商务英语Unit+5+Money.doc

Unit 5 MoneyGlossaryreceipt: n. a written statement that one has received money;收据，发票beggar: n. a person who lives by begging;乞丐capital: n. the funds invested in a business by the owners or stockholders;资本，资金currency: n. money system in use in a country;通货，货币nought: n. （AmE）. zero;零presence: n being present in a place;出席，到场，存在度earnings: n. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses);收益dividend: n. share of profits paid to share holders in a company;股息expansion: n. action of expanding; state of being expanded;扩张distributor: n. someone who markets merchandise;经销商ailing：adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness 生病的beat：v. shock 震惊cultivate： v. to try to develop and improve something 培养 mortgage： v. put up as security or collateral 抵押 merchandise：n. goods that are bought and sold 商品offset：v. compensate for 抵消sound： v. indicate 表明soar： v. to rise rapidly 飞涨strengthen：v. To make something stronger or more effective 加强；巩固naround：n. economic recovery 回转soar： v. to rise rapidly 飞涨rocket ：v. shoot up abruptly 急速上升plummet ：v. to fall very quickly and suddenly 垂直落下halve ：v. divide by two 对分triple: v. increase threefold (使) 增至三倍fluctuate; v. to change, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another 使波动peak：v. reach the highest point 达到高峰dividend v. that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; n. usually paid quarterly 股息inkjet： adj. 喷墨的laser： n. 激光器Phrasesbank statement: a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client;银行结单； 银行对账单credit card bills: 信用卡明细单stock market: a place where company shares are bought and sold;股票市场earnings per share: a companys profits divided.by the number of.its shares;每股平均收益per-tax profit: the money a bussiness makes before payment to the government;税前利润price pressure 物价压力department store 连锁店pre-tax profit 税前利润ven