BEC重点词汇解释

Unit 1a Teamwork

•Synergy: 1+1>2

the 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 / overtake

Take 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 of

time 库存周转率

•The number of workers hired by an establishment to replace those who have left in a given

period 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. return

repayment 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

•Seminar

A 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

•Bilingual

Able 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/dominate

To control or have a lot of influence over sth./sb.支配，控制

•Understate

To 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 issues

Cross-cultural：Involving or containing ideas of two or more different countries or cultures跨文化的

•Awareness

Knowing sth., knowing that sth. exist and is important, be interested in sth.认识，意识，兴趣•Cancel

To 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

•Confirm

To 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

•Enhance

To increase or further improve the good quality, value or status of sb./sth.增进，提高，增强•Facility

Buildings, services, equipment etc. that are provided for a particular purpose设施，设备