2018年BEC商务英语高级写作词汇(12)

　　[例] Additional balance statement will charge 10 USD.

　　[同义词] equilibrium, equipoise, evenness

　　balance of payments (n.) international financial position of a country (account of imports, exports and invisible earnings)贸易收支差额

　　balance sheet (n.) statement of the financial position of a company or business at a certain moment资产平衡表

　　ban (v) to forbid something ; to forbid someone to do something 禁止

　　[例] Public advertisement on tobacco is banned in China, but some crafty tobacco companies are successful in circumventing this ban.

　　[同义词] forbid

　　bank (v) to deposit something in a bank 存入

　　[例] You have to bank a certain amount of money in order to avoid being overdrawn.

　　[同义词] deposit

　　BA (bank acceptance ) a bill of exchange that is accepted by a bank for a fee.银行承兑汇票

　　[例] We will issue a bank acceptance for the payment.

　　bank book (n.) a book that lists all payments into and withdrawals from a customer’s bank account 存折

　　[例] You can insert your bank book into this machine which will automatically update it.

　　bank holiday (n.) a day, not a Saturday or Sunday, when banks are closed and which is also a general holiday(英国)银行假日

　　[例] You have to wait till the day after tomorrow for your opening account in the Bank of London because tomorrow is a bank holiday.

　　bank statement (n.) written statement showing transactions and balance of an account银行结单

　　bankrupt [ 5bANkrQpt ]1. (adj.) unable to pay debts破产的

　　[例] He was declared bankrupt.

　　[同义词] insolvent

　　2. (v.) force someone to become bankrupt使破产

　　[例] The high interest rates have bankrupted my business.

　　bankruptcy [ 5bANkrEp(t)si ] (n.) state of being bankrupt破产

　　[同义词] insolvency

　　bar code (n.) a series of lines printed on a product that can be read by a machine connected to a computer system to give a price or reference number 条形码

　　[例] The invent of bar code has greatly speeded up the economy of supermarkets

　　bargain [ 5bB:^in ]1. (v.) discuss in order to reach agreement on price conditions讨价还价

　　[同义词] haggle, negotiate

　　2. (n.) item at a good (cheap) price物美价廉的商品

　　[例] The cardigan is real a bargain for I just pay half of its previous price.

　　bargaining [ 5bB:^iniN ] (n.) discussing in order to reach agreement 讨价还价

　　[例] The buyer and seller finally agreed to the price level after 2 hours’ bargaining.

　　barrister [ 5bAristE ] (n.) a person who is qualified to speak in a higher court of law大律师

　　[例] He is a top barrister specializing in financing law.

　　[同义词] lawyer ,solicitor, bar, counsel

　　b/e (abbr) bill of exchange 汇票

　　basic [ 5beisik ] (adj.) minimum that can be expected; what everything else depends on基本的

　　[例] Older workers will, of course, still be interested in basic pay.

　　[同义词] fundamental, essential, elementary,

　　batch [ bAtF ] (n.) group of items made at same time一批

　　[例] This batch of goods will be delivered by UPS .

　　batch process (n.) production process based on converting a quantity of items at the same time批处理

　　batch size (n.) number of items in a batch批量

　　bear market (n.) period when share prices are falling熊市

　　[例] Unfortunately, you confronted bear market.

　　beat [ bi:t ] (v.) win over (someone) in a fight胜过