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　　earnings (n. pl) salaries, profits, dividends, interest received收入

　　[例] The meager earnings can hardly make a living for me.

　　economic (adj.) 1. providing enough money, profitable赚钱的,有利润的

　　[例] This project doesn’t make economic sense.

　　2. referring to state of the national economy经济的

　　[例] There is an economic crisis.

　　economic efficiency (n.) the ratio of outputs to inputs经济效益

　　[例] The economic efficiency is higher this year than last year.

　　economic sanctions (n) measures taken to force a country to obey international law, by stopping or reducing trade with that country. 经济制裁

　　[例] The UN decided to life the long-term economic sanctions on Iraq.

　　economical (adj.) money-saving节约的

　　[例] an economical car

　　[同义词] thrifty

　　economics (n. pl) the study of macro and micro economics经济学

　　economist (n.) person who specializes in the study of economics经济学家

　　economise (v.) save money by spending less节约

　　economies (n. pl) savings积蓄

　　[例] We need to introduce some economies.

　　economy (n.) financial organization of a country经济体制

　　[例] a free market economy

　　economy class the cheapest class of a air travel经济舱

　　economy of scale 规模经济

　　edge (n.) advantage优势

　　[例] a competitive edge

　　effective (adj.) able to produce the right results有效的，给人深刻印象的

　　[例] The new pricelist will become effective from January. ;an effective resume

　　[同义词] efficient, effectual, efficacious

　　efficiency (n.) ability to do the right thing效率

　　[例] This machine has a good efficiency.

　　efficient (adj.) able to produce the right results quickly效率高的

　　[例] The new type of machine is efficient to produce products.

　　[同义词] effective, effectual, efficacious

　　(be) eligible for qualified or entitled to be chosen有资格的

　　[例] They are eligible for the grant from the government.

　　embezzle (v) to take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust 挪用公款

　　[例] The GM is charged with embezzling funds from the company’s account.

　　employ (v.) take on or use a person as a paid worker雇佣

　　[例] During the year we employed an average of 65.

　　[同义词] engage, hire

　　employee (n.) person taken on as a paid worker雇员

　　[同义词] worker

　　employer (n.) person or organization that takes on paid workers雇主

　　[同义词] boss, director

　　employment (n.) work, job (s)工作

　　enclose (v) to put something in an envelop, usually as well as a letter 附寄

　　[例] Enclosed is the receipt for the order.

　　endorse (v.) write one’s name on, to accept背书，认可

　　[例] Please cable us as soon as your application for import license has been endorsed.

　　[同义词] approve, sanction, ratify

　　endorsement (n.) acceptance背书

　　[例] Our products have met with wide endorsement.

　　endow (v) to provide with property, income, or a source of income 资助，捐赠

　　[例] This research project is endowed by an international charity.

　　enduser (n.) person who actually uses a product or service最终用户

　　[例] We should carry on a survey among our product’s end users to collect the feedback.

　　engage (v.) to take a person on as a paid worker; employ雇佣

　　[例] Congratulations, Chris! Our company engages you.

　　[同义词] hire, employ, take on

　　end-product (n) the final article produced by the manufacturing process 制成品

　　[同义词] finished goods

　　enter (v.) go into进入(市场)

　　[例] We entered the market in 1980.

　　enterprise (n.) a business organization企业

　　entitle (v.) to give a right to授权

　　[例] We feel we are entitled to make this request.

　　[同义词] qualify, authorize, empower

　　entitlement (n.) a person’s right权利

　　[例] He has the entitlement to sell the house.

　　environmentally-friendly (adj) of activities , products, production processes, etc that do not harm the environment 环保的

　　[例] Our products are environmentally- friendly , so they are welcomed by our customers.

　　[同义词] green

　　holiday entitlement (n.)the right to have holiday休假权利

　　[例] in the UK holiday entitlement generally ranges from three to six weeks per year

　　entrant (n.) one that enters a market市场进入者

　　[例] This firm is a new entrant showing tremendous potentials.

　　entrepreneur (n.) person who starts and runs a company/business企业家

　　[例] Entrepreneur needs special innovative spirit and acute business sense to win the final success.

　　entrepreneurial (adj.) have the very spirit of an entrepreneurial, such as creativeness and taking risk to run the enterprises etc. 企业家(精神)的

　　[例] entrepreneurial flair