281. □11 resignation [ˌrezɪgˈneɪʃn] n.辞职
派生：resign v.辞职
282. retention
raise the level of staff retention提升员工保留率
a highstaffturnover很高的流动率
tangible有形的回报：financialrewardbonus scheme奖金方案promotion opportunity晋升机会，performance-related bonus
appraisalefficient and objectiveappraisal有效的和客观的评价
intangible：sense of
belonging归属感recognitionrespect
integrate into the companyculture融入到企业文化中recognitionrespectsense of achievement/accomplishment成就感
One thing we can’t get to the bottom ofnow, though, is why our retention rates are so
low for newly appointed branch managers.
然而，有一件事我们无法弄清楚，为什么我们新任命的分公司经理的保留率如此
之低。
get to the bottom找到根本原因
Lack of trust can damage retention, forinstance, when a company wishes to promote
a talented part-timer to a senior role, butinsists on their being in the office full-time:
the part- timer may simply go elsewhere.
缺乏信任会损害员工的保留，例如，当一个公司想把一个有天赋的兼职人员提升
到一个高级职位时，却坚持要他们全职呆在办公室：兼职人员可能会去其他地方。
Seniormanagementself-discipline自律virtual officeonline office
283. □11 steady [ˈstedi] adj.（发展、增长等）稳步的，持续的
派生：steadily adv.稳定地；持续地
284.促进，培养：foster/nurture/cultivate
foster customer loyalty培养员工忠诚度
They foster an unproductive atmosphere inthe companies that adopt them.
他们采用的评估方法在公司中形成了不宜的氛围。
They==appraisal—》efficiency工作效率low moralhigh staff turnovermomentum
Management believe that if they were to dothat, each shift would leave the hard jobs
for the next shift, which isn’t the sort ofcooperative approach they’re trying to foster.
管理层认为，如果他们这样做，每一个轮班都会为下一个接替的人留下艰难的工
作，而这不是他们试图培养的合作方式。
285. □11 solid [ˈsɒlɪd]
adj.坚固的；可靠的
派生：consolidate v.巩固；联合；consolidation n.巩固；联合
287. □11 status [ˈsteɪtəs] n.（进展的）状况；地位；身份
近义词：position地位；situation状况
289. □11 workshop [ˈwɜ:kʃɒp]
n.车间；研讨会
近义词：seminar研讨会
290. □10 accommodation [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn] n.住宿
派生：accommodate v.容纳；留宿
291. □10 allocate [ˈæləkeɪt] vt.分配，划拨
派生：allocation n.分配，划拨
291. allocate
分配：allocation，distributie
In the final analysis, business owners mustconsider the real costs of chasing a
deadbeat customer as well as the lostproductivity from allocating resources to
collecting the money.
归根结底，企业所有者必须考虑追讨赖账客户的真正成本，以及从分配资源到收
集资金损失的生产力。
deadbeat customer赖账不还的人chase追踪
Analyze V分析analysisn分析analystn分析家
financial analyst财务分析师
Enough funds should be allocated to somedepartments concerned so that they can
keep abreast with the customers’ needs anddevise a more perfect website before our
launch of products.
应向相关部门分配足够的资金，以便在产品上市前及时了解客户需求，设计出更
完善的网站。
292. □10 audit [ˈɔ:dɪt] n&v.审计
派生：auditor n.审计员
295. □10 convey [kənˈveɪ]
vt.传递；传送
派生：conveyor n.传送者
298. □10 defect [ˈdi:fekt] n.缺点；缺陷
派生：defective adj.有缺点的；有缺陷的
299. □10 dominate [ˈdɒmɪneɪt] v.支配，控制
近义词：control; lead
派生：dominant adj.占支配地位的；显著的；
domination n.支配，控制，主导
299. dominate dominant adj. occupy占据
Effective teamwork may require action byone person to ensure no cultural group
dominates the others.
有效的团队合作可能需要一个人采取行动，以确保没有文化团体支配其他团体。
In 2005, telephone was the major medium ofbookings, accounting for 50%, yet in
2010 it was the internet that dominatedamong the three sources, with 65% of
bookings via the internet, indicating asharp increase on the figure of 2005.
在2005年，电话是预订的主要媒介，占50%，但在2010年互联网成为了三种来源
中占的主导者，有65%的预订通过互联网，显示出在2005年数据上的急剧增加。
占多少：Account for/represent/make up/occupy/takeup
300. □10 draft [drɑ ɑ:ft] n.草案；汇票vt.起草，草拟
派生：overdraft n.透支额
302. □10 exceed [ɪkˈsi:d] vt.超过；超越
近义词：surpass; overtake
303. □10 expenditure [ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)] n.花费；费用；开支
近义词：expense; spending
派生：expend vt.花费；耗费
306. □10 infrastructure [ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃə(r)] n.基础设施，基础建设
派生：infrastructural adj.基础设施的
307. □10 innovate [ˈɪnəveɪt]
v.引入（新事物、思想或方法）；创新；改革
派生：innovative adj.创新的；innovation n.创新
308. □10 lease [li:s] n.（房屋、设备或土地的）租约，租契；vt.出租；租借
近义词：rent
310. □10 provision [prəˈvɪʒn] n.提供；条款；规定
近义词：supply提供
派生生：provisional adj.临时的，暂时的
311. □10 restructure [ˌri:ˈstrʌktʃə(r)] n&v.重组，调整结构
近义词：reorganise
311. restructure reorganize重组takeover收购merger and acquisitionstructure
Managementredundancy裁员positionstaff moralcompulsory强制的
voluntary自愿的active主动的passive被动的takeover收购regular customer老客户shift转向其他公司customer loyalty客户忠诚度simplify精简，，streamline简化流程
This led the company board to initiate astrategic plan to restructure the Trading
Department.
这促使公司董事会启动一项战略计划，重组贸易部门。
Initiatives倡议，提议，员工的主动性
It just wasn’t fair to expect them to takeon the extra work that resulted from us
expanding the range of our after-salessupport. Once we’ve set that up, we have to
restructure to take account of theincreased workload.
期望他们承担我们扩大售后服务范围所带来的额外工作是不公平的。一旦我们确
定了这一点，我们就必须重组来考虑增加的工作量。
Extraadditional额外的result from/stem from由什么造成的
312. □10 reverse [rɪˈvɜ:s] n.相反的情况；v.彻底转变；adj.相反的
派生：reversely adv.相反
313. □10 revise [rɪˈvaɪz] vt.改变；修改
派生：revision n.修订；修改
313. revise/ modify/ amend/ alter/shift/transform/transformer修改
This company has again revised its growthtargets downwards
这家公司再次下调了其增长目标。
Downturndownward下降
Economic recession经济衰退期financial crisis经济危机
Job specifications were revised.Job descriptionjob satisfactionreward
Initial period
修改工作规范
revise its product rangelaunch/releasea series of系列
修改产品系列
Analysts believe that the company will haveto revise its profit prediction.
分析人士认为，该公司将不得不修改盈利预测。
Analyzev分析analysis
n分析analyst n分析师
预测：foresee predict forecast project anticipateestimate
Overestimate高估underestimate低估
Similarly, if regulations that govern abusiness are revised, then significant changes in
these could impact on a company’sviability.
同样，如果管理企业的条例被修订，那么这些方面的重大变化可能影响公司的生
存能力。
Regulation制度govenorviability生存能力world economic form世界经济论坛
Exert positive/negative/profound/significant
influence/impact on sth产生影响
314. □10 sole [səʊl] adj.仅有的；唯一的
派生：solely adv.唯一地
315. □10 simplify [ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ] vt.使简化
近义词：streamline
318. □10 viable [ˈvaɪəbl] adj.可实施的；切实可行的
近义词：feasible; practical
320. □9 aggressive [əˈgresɪv] adj.积极进取的；声势浩大的
派生：aggressively adv.积极地
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