71.annual report ：年度報告

　　A financial report produced by the management of a corporation for shareholders the end of fiscal year.

　　在每個財政年末，由公司的資方向股東提供的財務(wù)報告。

　　72.asset ：資產(chǎn)

　　A possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities

　　能被轉(zhuǎn)化為現(xiàn)金以抵消債務(wù)的財物

　　We were forced to liquidate some of our assets to pay our debts.

　　我們被迫變賣一些資產(chǎn)以償還債務(wù)。

　　73.automation ：自動化

　　The replacement of human laborers with computers and self-regulating machines

　　用計算機(jī)和自動化控制的機(jī)器來代替人力。

　　Automation in factories will continue to eliminate more and more jobs into the 21st century.

　　到21世紀(jì)，工廠的自動化將繼續(xù)削減更多的就業(yè)機(jī)會。

　　74.balanced budget ：平衡預(yù)算

　　Spending that is equal to revenue, esp. in government.

　　一個機(jī)構(gòu)的開支和收入相等，特別指在政府方面

　　75.bankruptcy ：破產(chǎn)

　　The inability to pay one’s debts; legal insolvency

　　無力償還債務(wù)，法律上的資不抵債。

　　Many private companies are forced to declare bankruptcy when they begin to lose business to their competitors.

　　許多私營企業(yè)在經(jīng)營上輸給其競爭對手時，不得不宣布破產(chǎn)。

　　76.big business ：大公司

　　A term used to describe large corporations, as opposed to small individually or family-owned business.

　　大規(guī)模的股份有限責(zé)任公司，與私有或家庭經(jīng)營的小型企業(yè)相反。

　　Darren wants to get into big business some day.

　　77.Black Monday ：黑色星期一

　　October 19, 1987, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a record 508 points in trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

　　1987年10月19日，紐約股票交易所道·瓊斯工業(yè)股票平均指數(shù)狂跌創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的508點(diǎn)。

　　78.blue chip stock ：熱門股票，績優(yōu)股，藍(lán)籌股

　　A term used to describe high-quality stocks of financially sound corporations

　　指財務(wù)上可靠的公司發(fā)行的高質(zhì)量股票。

　　Mr. Jeppson has a portfolio of nothing but blue chip stocks.

　　杰普遜先生持有的有價證券里全部都是熱門股票。

　　79.bond ：債券

　　A security issued by a corporation or public body and carrying a fixed rate of interest

　　由公司或政府機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)行的固有利率的有價債券。

　　What’s the interest rate on these bonds?

　　這些債券的利率是多少?

　　80.boom ：繁榮

　　A period of great economic activity and business expansion

　　(企業(yè)等)經(jīng)濟(jì)非�；钴S，經(jīng)營擴(kuò)張的時期。

　　The soft drink business always booms in the summertime.

　　飲料業(yè)在夏天總是興旺繁榮。

　　81.boondoggle ：無效的投資

　　A wasteful business venture

　　不見回報的經(jīng)營投機(jī)

　　Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle.

　　我們在水軟化器上的投資打了水漂。

　　82.bottom line ：最終結(jié)果

　　The final result or ultimate objective

　　最終的結(jié)果或目標(biāo)

　　What’s the bottom line of your proposal?

　　你的建議要達(dá)到的最終目標(biāo)是什么?

　　83.boycott ：抵制

　　The refusal to purchase the products of an individual, corporation, or nation as a way to bring social and political pressure for change.

　　拒絕購買某一個人、公司或國家的產(chǎn)品，作為施加社會、政治壓力，促進(jìn)其改變政策的一種手段。

　　Americans boycotted tuna several years ago until tuna companies guaranteed that they weren’t catching dolphins in their tuna nets.

　　幾年前美國人抵制金槍魚，直至金槍魚公司保證在捕撈金槍魚時放掉海豚。

　　84.budget ：預(yù)算

　　A plan of expenditures based on anticipated revenues.

　　根據(jù)估算的收入而制訂的開支計劃。

　　How much do we have left in our budget?

　　我們的預(yù)算還剩多少?

　　85.business cycle ：景氣周期

　　Periodic rise and fall in economic activity

　　經(jīng)濟(jì)活動中周期性的漲落。

　　U.S. retailers see the same basic business cycle every year and typically do most of their business during the Christmas season.

　　美國零售商們每年都經(jīng)歷相同的景氣周期。通常情況下，他們大部分生產(chǎn)都是在圣誕節(jié)期間做的。

　　86.bust ：崩潰

　　An informal term referring to a financial or economic collapse

　　非正式用語，指金融或經(jīng)濟(jì)上破產(chǎn)。

　　The economy is currently in a bust.

　　目前經(jīng)濟(jì)處于崩潰之中。