87.buying power ：購(gòu)買(mǎi)力

　　Purchasing power

　　購(gòu)買(mǎi)商品的能力。

　　The buying power of the dollar has steadily declined during the last twenty-five years.

　　在過(guò)去的25年里，美元的購(gòu)買(mǎi)力持續(xù)下降。

　　88.capital ：資本

　　Money, assets, or property used as a means of production or for investment

　　可以用作生產(chǎn)或投資手段的金錢(qián)、資產(chǎn)或財(cái)物。

　　Some futurists claim that human capital is a company’s greatest asset.

　　一些未來(lái)學(xué)家聲稱(chēng)公司的人力資本是其最大的資產(chǎn)。

　　89.capitalism ：資本主義

　　An economic system based on private ownership and profit incentive

　　建立在私有制和利潤(rùn)刺激基礎(chǔ)上的一種經(jīng)濟(jì)制度。

　　People in some countries don’t really understand the system of capitalism.

　　一些國(guó)家的人們并不真正理解資本主義制度。

　　90.cash cow ：搖錢(qián)樹(shù)

　　An informal term for a business with a dependable source of income

　　非正式用語(yǔ)。指收入來(lái)源可靠的生意。

　　This product has always been a cash cow for our company.

　　這種產(chǎn)品一直是我們公司的搖錢(qián)樹(shù)。

　　91.cash flow ：現(xiàn)金流通

　　Fluctuations in a company’s cash position

　　公司現(xiàn)金形勢(shì)的波動(dòng)情況。

　　Our company is currently having a cash flow problem.

　　92.CEO ：總裁，總經(jīng)理

　　An acronym for “chief executive officer”. The highest executive officer of a company.

　　“chief executive officer”的縮略詞。指公司的最高行政長(zhǎng)官。

　　Advertisers are using CEO’s more frequently in their company’s commercials because studies show that people trust and admire leaders.

　　廣告商們?cè)趶V告片中越來(lái)越多地利用總裁的形象，因?yàn)檠芯勘砻�，人們相信、崇拜領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。

　　93.Chapter 11 ：破產(chǎn)條款

　　A bankruptcy code section that applies to a corporation going out of business which may require restructuring.

　　破產(chǎn)法的部分章節(jié)，適用于需要重組的倒閉公司。

　　Rumors are spreading that one of the big movie companies is filing a chapter 11.

　　有謠言說(shuō)一家大的電影公司正申請(qǐng)破產(chǎn)。

　　94.commercialism ：重商主義，商業(yè)行為

　　The practice and spirit of business in which the making of profits is emphasized.

　　商業(yè)做法和精神，強(qiáng)調(diào)利潤(rùn)的追求。

　　Many American dislike the commercialism that is associated with Christmas.

　　95.competition ：競(jìng)爭(zhēng)

　　The rivalry between similar businesses for customers or clients.

　　經(jīng)營(yíng)產(chǎn)品相近的廠(chǎng)商間爭(zhēng)奪顧客或客戶(hù)的斗爭(zhēng)。

　　Competition in business is good because it generally results in better quality and lower prices for consumers.

　　商業(yè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中是好事，它可以為消費(fèi)者帶來(lái)更好的質(zhì)量和更低的價(jià)格。

　　96.conglomerate ：集團(tuán)公司，聯(lián)合大企業(yè)

　　A corporation made up several companies that produce large quantities of output in a variety of industries.

　　諸多產(chǎn)業(yè)中，由幾家公司組成的股份公司，大量生產(chǎn)各種產(chǎn)品。

　　Proctor & Gamble is a large personal product conglomerate.

　　寶潔公司是一家生產(chǎn)個(gè)人衛(wèi)生用品的大集團(tuán)公司。

　　97.consumerism ：(1)消費(fèi);(2)消費(fèi)者權(quán)益運(yùn)動(dòng)

　　The consumption of goods and service.

　　商品和服務(wù)的耗費(fèi)

　　Inflation always hurts consumerism.

　　通貨膨脹總是打擊消費(fèi)。

　　The protection of consumers form poor products or misleading claims.

　　保護(hù)消費(fèi)者免受劣質(zhì)產(chǎn)品和誤導(dǎo)性廣告的侵害。

　　The U.S. Food and Drug administration tries to regulate consumerism.

　　美國(guó)食品和醫(yī)藥管理局想規(guī)范消費(fèi)者權(quán)益運(yùn)動(dòng)。

　　98.consumer price index ：消費(fèi)品價(jià)格指數(shù)

　　A measure of the fluctuation in prices of common consumer goods and services over a fixed time period.

　　在一定時(shí)期內(nèi)衡量常用消費(fèi)品和服務(wù)價(jià)格波動(dòng)情況的一種尺度。

　　The consumer price index is a good reference tool to use in order to learn how much the price of a specific item has changed over the last several years.

　　想了解某一特定商品在過(guò)去幾年內(nèi)的價(jià)格變化情況，消費(fèi)品價(jià)格指數(shù)是一個(gè)很好的工具。

　　99.corporate ladder ：公司的官階

　　A series of steps in the organizational hierarchy of a company.

　　公司組織等級(jí)制度中的一系列晉升階梯。

　　Climbing the corporate ladder is not as popular as it used to be.

　　走公司的晉升之道不象以前那樣有吸引力了。

　　100.corporate raider ：強(qiáng)行收購(gòu)

　　A person, company, etc. that attempts to take over another company, exp. by buying up the stock of the target company.

　　個(gè)人或公司通常以全部買(mǎi)下其看準(zhǔn)的公司的股份而吞并該公司。