课外活动英语大学商务英语(初入职场)词汇知识点整理

2021年1月8日发(作者：韩余娟)
Unit1

词汇：
Recruitment n.招聘
课文例句：, the pioneer of online recruitment, shows how electronic
marketplaces reach more people and can offer more efficiency than physical markets.
Physical n.有形的；物质的
Profitability n.盈利
课文例句：It also shows that money can be made in such markets: Monster has a long
record of profitability.
Launch vt.将（新产品等）投放市场
课文例句：Jeff Taylor, who launched the site in 1994, says that the name
is the firm’s “single most important success factor”.
Budget n.预算
课文例句：Supporting the brand is a big advertising budget which accounts for a
quarter of the firm’s costs.
Account for 占（一定数量或比例）
Key adj.极其重要的
Super Bowl 超级碗（美国橄榄球比赛）
Scan vt.浏览
Post vt.(在网上)公布消息，发帖子
Speed up (使)加快速度
Accuracy n.准确性
课文例句：The main contribution of Monster has been to speed up hiring and vastly
increase the accuracy of the job-searching process.
Filter n.过滤程序
Revenue n.收益 = proceeds
课文例句：Monster is a serious threat to newspapers, which historically made 40% of
their revenues from carrying ads, up to half of which were for staff.
Headhunting firm n.猎头公司

Unit2
词汇：
Distract vt.使分心
University of Surrey (英国)萨里大学
Breach n.违反 = violation
课文例句：A survey of more than 2,100 CFOs ranks “being distracted during
meetings” the most common breach of workplace etiquette (see the table).
Collaboration n.合作；协作 = co- operation
课文例句：Most jobs today require teamwork and strong collaboration skills, and that
means following the unwritten rules of office protocol.
Protocol n.礼仪 = courtesy = etiquette
课文例句：同上句
Courtesy n.礼貌 = protocol = etiquette
课文例句：Courtesy is no longer something that is so much respected in our society.
Stuffy adj.古板的
Junior adj.资历较浅的
Dramatic adj.显著的
课文例句：Mr. Jacobs says, “and it can have a dramatic impact on improving your
working environment and your relationships with others.”
Apply vi.应用
Status n.地位
Hierarchy n.等级制度

Unit3
词汇：
Workhorse n.主力
课文例句：That reliable workhorse of capitalism—the joint-stock company—looks
surprisingly durable. But pressure on it is increasing.
Joint-stock company n.股份公司
课文例句：同上句
Durable adj.持久的
John Kenneth Galbraith (美国经济学家名)
The New Industrial State 《新工业国》
Hierarchical adj.分等级的
课文例句：These were hierarchical and bureaucratic organizations making long runs
of standardised products.
Bureaucratic adj.官僚的
standardise vt.使...标准化
Regularity n.规律性
Customise vt.定制；定做
课文例句：Most have shifted their production systems from high-volume to
high- value, from standardized to customised.
Flatten vt.使扁平化
Takeover n.收购；接管
课文例句：The first is that a handful of giant companies are engaged in a “silent
takeover” of the world.
Couple n.一些；几个
Decade n.十年
Merage n.合并
课文例句：The past couple of decades have seen a record number of mergers.
Warehouse n.仓库 = stockroom
课文例句：Monorail owns no factories, warehouses or any other tangible assets.
Tangible asset n.有形资产
课文例句：同上句
Lease vt.租用；租借 = rent
课文例句：It operates from a single floor that it leases in an office building in Atlanta.
Freelance adj.做自由职业的
课文例句：Freelance workers are designing the computers while demand is still low.
Entrepreneur n.企业家
课文例句：Groups of entrepreneurs form such a network to market an idea.
Bidder n.出价人
课文例句：They then sell it to the highest bidder and move on to produce another idea
and to create another firm, with the money being supplied all the time by venture
capitalists.
Venture capitalist 风险投资家
课文例句：同上句
Subcontract out 分包；转包
Liaise vi.联络
Oversee vt.监管
In-house adj.机构内部的
Press release n.新闻稿

Unit4
词汇：
Masculine adj.男性的
Click with 合得来
Undisputed adj.公认的
Achilles’ heel 薄弱环节；致命的弱点
Air Jordan 飞人乔丹（耐克公司旗下品牌）
Skechers 斯凯奇（美国第二大鞋类品牌）
Skateboarding n.滑板运动
Buddy n.朋友；伙伴
Sign up 签约雇佣
课文例句：For much of its history, Nike’s destiny was controlled by its founders, Phil
Knight and his running buddies, who signed up athletes in locker rooms and made the
executive decisions.
Locker room 更衣室
Seniority n.资历
课文例句：But by throwing together a diverse team of people with different
backgrounds and different levels of seniority, Nike has found that it can keep many of
its core attributes while adding new sources of inspiration.
Core adj.核心的
Attribute n.特质
Apparel n.服装
Ralph Lauren 拉夫·劳伦（美国时尚品牌）
Icon n.标志；偶像
Pitch vt.推销 = promote
课文例句：Then Grossman, whose career has included helping make Ralph Lauren
into a retail icon, pitched the design ideas to Nike’s top retailers as stores within
stores.
Turnoff n.令人扫兴的东西
In step with 与...一致 = in line / accordance with