Learning books' Cambridge Business English Intermediate vocabulary selection "out of order version
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Day46 Website [ 'websaɪt] n-. Site 例:You can visit our company's website for more detailed information about our company and products. You can visit the company's Web site to get more detailed information about our company and products. Business: website development website development / website design website design / website construction site construction shoot up surge 例:If interest rates keep on shooting up, the real estate market will crack. If interest rates continue to soar, the real estate market will collapse. pretend . [prɪ'tend] v pretend; posing adj pretended; Imagine the 例:He went to America to travel, but he pretended to go there on business. He is to travel to the United States, but pretending to be a business trip. Take:. Pretend to sth boasted, claiming to have / pretend to do something to pretend School: pretender n pretenders / pretension n vanity; pretentious. Marketplace [ 'mɑːkɪtpleɪs] n-Rynok; commercial market 例:We should maintain fair and effective competition in the marketplace. We should maintain a fair and effective competition in the market. handle . [ 'hændl] VT processing cope; n manipulating handle vi operation handle. 例:It is impossible for the companies to handle this problem all by themselves. By individual companies themselves to deal with this problem is impossible. . School: mishandle vt Error handling; ill / handler n handler; operator. first aid first aid 例:It is quite necessary for every employee to know a little about first aid in the factory. So that each factory employees understand a little knowledge of first aid is necessary. Painkiller [ 'peɪnkɪlə (R & lt)] n-. painkillers 例:Under the pressure of inflation, what we need is not a painkiller, but an effective prescription. The face of inflationary pressures, we need is not temporary relief, but a recipe. School: painkilling adj analgesia (Example: painkilling drugs painkillers). adhere, [əd'hɪə (R & lt)] VI attachment; adhere; vt make adhesion support. 例:All the staff must strictly adhere to the code of practice in the company. All employees in the company must strictly abide by the code of conduct. Take: adhere to stick / adhere to the principle of scientific development of scientific development principles School: adherence n persist. (Example: strict adherence to the constitution strictly abide by the Constitution) / adherent n supporters, advocates adj attached. Liquid [ 'lɪkwɪd] ADJ liquid;. Easy converted into liquid cash n 例:Residents prefer to hoard their wealth in liquid assets rather than invest them in new capital projects because of uncertainty in economic development. Due to the uncertainty of economic development, residents prefer to store their wealth in the form of liquidity, rather than investing in new capital projects. Business: liquid assets Current assets School: liquidity n liquidity; liquidity assets. (Example: liquidity ratio current ratio; solvency ratio) style [staɪl] n-style, style;. Shape; fashions, VT fashion (The new models) design. 例:The car manufactures changed the design styles of their cars to meet the demand of different consumers. Car makers to meet the different needs of consumers by changing automobile design. Business: leadership style leadership style / product style product styles / classical style classic style Ride: style ... on ... to imitate the style of / in great / great style style; the extraordinary momentum School: stylish adj fashionable; trendy; elegant / stylistic adj style. Day47 the Keep . [ki: the p-] VT keeping; business; vi maintaining compliance; (shops) open; n stay to maintain; livelihood; living expenses. 例:Despite the financial crisis, China still keeps a robust development momentum in the national economy. Despite the impact of the financial crisis, China still maintained a strong momentum of national economic development. Business: keep a restaurant opened a restaurant / earn one's keep to earn a living Take: keep abreast of keep pace with ...; ... to know the latest situation / keep up with catch up; and ... to keep in touch / keep promise of his word School: keeper n Watchers; custodian. Focus [ 'fəʊkəs] n-focus; central; clear; focal length v concentration; Focus 例:The international community is now focusing on the issue of greenhouse gases emissions. The international community is concerned about the emissions of greenhouse gases. Take: focus group focus group; (for the poll and selected) typical mass / focus on focus on School:. Focused adj focus of round [raʊnd] ADJ which is an integer; circular; a. adv cyclically back and forth; around, prep surrounded everywhere;. bypass bypassing vt;. ... make circular 例:The production manager and workers had to work round the clock to meet the deadline of the delivery. Production managers and workers had to work around the clock to catch up with the delivery deadline Take: in round figures to integer calculations (or expressed) / round about in the vicinity; /round...off about the successful conclusion of the ... Clutter [ 'klʌtə (R & lt)] n-clutter, so that confusion vt clutter;. fills random 例:There are fewer ads on each page of the newspaper, which reduces visual clutter for the viewers. The newspaper ads on each page becomes less, thus reducing the reader's visual clutter. School: cluttered adj clutter; messy. (Example: a cluttered mind the idea of disorderly) undertake . [, ʌndə'teɪk] VT bear; set out to do; agree to indemnify 例:The property developer undertakes that they will greatly reduce the housing price to address the needs of common people. The real estate developer promised to drastically reduce the price to meet the needs of ordinary people. . School: undertaking n commitment to the cause (example: commercial / financial undertaking Business / Finance Division). / Undertaker n contractors; mortician regime . [reɪ'ʒi: m] the n-government, social system; management system Business: economic reform tax regime tax management system / drastic regime of economic reform and vigorously Take: totalitarian / military regime authoritarian form of government / military regime yield . [JI: LD] the n-production; vi earnings yield; vt concessions production output; addicted. Business: gross yield gross income / dividend yield dividend yield / yield curve yield curve / yield gap yield spread Take: yield to succumb to; give way School: yielding adj profitable; soft; obedience. (Example: high yielding crops for high product) Writing station: We are happy that our investment in the emerging market yielded high profits. We are pleased to invest in emerging markets output a high profit. Disposable [dɪ'spəʊzəbl] ADJ disposable;. discretionary Business: disposable income disposable income / disposable assets / capital / resources may dispose of property / capital / resources Take: disposable camera disposable camera reciprocal [rɪ'sɪprəkl] ADJ each other;. reciprocity Business: reciprocal trading reciprocal trade / reciprocal agreement of mutual agreements / reciprocal benefit mutual benefit School: reciprocally adv reciprocally; mutually beneficial manner. Foundry [ 'faʊndri] n-. foundry, Foundry Take: iron founfry iron foundry / foundry worker foundry workers Day48 Receipt [rɪ'si: t] the n-receipt, receipt; receive; [pl.] income, into money. Business: net / gross receipt net / gross income / make out a receipt out a receipt Take: in receipt of receipt / on / upon receipt of a receipt that is ... I heard station: M: When will we get the payment? When do we receive payment? W: It will be arranged upon receipt of the goods. Upon receipt of the goods we will arrange payment. Cement . [sɪ'ment] VT adhesive cement; reinforcing and consolidating vi stick tight, cement coagulation n;. ties, cohesion 例:Frequent economic cooperation could cement the friendship between different countries. Frequent economic cooperation can enhance friendship between different countries. Take: the cement of society to maintain social ties / cement floor cement floor School:. Cementation n cementation, bonding recoup [rɪ'ku: the p-] VT recover (costs); make up (loss), compensation. 例:It is difficult for the investors to recoup their investment from the project in the short run. Investors are difficult to recover the investment cost of this project in the short term. Business: recoup the losses make up for losses Risk [rɪsk] the n-hazard risks;.. Insurance target vt adventure to do; ... to take the risk; the risk of suffering ... 例:She is ambitious and risks all her capital on the new project. She ambitious, venture capital investment in all new projects. Business: financial risk financial risk / risk capital venture capital / risk-free investment zero risk investment Take:. At the risk of braving the ... risk / risk doing sth adventure to do something / at one's own risk own risk and at your own risk School: risky adj danger; risky. (Example: a risky investment risky investment) / risk-taker n adventurers; stakeholders. Output [ 'aʊtput] n-yield;. output, output power output vt (information, data, etc.) Business: increase / maintain / reduce output increase / maintain / reduce output Take: information output information output / output device output device / output data output data Board [bɔːd] the n-wood, cardboard;. meals;.. the Board of Directors, the Council on vt (boat, car or airplane) vi boarding, upload; eat regularly, accommodation 例:Ann will put forward her recommendation to the board before next Monday. Ann will be next Monday before submitting its recommendations to the Board. Business: board meeting board meeting / board of directors board of directors / board of governors Council, the President of the Commission Take: on board on the ship (or aircraft) / above board honest, open / remove sb from the board to revoke the qualifications of directors. School: boarder n Pay boarders; boarding with those. of Statement . [ 'steɪtmənt] the n-representation, statement, saying; statements, reports; financial reporting; borrowing table 例:The official statement reveals that it is very hard to curb the uprising trend of housing prices in the short run. The official statements indicate that inhibition of housing prices in the short term trend is difficult. Business: statement of account statements, statement of accounts / bank statement bank statement reports / financial statement financial statements / income statement income statement Take: public / written statement public / written statements / make / issue a statement issued a statement Frame [freɪm] n-frame;. Structure vt expression; formulation 例:The convention is held in emergency to frame a mechanism to cope with the global economic crisis. The emergency meeting was convened to develop a mechanism to deal with the global economic crisis. Take: be in / out of frame to participate / not participate / time frame timeframe Antitrust [, ænti'trʌst] ADJ. antitrust, antitrust Business: antitrust law anti-monopoly / antitrust investigation antitrust investigation / antitrust regulator antitrust regulators Handout [ 'hændaʊt] the n-donations; Relief goods; government funding; leaflets; handouts 例:The poor man lost his job three months ago and he has to live on handouts now. The poor guy had been unemployed for three months, he had to rely on handouts to the current life. Take: circulate / print handouts circulated / print promotional materials Day49 Favorable . [ 'feɪvərəbl] ADJ favorable; advantageous; thumbs; Good Business: favourable terms favorable terms Take: favourable comments received / favourable conditions favorable conditions School: favourably adv smoothly; discount; kindly. I heard station: M: Alan has been promoted three times in two months. Alan Lianshengsanji within two months. W: He is very clever and he made a favourable impression on his boss during the interview. He's smart, he gave the interview the boss left a good impression. outgoing [ 'aʊtgəʊɪŋ] the n-[PL.] out;. adj outgoing expenses; the friendly; outgoing Business: incomings and outgoings income and expenses Take: outgoing manager / government, the outgoing manager / resignation of the government / outgoing flight departure flight exclusive . [ɪk'sklu: sɪv] ADJ specific; exclusive; rejection; upscale 例:The two options are not mutually exclusive. These two views are not mutually exclusive. Business: exclusive agent exclusive agent / exclusive hotel hotels Ride: exclusive of not included; ... other than School: exclusively adv specifically and individually. eye contact eye contact 例:Eye contact plays an important role in international business negotiation and it can help you better understand your counterpart's intention. Eye contact plays a very important role in international business negotiations, it can help you better understand each other's intentions. Absent [ 'æbsənt] ADJ absent;. absent, non-participation Business: absent without official leave AWOL Take: be absent from absent I heard station: M: Why has Jennifer been absent from work recently? Jennifer recently Why not come to work that way? W: She went to Guangzhou to attend the Canton Fair last week and will be back tomorrow. Last week she went to Guangzhou to participate in the Society of Friends, come back tomorrow. Perception . [pə'sepʃn] the n-concepts, knowledge; insight 例:He shows keen perception in his analysis of risk assessment. He demonstrated his keen insight on the analysis of the risk assessment. . School: perceptible adj perceptible, appreciable (example: Impact perceptible influence perceptible) / perceptive adj insightful; feeling. (Example: highly perceptive comment insightful clever comments) undercapitalised [, ʌndə'kæpɪtəlaɪzd] ADJ. underfunded 例:The undercapitalised company destroyed itself by overtrading. This lack of funds due to excessive trading companies destroy themselves. DATE-to-up [, ʌptə'deɪt] ADJ latest; modern; and keep up with the times 例:For the better development of our enterprise, we have to keep up-to-date on the latest information in our industry. In order to enable enterprises to better development, we must keep abreast of the latest news of the industry. Business: up-to-date goods / technology new product / technology qualified . [ 'kwɒlɪfaɪd] ADJ qualified, qualified; limited, with reservations 例:You are the expert in this field, so you are fully qualified to make some suggestions on the improvement of the performance of the product. You are an expert in this area, so you are fully qualified to give some suggestions for the improvement of product performance. Business: qualified accountant qualified accountants Take: qualified support a limited degree of support / be highly qualified highly qualified Diplomatic is . [, dɪplə'mætɪk] ADJ diplomacy; there is the wrist; flexible 例:We hope to settle the disputes with another company through more diplomatic means. We hope to resolve the dispute with another company through a more flexible way. Take: establish / break off diplomatic relations establishment / sever diplomatic relations / Diplomatic Service Diplomatic Service . School:. Diplomatically adv diplomatically / diplomatist (= diplomat) n diplomats; sociable person Day50 Eurocurrency [ 'jʊərəʊ, kʌrənsi] n-. European currencies Supplier: Eurocurrency loan / market / agreement Eurocurrency loans / market / Agreement passive [ 'pæsɪv] ADJ. passive 例:You have no future in the company if you are just so passive and only to what the manager asks you to do. If you always only do so passively manager asked what you do, then you are in the company has no future. School: passively adv passive / passivity n passive (resistance). the MOTIVATE . [ 'məʊtɪveɪt] VT excitation, excitation; ... constituting motivation 例:They motivated the workers to work more efficiently by providing them with better welfare. They motivate them to work more efficiently by providing better benefits to workers. School: motiavted adj motivated; motivated. (Example: highly motivated employees highly motivated employees) / motivation n motivation; motivation Anniversary [, ænɪ'vɜːsəri] n-. anniversary 例:All the Chinese people warmly celebrated the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on October 1st,2009. All the Chinese people in October 1, 2009 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Take: wedding anniversary wedding anniversary / anniversary celebrations anniversary celebration / commemorate the anniversary to celebrate anniversary designate . [ 'dezɪgneɪt] VT specified; assignment; adj indicated inauguration not been appointed. 例:Our product is designated as the only dairy product for government procurement. Our products have been designated as the only dairy products in government procurement. . Ride: designate sb to do assign someone to do / designate sb./sth as designated ... as; appointment ... is. School: designated adj specified. (Example: designated supplier designated suppliers) downturn [ 'daʊntɜːn] n-downturn;. declining Business: economic downturn recession / downturn in sales / business sales / turnover dropped / undergo a downturn experienced a downturn Writing station: The influential leaders are discussing how to cope with the impact of the global downturn. Influential leaders are discussing how to deal with the global economic downturn. Emotional [ɪ'məʊʃənl] ADJ. feelings, emotions 例:A successful businessman should reduce the influence of emotional problems on his work to the minimum. A successful businessman emotional problems should affect their work to a minimum. School:. Emotionally adv emotion Proceeds [ 'prəʊsi: DZ]. n-paid-up money; income, income 例:You must pay tax for proceeds from the lottery. You have to come in lottery income taxes. Business: gross proceeds total revenue / net proceeds net income Infrastructure . [ 'ɪnfrəstrʌktʃə (R & lt)] n-infrastructure; infrastructure 例:The government plans to increase investment on infrastructure to bolster employment. The government plans to increase investment in infrastructure to increase employment. Infrastructure; infrastructural adj infrastructure (Example:: infrastructural development infrastructure development). School Billboard [ 'bɪlbɔːd] n-. (roadside) billboard, poster board vt. publicity Take: commercial billboard commercial billboard / walking billboard billboard Events
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Dy5l To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. To build a career, not only have action, but also dream; not only have plans, but also to have faith. Uniform [ 'Ju: nɪfɔːm].. n-adj same uniform, all of; unchanged, consistent 例:The pricing of our products is uniform across the country. Pricing of our products is the uniform. Business: uniform rates of pay uniform pay scales / uniform regulations uniform regulations Take: school uniform school uniform . School: uniformity n consistent, uniform / uniformly adv consistently; identically / uniformed adj Uniformed; in uniform. pERK [pɜːk] the n-. perks and allowances vi. alive 例:He was offered a company car and private medical insurance as perks for his excellent performance. Because of his outstanding performance, the company provided him with a car and private health insurance as an additional subsidy. Take: perk up perk up School: perky adj confident; lively. Convey has [kən'veɪ] VT transportation;. communication, expression; notification 例:In today's meeting, the president conveyed his worries about the difficulties of the enterprise reform. At today's meeting, the president expressed his concerns about the difficulties of enterprises reform. Take: convey from ... to ... to pass from School: conveyor / conveyer n carrier; (property) assignor / conveyance n transportation; means of transport. Channel [ 'tʃænl] n-. (commodities) of channels Business: sales channel sales channel / circulation channel of distribution channels / broaden business channels and expand business channels Take: the Channel Tunnel Channel Tunnel / news channel news channel rack up a cumulative; aggregation; accumulation (score) 例:If Japan keeps on racking up big surpluses over the coming months without increasing the value of its currency, it will lead to a trade war. If Japan continues to appear large surpluses in the coming months without letting the yen's appreciation will likely lead to a trade war. Appraiser [ə'preɪzə (R & lt)] n-expert;. assessor; assessor Business: real estate appraiser of real estate assessor / appraiser of intellectual property Intellectual Property Appraiser Legal . [ 'li: GL] ADJ lawyer; legal aspects; legal; legal Business: legal person corporate / legal reserve statutory reserve / legal tender legal tender Take: legal holiday legal holiday / legal action lawsuits / legal aid legal aid / legal adviser legal adviser / legal expenses legal costs . School: legalise vt legalize / legally adv on the legal status; legally. intended recipient intended recipient 例:Only the intended recipient has the right to review and transmit this information. Only the intended recipient have the right to view and forward the information. Knowledge . [ 'nɒlɪdʒ] the n-knowledge, knowledge; and that to know; discipline Business: knowledge industry knowledge industries / knowledge economy knowledge economy / knowledge worker knowledge worker Take: to one's knowledge, according to a person known / common knowledge common sense School: knowledgeable adj knowledgeable, insightful. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. . [ 'bʊlətɪn] the n-Gazette notice; breaking news, latest news (newspapers, radio, etc.); Journal, Journal vt announcement, announcement 例:Bulletin board advertising has a significant influence in the local market. Billboard-style advertising in the local market is very influential. Business: bulletin board bulletin board Take: news bulletin newsletter