大学英语六级_英语六级_热门词汇

经济类： 经济类： account ：财务帐；帐户A bank account银行帐户 accounting会计 accumulation资本增益 affluence ：富裕 The condition of substantial wealth and economic power. 拥有雄厚财富和经济实力的状况。 Luxury cars are targeted towards the affluent segment of a population. 豪华轿车是以人口中的富裕阶层为销售对象的。 affiliate ：成员，分公司 A business that contracts to work with another business. 签订与另一公司合作的公司。 agenda ：日程表 annual report ：年度 A financial report produced by the management of a corporation for shareholders the end of fiscal year. 在每个财政年末，由公司的资方向股东提供的财务报告。 asset ：资产 A possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities 能被转化为现金以抵消债务的财物 automation ：自动化 Automation in factories will continue to eliminate more and more jobs into the 21st century. 到21世纪，工厂的自动化将继续削减更多的就业机会。 balanced budget ：平衡预算 Spending that is equal to revenue, esp. in government. 一个机构的开支和收入相等，特别指在政府方面 bankruptcy ：破产 The inability to pay one's debts; legal insolvency 无力偿还债务，法律上的资不抵债。 big business ：大公司 Black Monday ：黑色星期一 October 19, 1987, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a record 508 points in trading on the New York Stock Exchange. 1987年10月19日，纽约股票交易所道·琼斯工业股票平均指数狂跌创纪录的508点。 blue chip stock ：热门股票，绩优股，蓝筹股 Mr. Jeppson has a portfolio of nothing but blue chip stocks. 杰普逊先生持有的有价证券里全部都是热门股票。 bond ：债券 What's the interest rate on these bonds? 这些债券的利率是多少？ boom ：繁荣 A period of great economic activity and business expansion (企业等)经济非常活跃，经营扩张的时期。 The soft drink business always booms in the summertime. 饮料业在夏天总是兴旺繁荣。 bottom line ：最终结果 The final result or ultimate objective 最终的结果或目标 What's the bottom line of your proposal? 你的建议要达到的最终目标是什么？ boycott ：抵制 Americans boycotted tuna several years ago until tuna companies guaranteed that they weren't catching dolphins in their tuna nets. 几年前美国人抵制金枪鱼，直至金枪鱼公司保证在捕捞金枪鱼时放掉海豚。 budget ：预算 A plan of expenditures based on anticipated revenues. 根据估算的收入而制订的开支计划。 How much do we have left in our budget? 我们的预算还剩多少？ business cycle ：景气周期 U.S. retailers see the same basic business cycle every year and typically do most of their business during the Christmas season. 美国零售商们每年都经历相同的景气周期。通常情况下，他们大部分生产都是在圣诞节期间做的。 bust ：崩溃 The economy is currently in a bust. 目前经济处于崩溃之中。 buying power ：购买力 Purchasing power 购买商品的能力。 The buying power of the dollar has steadily declined during the last twenty-five years. 在过去的25年里，美元的购买力持续下降。 capital ：资本 Money, assets, or property used as a means of production or for investment 可以用作生产或投资手段的金钱、资产或财物。 Some futurists claim that human capital is a company's greatest asset. 一些未来学家声称公司的人力资本是其最大的资产。 capitalism ：资本主义 An economic system based on private ownership and profit incentive 建立在私有制和利润刺激基础上的一种经济制度。 cash cow ：摇钱树 An informal term for a business with a dependable source of income 非正式用语。指收入来源可靠的生意。 This product has always been a cash cow for our company. 这种产品一直是我们公司的摇钱树。 cash flow ：现金流通 Fluctuations in a company's cash position 公司现金形势的波动情况。 Chapter 11 ：破产条款 Rumors are spreading that one of the big movie companies is filing a chapter 11. 有谣言说一家大的电影公司正申请破产。 consumerism ：（1）消费；（2）消费者权益运动 The consumption of goods and service. 商品和服务的耗费 Inflation always hurts consumerism. 通货膨胀总是打击消费。 The protection of consumers form poor products or misleading claims. 保护消费者免受劣质产品和误导性广告的侵害。 The U.S. Food and Drug administration tries to regulate consumerism. 美国食品和医药管理局想消费者权益运动。 corporate raider ：强行收购 A person, company, etc. that attempts to take over another company, exp. by buying up the stock of the target company. 个人或公司通常以全部买下其看准的公司的股份而吞并该公司。 cost cutting ：削减成本 A reactive measure taken by companies esp. in hard times, in order to save money by eliminating waste or unnecessary spending. 公司采取的应付措施，特别是在困难时期，通过减少浪费和不必要的开支来节省资金。 cost of living ：生活费用 The average cost for the basic necessities of life 支付基本生活必需品的平均花费。 creeping inflation ：轻度通货膨胀 Creeping inflation continues to spread throughout the economy in the 1990s. 90年代轻度通货膨胀一直波及经济生活 decline ：萎缩，下降 College students are not happy about the decline of job opportunities waiting for them when they graduate. 大学生们对其毕业后就业机会的减少感到忧心忡忡。 deficit ：赤字 A budget imbalance in which expenditures exceed income. 支出超过收入的预算失衡 deflation ：通货紧缩 Consumers are always motivated by deflation. 通货紧缩往往能刺激消费者的购买欲。 demand ：需求 The desire and ability of consumers to purchase goods and services. 消费者购买商品和服务的能力。 depression ：萧条 A severe, extended period of decline in business activity. 商业活动严重减少并且长时间没有好转。 Many older Americans remember the great depression of the 1930s. 许多上了年纪的美国人对三十年代的大萧条仍记忆犹新。 deregulation ：撤消管制 A gradual removal of government control over business. 政府逐步撤消对经营活动的控制。 distribution ：商品流通 The marketing of merchandising. 商品的营销。 diversification ：经营多样化 The act of expanding business by increasing the number of goods produced or the number of services offered. 通过增加产品品种和服务项目来扩展经营业务。 dumping ：倾销 The U.S. has accused Japan of dumping mini-vans here in American. 美国控告日本在美国倾销小型货车。 economics ：经济学 The study of wealth and its creation, distribution, and consumption. 形容财富及其创造、分配和消费的科学。 glass ceiling ：性别障碍，玻璃天花板 A term used to describe an invisible barrier that prevents women from entering the ranks of senior-level management. 指阻止女性进入高级管理阶层的一种无形障碍。 Many women in the 90s are protesting the glass ceiling that bars them form upper management in large corporation. 90年代，许多妇女抗议阻止她们进入大公司高级管理阶层的性别障碍。 global economy ：全球经济 Worldwide trade, travel, competition, etc. 世界范围内的贸易、旅游、竞争等。 Companies in the 1990s are thinking globally in order to stay competitive in the new global economy. 为在新的全球经济中保持竞争力，90年代的公司都从全球的角度考虑问题。 inflation ：通货膨胀 A sustained rise in the price of goods and services. 商品和服务的价格持续上涨。 Has the rate of inflation dropped in the last six months? 在过去的６个月里通货膨胀率下降了吗？ Package policy 复苏经济的一揽子政策 bailout 政府救市 recovery ：复苏 An increase in business activity following a recession or depression. 在经历衰退或萧条之后出现的经营活动的增加。 Economists often disagree on whether the U.S. is in a recovery or not. 经济学家们对美国经济是否已经复苏看法不一。 sanction ：制载 Coercive economic restrictions placed on one nation by another. 一国施加给另一国的强制性经济限制。 The two superpowers are currently negotiating trade sanctions. 两个超级大国目前正就贸易制载进行谈判。 slump ：疲软 A decline in business activity. 经济活动的减少。 The car industry has been in a slump since the beginning of the year. 汽车工业从年初起就一直疲软。 swine flu 猪流感　bird flu　禽流感