BEC中級詞匯精選(24)
BEC中級詞匯精選(24)
bounce
v. 退回,拒付(支票因開票人賬上存款不足遭銀行退回、拒付)
v./n. (股市價格的)回彈,反彈
短語
a check that bounced 被退回的支票
get the bounce 被解雇
give the bounce解雇/開除/拋棄某人,與……斷絕關系
bounce back 回升,復蘇
例
You'd better ask him to pay cash, his cheques always bounce.
你最好請他付現金,他的支票總被銀行拒付退回。
The
公眾的信心增強,香港股市反彈。
Car sales bounced back after a poor July.
7月份汽車銷售疲軟,現已復蘇。
今天東京在為股市反彈做準備。
brainstorm
v./n. ①集思廣益 ②頭腦風暴(廣泛討論所有參與者的意見)
短語
a brainstorming meeting 自由討論會
例
Please brainstorm a more permanent solution to a problem.
請群策群力設法找到一個長期有效的解決辦法。
We're holding a brainstorming session on our new product next Tuesday.
下周二開集體自由討論會,研究我們的新產品。
branch
n. 分支,分部
短語
domestic branch 國內分行
overseas branch 國外分支機構
branch forth (商店等)擴展
branch out (事業擴大規模)
manufacture's sales branches 制造廠商的分銷機構
例
The bookshop has decided to branch out into selling software and electronic publications.
那家書店已經決定擴大經營范圍,銷售軟件和電子出版物。
The company's head office is in the city, but it has branches all over the country.
公司的總部在這個城市,但它的分公司遍布全國各地。
break even
收支相抵,不虧不盈
短語
break even point 收支相抵點,盈虧平衡點
例
After six months of trading the company broke even.
在經營了六個月后,公司已收支相抵。
The film didn't make a fortune, but it broke even.
那部電影沒有賺大錢,但是有微利。
We estimate it will take a year to reach break-even point.
我們估計一年后能夠達到收支平衡。
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