Business(68次)
【熟义熟性】n.商业,交易,生意
【僻义熟性之一】n.企业
【试题例句】30.The future of this company is
________: many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.[2001年词汇] [A] at odds [B] in trouble [C] in vain [D] at stake
【经典译文】这家公司的未来生死未卜:它的许多优秀人才正流失到更易赚钱的网络企业重。[D] at stake=at risk处在危险之中
【僻义熟性之二】n.行业
【试题例句】 With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web’s most profitable business. [2006年阅读新题型]
【经典译文】今年由于有35亿美元输在网络赌博重,赌博超过色情成为网上最有利可图的行业。
Process(54次)
【熟义熟性】n.过程,进程
【试题例句】 The costs of globalization process is enormous.[2001阅读Text4,65题C选项]
【经典译文】全球化进程的代价是巨大的。
【僻义熟性】n.程序,方法
【试题例句】 Shippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federal government’s Surface Transportation Board for rate relief, but the process is expensive, time-consuming, and will work in truly extreme cases.(2003阅读Text3)
【经典译文】托运人如果觉得被索要高价,他们就可以向联邦政府的路面运输委员会申诉,以获得价格减免。但这个程序费钱、费时,而且只有在极端情况下才可行。
【僻义僻性】vt. 加工,处理
【试题例句】Playing video games encourages immediate content. And hours of watching TV shows with canned laughter only teaches kids to process information in a passive way. [2007年阅读新题型]
【经典译文】玩计算机游戏可以获得立即的满足。连续看几个小时的喜剧电视节目只能教会孩子消极的处理信息。
【辨析】process, procedure, proceedings. 三个词构词方法相同pro向前+cess/ced/ceed(走),所以意思也相近。process使用最广,包括一切自然的工程和人工的程序。procedure指人为的办事程序(强调步骤性)。例:admission procedure入学手续; procedure of teaching教学步骤proceedings含义最窄,指会议记录(记录会议的进展) 和诉讼程序。
Account (34次)
【熟义熟性】n.帐户, 计算Credit card account信用卡帐户
【僻义僻性】vt.做帐,财务,会计
【试题例句】Indeed, just as there is the concept of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), perhaps it is time for GASP, Generally Accepted Security Practices, suggested Eli Noam of New York’s Columbia Business School. [2007年阅读新题型]
【经典译文】纽约哥伦比亚商学院的伊利·诺姆建议说,的确,正如有公认的会计准则一样,也许现在应该制定公认的安全准则了。
【僻义熟性】n. 价值,地位,重要性
【经典例句】Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society? [2006 年翻译]
【经典译文】在美国社会,美国的知识分子被排斥,被认为没有地位,这是真的吗?
常考短语Take something into account = take account of 把…考虑在内
【经典例句】Dr. Myers and Dr. Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline, which future management efforts must take into account.[2006年阅读Text3]
【经典译文】Myers博士和Worm博士认为他们的工作提供了一个准确的捕捞数量基线,它是未来渔业管理层必须要考虑的事情。Account for 1)解释,说明
【经典例句】What might account for this strange phenomenon? [2007年阅读Text1]
【经典译文】对这一奇怪现象该做何解释呢?[2007年阅读Text1] 2)占…比例
【经典例句】As recently as 1995, the top four railroads accounted for under 70 percent of the total ton-miles moved by rails. [2003年阅读Text3]
【经典译文】就在1995年,四家主要铁路公司占有整个铁路运营量 的70%不到。