146.power lunch ：事務(wù)餐

　　A business lunch where food is an afterthought to intense dealmaking and negotiation.

　　在工作午餐上，忙于緊張的交易和談判而顧不上吃飯。

　　We’re discussing the possibilities of a company merger over a power lunch this afternoon.

　　今天下午我們在事務(wù)餐上討論了公司合并的可能性。

　　147.productivity ：生產(chǎn)力

　　A measure of ability to produce output from given input

　　一定投入得到產(chǎn)出的能力的衡量尺度。

　　Productivity at the XYZ company was up slightly this month over last.

　　XYZ公司本月的生產(chǎn)比上月略有提高。

　　148.quality control ：質(zhì)量管理

　　Techniques used to eliminate defective products or to improve performance standards and practices.

　　采用技術(shù)以消除次品，或提高經(jīng)營水平。

　　No company can afford to neglect quality control if they wish to remain competitive in the new global economy.

　　任何一家公司要想在新的全球經(jīng)濟中保持競爭力，就不得不重視質(zhì)量管理。

　　149.raw goods ：原材料商品

　　Materials gathered in original state from nature for use in production.

　　源于自然，收購來用于生產(chǎn)的原始材料。

　　Knowledge and information are becoming the most valuable assets to a company while raw goods are becoming less and less valuable.

　　知識和信息正成為公司最有價值的資產(chǎn)，而原材料商品的價值越來越低。

　　150.recession ：衰退

　　A period of no growth in the national economy for at least six months.

　　國民經(jīng)濟在至少6個月的時間里沒有任何增長。

　　A recession is characterized by a decreased demand for goods, increased unemployment, and decline in the gross national product.

　　衰退的特點是需求下降，失業(yè)增加，國民生產(chǎn)總值減少。

　　151.recovery ：復蘇

　　An increase in business activity following a recession or depression.

　　在經(jīng)歷衰退或蕭條之后出現(xiàn)的經(jīng)營活動的增加。

　　Economists often disagree on whether the U.S. is in a recovery or not.

　　經(jīng)濟學家們對美國經(jīng)濟是否已經(jīng)復蘇看法不一。

　　152.sanction ：制載

　　Coercive economic restrictions placed on one nation by another.

　　一國施加給另一國的強制性經(jīng)濟限制。

　　The two superpowers are currently negotiating trade sanctions.

　　兩個超級大國目前正就貿(mào)易制載進行談判。

　　153.service economy ：服務(wù)經(jīng)濟

　　An economy that emphasizes services over industrial production.

　　強調(diào)服務(wù)甚于工業(yè)生產(chǎn)的經(jīng)濟。

　　You can enjoy almost anything you want in today’s service economy.

　　在今天的服務(wù)經(jīng)濟中，你可以享受到幾乎任何形式的服務(wù)。

　　154.slump ：疲軟

　　A decline in business activity.

　　經(jīng)濟活動的減少。

　　The car industry has been in a slump since the beginning of the year.

　　汽車工業(yè)從年初起就一直疲軟。

　　155.smokestack industry ：濃煙工業(yè)

　　A term that refers to heavy manufacturing, such as steel or automobile manufacturing.

　　指重工業(yè)，如鋼鐵和汽車制造業(yè)。

　　Information and entertainment is replacing the smokestack industry as the new major methods of creating wealth in the economy.

　　信息和娛樂業(yè)正代替濃煙工業(yè)，在經(jīng)濟中充當創(chuàng)造財富的新型手段。

　　156.socioeconomic ：社會經(jīng)濟的

　　A term used to describe the connection of social and economic factors.

　　用以描述社會和經(jīng)濟因素的聯(lián)系。

　　The study of socioeconomic factors is important in order to understand various groups within society.

　　要了解社會的各個群體，必須研究社會經(jīng)濟的種種因素。

　　157.stagflation ：滯脹

　　A term that combines inflation and stagnation. A condition when inflation and high unemployment occurring together.

　　“通脹”和”停滯”結(jié)合而成的術(shù)語，指通貨膨脹與高失業(yè)率并存的局面。

　　Stagflation is a very unpopular buzz word in the business world.

　　滯脹是商界不受歡迎的時髦詞語。

　　158.stock exchange ：股票交易所

　　A market where securities are traded, such as the New York Stock Exchange.

　　進行證券交易的市場，如紐約股票交易所。

　　My friends works at the New York Stock Exchange.

　　我的朋友在紐約股票交易所工作。

　　159.stock market ：(1)股市;(2)股市行情

　　A market in which stocks are bought and sold.

　　股票買賣的地方。

　　The general condition of the sale of securities in a corporation.

　　一家公司的證券銷售情況。

　　The Wall Street Journal gives a daily report of the stock market.

　　《華爾街日報》每天報告股市行情。

　　160.supply and demand ：供需

　　A basic economic law stating that as the price of a good increase, suppliers will be willing to produce more but consumers will demand less, so that price and quantity are both interrelated.

　　一條經(jīng)濟基本法則，即商品價格上漲時，生產(chǎn)商愿意擴大生產(chǎn)，但消費者的需求下降，這樣價格和數(shù)量相互制約。

　　All products must follow the laws of supply and demand.

　　所有的產(chǎn)品都必須遵守供求法則。