BEC高級(jí)詞匯（12）

e.g. Consumers are doing more business with banks through automatic teller machines and over the phone, methods that cost banks far less. 消費(fèi)者更多的通過(guò)自動(dòng)取款機(jī)和電話與銀行打交道，這些方式大大降低了銀行費(fèi)用。

 

Automotive 汽車(chē)制造的

e.g. Do any of these persons or entities have any financial interest in, or are they employed in, any business directly concerned with the automotive industry? 這些自然人或法人中是否有誰(shuí)直接按或間接地得益于或受雇與汽車(chē)業(yè)相關(guān)的公司？

 

Autonomous company 具有自主經(jīng)營(yíng)權(quán)的公司

e.g. The group now consists of 29 autonomous companies, each with its own Managing Director. 該集團(tuán)現(xiàn)在由29個(gè)具有自主經(jīng)營(yíng)權(quán)的公司組成，

 

availability 可銷(xiāo)售能力

e.g. This kind of product is available world-wide. 該產(chǎn)品在世界各地均可買(mǎi)到。

 

Award 裁決、判給

e.g. The court awarded him damages of ￡ 5000. 法庭判給他5000 英鎊的損失賠償金。

 

Award dinner 頒獎(jiǎng)宴會(huì)

e.g. The facilities manager at Parkway Hotel was calling about arrangements for the awards dinner next week. 帕克維酒店的設(shè)備部經(jīng)理打來(lái)電話，詢問(wèn)有關(guān)下星期頒獎(jiǎng)宴會(huì)的活動(dòng)安排。

 

Award-winning 成功的，優(yōu)等的，一流的

e.g. These are beautifully reproduced prints by award-winning American-Indian artists.這些是由成功的美國(guó)印第安藝術(shù)家巧妙復(fù)制的版畫(huà)。

e.g. These award-winning homes from only ￡6990 have attracted quite a few people.

這些起價(jià)僅為6990英鎊的一流毫宅吸引了不少人。

e.g. The resort hotel is located on its 11.5 acre award-winning site. 該飯店占地11.5 英畝，坐落在一流度假勝地。

 

Awareness 意識(shí)，認(rèn)識(shí)程度

e.g. The booklet helped raise public awareness of the product. 這本小冊(cè)子有助于提高該產(chǎn)品的知名度。

e.g. The old company started extensive advertising on radio to increase awareness among young people who had not been the company’s traditional customers. 這家老牌子公司開(kāi)始在電臺(tái)大做廣告，以使從前不是其傳統(tǒng)消費(fèi)者的年輕人提高對(duì)產(chǎn)品的認(rèn)識(shí)。

 

Axe 1 大幅削減

e.g. In an effort to save money our company president aced the promotions budget. 為節(jié)省開(kāi)支，我們公司的總裁大幅削減了推廣活動(dòng)的預(yù)算。

 

Axe 2 裁員

e.g. Three people in the marketing department were axed last week and are now looking for new positions. 市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷(xiāo)部的三名員工上周被解雇了，他們目前正在尋找新的工作