学习书籍《剑桥商务英语中级词汇精选》乱序版
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hyperbole [haɪ'pɜːbəli] n.夸张的语句;夸张(法)
例:Marketing wizards begin to boast about the functions of the product with all the usual hyperbole.
营销奇才们开始用一贯的夸张手法吹嘘这种产品的功能
派:hyperbolic adj.夸张的
tumble ['tʌmbl] n.跌倒;混乱 vt.使摔倒;弄乱 vi.摔倒,被绊倒;崩溃;(价格等)暴跌;毁灭
例:The profit after taxes tumbled to half to $35 million.
税后利润猛降了一半,跌到了3500万美元。
商:tumble in sales volume 销售量暴跌
mavel ['ma:vl] n.奇迹;令人惊奇的事情 vi.吃惊
例:Everyone, including the director himself, marvelled at the box office of the film Lost in Thailand.
所有人,甚至连导演自己,都对电影《泰囧》的票房收入惊叹不已。
派:marvellous adj.不可思议的,非凡的,了不起的
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Rome wasn't built in a day.
罗马不是一天建成的。
link-up ['lɪŋkʌp] n.连接;结(合);连接物
例:This airline has abandoned its link-up with British Airways.
这家航空公司已经放弃了与英国航空公司的合作.
talent ['tælənt] n.才能;天才;天资
例:Don't look down upon him. He has a talent for investment.
不要小看他,他有投资天赋
搭:talent competition 人才竞争/talent show 才艺表演
派:talented adj.有才能的;天才的
strength [streŋθ] n.力量;强项,长处;实力
例:The new provite company gradually showed its stength in management and innovation after its establishment.
在成立之后,这家新的民营公司逐渐展现出其在管理和创新方面的优势。
商:competitive stength 竞争力/economic stength 经济实力
搭:strengths and weaknesses 优势和劣势/go from strength to strength 不断壮大/on the strength of 凭借
pro forma [,prəʊ'fɔːmə] adj.形式上的;惯常的,例行的 n.形式发票;预计报表
例:Please carefully check the enclosed pro forma and contact us if there is something improper.
请认真检查随函附寄的形式发票,如有不当之处,请与我们联系。
商:pro forma invoice 形式发票
搭:pro forma instruction 常规指示
wage [weɪdʒ] n.工资 vt.开始,进行(战争、运动等)
例:The government made a promise that they would wage a continuous war against price hikes.
政府保证他们将继续设法控制物价上涨
搭:wage scale 工资等级/basic wage 基本工资/incentive wage 增产奖励工资,计件工资/wage sheet 工资单/wage...against/on对...发动(战争等)
派:wage-earner n.领工资的人;家里挣钱的人
saturate ['sætʃəreɪt] vt.使充满;使吸收;浸,浸透
派:saturated adj.浸透的;饱和的/saturation n.饱和(例:saturation point 饱和点) adj.呈饱和状态的;遍及各处的(例:saturation campaign 大量的宣传)
写作小站:
The market is saturated with various brands of mobile phones, so the competition is extremely fierce.
市场上充斥着各种品牌的手机,因此竞争异常激烈。
confectionery [kən'fekʃənəri] n.糕点糖果;糖果店
例:The orders for confectionery soar during the holidays and festivals.
节假日期间,糕点糖果的订单猛增
trivial ['trɪviəl] adj.琐碎的,不重要的
例:The production director put a greate emphasis on quality control, and he considered there was nothing trivial in that.
生产主管非常重视质量管理,他认为质量管理无小事。
搭:trivial detail/matter 细枝末节/琐碎小事
派:trivially adv.琐碎地;平凡地/triviality n.琐事;平凡/trivialise vt.使显得琐碎(或不重要);轻视
upkeep ['ʌpki:p] n.保养(费);维修(费)
例:The factory has specialised staff responsible for the general upkeep of the production facilities.
这家工厂有专业人员负责生产设备的常规保养。
awareness [ə'weənəs] n.知道,意识
商:consumer awareness 消费者意识/quality awareness 质量意识
写作小站:
The advertising campaign aims to strength the customers' brand identification awareness of our products.
此广告宣传活动旨在增强消费者对我们产品的品牌识别意识。