87.buying power ：購買力

　　Purchasing power

　　購買商品的能力。

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

　　在過去的25年里，美元的購買力持續(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、資產(chǎn)或財物。

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

　　一些未來學(xué)家聲稱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刺激基礎(chǔ)上的一種經(jīng)濟制度。

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

　　一些國家的人們并不真正理解資本主義制度。

　　90.cash cow ：搖錢樹

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

　　非正式用語。指收入來源可靠的生意。

　　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樹。

　　91.cash flow ：現(xiàn)金流通

　　Fluctuations in a company’s cash position

　　公司現(xiàn)金形勢的波動情況。

　　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.

　　廣告商們在廣告片中越來越多地利用總裁的形象，因為研究表明，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.

　　有謠言說一家大的電影公司正申請破產(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，強調(diào)利潤的追求。

　　Many American dislike the commercialism that is associated with Christmas.

　　95.competition ：競爭

　　The rivalry between similar businesses for customers or clients.

　　經(jīng)營產(chǎn)品相近的廠商間爭奪顧客或客戶的斗爭。

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

　　商業(yè)競爭中是好事，它可以為消費者帶來更好的質(zhì)量和更低的價格。

　　96.conglomerate ：集團公司，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)個人衛(wèi)生用品的大集團公司。

　　97.consumerism ：(1)消費;(2)消費者權(quán)益運動

　　The consumption of goods and service.

　　商品和服務(wù)的耗費

　　Inflation always hurts consumerism.

　　通貨膨脹總是打擊消費。

　　The protection of consumers form poor products or misleading claims.

　　保護消費者免受劣質(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.

　　美國食品和醫(yī)藥管理局想規(guī)范消費者權(quán)益運動。

　　98.consumer price index ：消費品價格指數(shù)

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

　　在一定時期內(nèi)衡量常用消費品和服務(wù)價格波動情況的一種尺度。

　　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去幾年內(nèi)的價格變化情況，消費品價格指數(shù)是一個很好的工具。

　　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 ：強行收購

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

　　個人或公司通常以全部買下其看準的公司的股份而吞并該公司。