BEC重点词汇解释

Unit 1a Teamwork•Synergy: 1+1>2the extra energy, power, success, etc that is achieved by two or more people or companies working together, instead of their own.协同作用•Take over / takeover / overtakeTake over: to begin to have control of or responsibility for sth., especially in place of sb.接管，接手takeover :An act of taking control of a company by buying most of its shares收购overtake：to become greater in number, amount or importance than sth. else大于，超过•Turnover:•The amount of business transacted during a given period of time. /sales 营业额•The number of times a particular stock of goods is sold and restocked during a given period oftime 库存周转率•The number of workers hired by an establishment to replace those who have left in a givenperiod of time. The ratio of this number to the number of employed workers 人员流动率Expatriate:In general English, an expatriate is any person living in a different country from where he or she is a citizen. 移居海外的人In business English, the term is often used in the context of skilled professionals sent abroad by their companies, as opposed to locally hired staff. 海外派遣工作人员•Return: risk v. returnrepayment 回报to give or produce a particular amount of money as a profit or loss 利润，损失the amount of money that you get from sth.回报，利益，利润•SeminarA meeting for discussion or training研讨会，培训会A class at a university or college when a group of students and a teacher discuss or study a particular topic 研讨班Unit 1b Communication•BilingualAble to speak two languages equally well because you have used them since you were very young 会说两种语言的Using two languages /written in two languages用两种语言（写）的•Dominance/dominateTo control or have a lot of influence over sth./sb.支配，控制•UnderstateTo state that sth. is smaller , less important or less serious than it really is 轻描淡写•Culture-specific•Subsidiary(a business company that is )owned or controlled by another large company附属的，隶属的(公司)•Cross-cultural issuesCross-cultural：Involving or containing ideas of two or more different countries or cultures跨文化的•AwarenessKnowing sth., knowing that sth. exist and is important, be interested in sth.认识，意识，兴趣•CancelTo decide that sth. that has been arranged will not now to take place取消，撤销，终止To say that you no longer want to continue with an arrangement, especially one that has been legally arranged撤销，废除To mark a ticket or stamp so that it cannot be used again 盖销，注销•ConfirmTo state or show that sth. is definitely true or correct, especially by providing evidence证实，确认To make sb. Feel or believe sth. even more strongly使确信，是感觉更强烈To make a position, an agreement more definite or official; to establish sb./sth. firmly批准，认可Unit 2a Entertaining a client•EnhanceTo increase or further improve the good quality, value or status of sb./sth.增进，提高，增强•FacilityBuildings, services, equipment etc. that are provided for a particular purpose设施，设备A special feature of a machine, service etc. that makes it possible to do sth. extra .特别装置A place, usually including buildings, used for a particular purpose or activity（共特定用途的）场所•FlexibilityAble to change to suit new conditions or situations灵活性•Cater toTo provide the things that a particular type or person wants, especially things that you do not approve of 满足需要，迎合Unit 2b Corporate hospitality•Fact-findingThat aims to find out information about a country, an organization, a situation 实行调查的•Place an order with下订单•FinaliseTo complete the last part of a plan, trip, project ect.定案•StopoverA short stay somewhere between two parts of a journey 中途停留•Sport event体育赛事•Corporate events企业活动•RecipeA set of instructions that tells you how to cook sth. and the items of food you need for it烹饪法，食谱A method or an idea that seems likely to have a particular results方法，秘诀，诀窍•(put sth. at sb’s) disposalAvailable for use as sb. Prefers任某人处置•AlternativeA thing that you have choose to do or have out of two or more possibilities可供选择的事物That can be used instead of sth. else 可供替代的Different from the usual or traditional way in which sth. is done非传统的，另类的Unit 3a Ordering goods•Catalogue / catalogA complete list of items, for example of things that people can look at or buy 目录A long series of things that happen(usually bad things)一连串（糟糕的）事情To give a list of things connected with a particular person, event etc.记载，登记To arrange a list of things in order in a catalogue, to record sth. in a catalogue 列入目录•ArticleA particular item or separate thing, especially one of a set 物品•Concerning / regarding关于，至于•DeadlineA point in time at which sth. must be done最后期限，截止日期•Delivery (date)The act of taking goods, letters etc. to the people they have been sent to递送，交付Unit3b•Inflows / outflowsThe movement of a lot of money, people or things into a place from somewhere else 流入•Down payment•a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later 首付•Discount 折扣，贴现。