license (v.) [US licence] give permission许可

　　licensee (n.) person who is given permission获许可的人

　　licensor (n.) person who gives permission许可人

　　life cycle (n.) concept of showing the different stages in a product’s life产品生命周期

　　[例] Usually, the mature stage is the most important in the life cycle of a product.

　　line (n.) 1. merchandise or services of a similar or related nature系列产品

　　[例] a complete line of small tools

　　[同义词] series, sequence

　　2.An ordered system of operations that allows a sequential manufacture or assembly of goods at all or various stages of production.流水生产线

　　[例] production line

　　line process (n.) assembly-line process, production process where the work passes from one worker to the next, usually along a moving belt, until it is finished流水线加工

　　[例] You should at times mention the workers to see to the line process.

　　line worker (n.) worker on an assembly-line流水线工人

　　[例] How many line workers do you have altogether?

　　liquid (adj.) easy to realize易兑现的

　　[例] Liquid assets

　　liquidity (n.) having assets which can be converted into cash资产折现力

　　[例] Liquidity is an index to measure the extent one kind of asset moves into new investment opportunities.

　　liquidate (v.) close a company and sell its assets清算

　　liquidation (n.) process of closing a company清算

　　[例] The business went into liquidation.

　　liquidator (n.) person who supervises the liquidation of a company清算人

　　listed (adj.) registered列出的,上市的

　　[例] Shares can be bought in listed companies.

　　listed company (n) a company whose shares are recorded on the main market of a stock exchange 上市公司

　　[例] That firm is among the listed companies.

　　listing [ 5listiN ] (n.) official list of companies whose shares can be bought or sold on the Stock Exchange列表

　　literature(n.) written information(广告)印刷品

　　[例] Please find enclosed literature about the product.

　　litigate (v.) to bring an action in a court of law against someone提出公诉

　　[例] If you don’t obey the contract, we have to litigate in court.

　　litigation (n.) the process of bringing an action in a court of law against someone起诉

　　[例] In fact I am not familiar with the litigation process.

　　[同义词] lawsuit

　　loan [ lEun ]1. (n.) money which has been lent贷款

　　[例] Loan capital must be repaid at a later date.

　　[同义词] advance, credit, usury

　　2. (v.) lend借款

　　[同义词] advance

　　local time 当地时间

　　logistic (n.) The management of business operations, such as the acquisition, storage, transportation and delivery of goods along the supply chain. 物流

　　[例] He is manager of Dept.of Logistics.

　　logo [ 5lC^Eu ] (n.) design or group of letters used by a company as a distinguishing mark徽标，标识

　　[例] You can withdraw money through ATMs with our bank’s logo.

　　log on =log in to enter into a computer the information required to begin a session 登录

　　lose (v.) not make a profit损失

　　[例] We are losing money.

　　loss [ lCs ] (n.)损失

　　[例] Their company suffered loss in business last year.

　　[同义词] damage, harm

　　lot [ lCt ] (n.) group of items一批产品

　　[例] Can you offer us another lot?

　　[同义词] collection, batch, set

　　loyalty (n.) sense of belonging and trusting忠诚

　　[例] customer loyalty

　　[同义词] allegiance, faithfulness, fidelity

　　lucrative (adj.)有利的; profitable 赚钱的

　　[例] a lucrative business

　　lump sum a single sum of money that serves as complete payment一次付的款额, 一次付清

　　[例] The lump sum for that payment comes to 20 m dollars.

M

　　magazine (n.) regular news or special interest publication often printed on glossy paper with many photographs杂志

　　mailshot (n.) direct mailing related to a particular product or service邮寄广告

　　[例] The mailshot really interests those well-off families.

　　maintain (v.) keep going维持

　　[例] We must maintain our market share.

　　[同义词] keep up, retain, conserve

　　maintenance (n.) keeping things working维持

　　[例] The after-sales team work on maintenance of the products.

　　[同义词] conservation, preservation, upkeep

　　major (adj.) important, bigger, biggest主要的

　　[例] The major shareholder has 35% of the shares.

　　[同义词] chief, main, supreme

　　majority shareholding more than 50% of the shares主要股权，大股东

　　make (n.) brand or type of product品牌

　　[例] a famous make of shirt.

　　[同义词] brand, model