BEC中级词汇精选(24) |
bounce |
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v. 退回,拒付(支票因开票人账上存款不足遭银行退回、拒付)
v./n. (股市价格的)回弹,反弹 |
短语 |
a check that bounced 被退回的支票
get the bounce 被解雇
give the bounce解雇/开除/抛弃某人,与……断绝关系
bounce back 回升,复苏 |
例 |
You d better ask him to pay cash, his cheques always bounce.
你最好请他付现金,他的支票总被银行拒付退回。
The Hong Kong market bounces as confidence grew.
公众的信心增强,香港股市反弹。
Car sales bounced back after a poor July.
7月份汽车销售疲软,现已复苏。
Tokyo was preparing for a sudden bounce today.
今天东京在为股市反弹做准备。 |
brainstorm |
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v./n. ①集思广益 ②头脑风暴(广泛讨论所有参与者的意见) |
短语 |
a brainstorming meeting 自由讨论会 |
例 |
Please brainstorm a more permanent solution to a problem.
请群策群力设法找到一个长期有效的解决办法。
We re holding a brainstorming session on our new product next Tuesday.
下周二开集体自由讨论会,研究我们的新产品。 |
branch |
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n. 分支,分部 |
短语 |
domestic branch 国内分行
overseas branch 国外分支机构
branch forth (商店等)扩展
branch out (事业扩大规模)
manufacture s sales branches 制造厂商的分销机构 |
例 |
The bookshop has decided to branch out into selling software and electronic publications.
那家书店已经决定扩大经营范围,销售软件和电子出版物。
The company s head office is in the city, but it has branches all over the country.
公司的总部在这个城市,但它的分公司遍布全国各地。 |
break even |
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收支相抵,不亏不盈 |
短语 |
break even point 收支相抵点,盈亏平衡点 |
例 |
After six months of trading the company broke even.
在经营了六个月后,公司已收支相抵。
The film didn t make a fortune, but it broke even.
那部电影没有赚大钱,但是有微利。
We estimate it will take a year to reach break-even point.
我们估计一年后能够达到收支平衡。 |