| across-the-board | | adj./adv. 全體，全面 |
| | 例 | The drop in sales applies across-the-broad. 銷售額全面下降。 They have decided to increase prices by 4% across-the-board. 他們決定全面提高價(jià)格4％。 |
| acting | | adj. 代理的 |
| 短語 | the acting manager 代理經(jīng)理 | |
| active | | adj. ①活躍的 ②流通的 |
| 短語 | active capital 活動(dòng)資本 active market 交易頻繁的市場(chǎng) active money 流通貨幣（相對(duì)于銀行賬戶中的貨幣） | |
| 例 | The recession has reduced the amount of active money. 經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退已使流通中的貨幣減少。 | |
| activity | | n. ①業(yè)務(wù)類型 ②工作，業(yè)務(wù)具體活動(dòng) [pl.] ①領(lǐng)域 ②活動(dòng)范圍 |
| 短語 | auxiliary activity 附屬業(yè)務(wù) financing-activities 財(cái)務(wù)活動(dòng) contributing cost activity 分成成本活動(dòng) occupational activities 職業(yè)性活動(dòng) operation activity 維護(hù)，保養(yǎng)；（設(shè)備的）運(yùn)行 | |
| actual | | adj. 真實(shí)的，實(shí)際的，確實(shí)的 |
| 短語 | actual loss 實(shí)際損失 in actual business activities 在實(shí)際商務(wù)活動(dòng)中 the actual state of affairs 目前的形式 | |
| 例 | The actual cost of repairs was a lot less than we had expected. 實(shí)際的修理費(fèi)用比我們預(yù)期的要低得多。 |