m in arrears with the rent. 我拖欠租金。 | |
| asking price | 索價，要價 | |
| 例 | I managed to get the full asking price of $2,000 for my car. 我已成功地以開出的全價2000美元把汽車賣出。 We shall always negotiate never pay the full asking price. 我們每次都討價還價，從來不照付全價。 | |
| assemble | v. ①集合，聚集 ②裝配 | |
| 短語 | assemble a machine 裝配機器 assemble date 匯集數(shù)據(jù) assembly-line 裝配線，流水工作線 | |
| 例 | The staff assembled in hall. 員工們在禮堂集合。 | |
| assess | n. 評定，估價 | |
| 短語 | assess tax on somebody’s property 對某人的財產(chǎn)征稅 assess somebody’s efforts 評價某人的工作 | |
| 例 | The annual income of staff in this price was assessed at $900. 這地方的員工的年收入為900美元。 Damaged were assessed at 1000 RMB. 損失估計達1000元人民幣。 |