BEC考試常考詞彙及短語

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在BEC考試中有哪些比較常出現的詞彙及短語呢?以下是小編整理的BEC考試常考詞彙及短語,歡迎大家閱讀參考。

BEC考試常考詞彙及短語

一、商務英語詞彙

英語詞彙多達幾十萬,並且詞語表義較為靈活,對上下文的依賴也較大。如,"board"一詞,本義為"木板",但在不同上下文中,可以表示"車"、"船"、"伙食"、"會議桌"、"委員會"等。而在商務英語中,"board"往往用來表示"董事會",如,"chairman or president of the board"(董事會主席或董事長);或者,它經常用在FOB (Free on Board,離岸價,船上交貨價)價格術語中,意思是"船"。

在商務英語中,有著許多通過引申、轉換、新增等手段而獲得的有別於普通英語詞義的具有"新義"的"舊詞"。

例如:

literature 在普通英語中,它表示"文學";而在商務英語中,它則表示"printed matters, including leaflets, instruction, product catalogue, price list, etc. (文字宣傳資料,諸如產品說明書、產品目錄、價目表等)"。

例如:

In order to market our new product,we have printed fine literature.(為了推銷新產品,我們印了精美的宣傳資料。)  claim 在普通英語中,它的意思是"要求,認領";而在商務英語中,它則表示"demand or request for a thing considered one's due (索賠)"。

例如:

We claimed on that shipping company for the loss involved.(我們向輪船公司就有關損失提出索賠。)  reference 在普通英語中,它表示"參考,查閱,提及";而在商務英語中,它的意思是"persons or firms named by a customer asking a supplier for credit, from whom the supplier can get information about the business reputation of the customer (擔保人,證明人)"。

例如 :

My reference will prove to you that I am efficient and dependable. (我的擔保人將向你證明我的工作是高效的,並且我是可信賴的。)  除了屬於英語共核部分(English common core)的詞彙以外,商務英語還有著其特別的專門詞彙。

例如:

backlog: orders to supply, needing to be dealt with quickly (積欠未交貨的訂單)

e.g. We have a large backlog. (我們積壓的訂貨甚多。)

in-tray: tray for incoming documents (放在辦公桌上用來裝收到的檔案的容器,收文籃;用於盛放將要發出去的檔案的容器叫out-tray, 發文籃)

e.g. When l am away,please help to check my in-tray. (我不在的時候,請幫我檢視我的收文籃。)

overheads:routine administrative and maintenance eXPenses of a business (公司的日常開支,如電費、文具費、汽車油費等)

e.g. We have some money indeed,but we are very sorry that we cannot return the money now,as we have to consider our overheads. (我們確實有些錢,但是,非常抱歉,我們目前不能還這筆錢,因為我們得考慮我們的日常開銷。)

二、商務英語短語

在商務英語背景下,通過搭配而形成了許多專用於商務英語的具有商務特徵的短語。

例如:

outstanding accounts:accounts that are overdue for payment (到期未付的帳)

e.g. We hope the outstanding account can be settled within this month. Otherwise, our accounting department will consider changing the conditions of payment for future orders. (我們希望你方本月能將欠帳結清,否則,我方財務部將考慮改變定單支付條件。)

debit note: a note in a form similar to an invoice but used where an invoice would not be right for the purpose. The debit note relates to charges, such as freight, extra to amounts already invoiced for goods, and is also used to correct mistakes such as an amount under-charged in an invoice. (借項通知單,指賣方通知買方更正錯誤的檔案,即:通知買方,因其錯誤而要借記(增加)買方應收賬款賬戶,向對方補收錢;與之相對的'是credit note(貸項通知單)。)

e.g. We shall of course refund to you the premium upon receipt of your debit note or, if you like, you may draw on us at sight for the amount required. (一收到你們的索款通知單,我們當立即把保險費付還給你們。如果你們願意的話,也可以開即期匯票向我們收取所需金額。)

unsocial hours:time for overwork (與社交活動衝突的時間、加班的時間)

e.g. We should emphasize the large extra bonus for working in unsocial hours.(我們應當重視對額外加班發高額獎金。)flexitime system:system of flexible working hours (彈性工作制度:一種根據工作特點靈活確定上下班時間的工作制度。例如,某人每天工作的八個小時內,只有從上午十點鐘到下午三點鐘是一天中最忙的時間,那麼,經商定他可以不在正常的上午八點鐘上班,在晚些時候到公司上班;下午也不一定在規定的五點鐘下班,可以提前下班。他集中精力的工作時間(如10:00~15:00)叫做core time,靈活的工作時間叫做flexiband)

e.g. The first item on the agenda is a discussion of the management's proposals on flexitime system.(會議安排表的第一項是討論資方提出的彈性工作制。)

living out of a suitcase: often go on business trips (經常出差在外)

e.g. My husband is a sales-manager. He is a man living out of a suitcase.(我丈夫是銷售經理,老是出差在外。)

make five clerks redundant:dismiss five clerks (裁員五名)

三、常考的詞與片語

1. able ability enable capable be able to do能夠做…

have the ability to do能夠做,有能力做…:

enable sb to do使…能做…:be capable of能夠做…:

2. absent 反義詞:present

3. abroad國外,海外: live ~ go ~

4. access: 入口,途徑;機會,權利。Have access to sth

5. absorb 吸收 be absorbed in全神貫注於…

6. accept接受 receive收到(不一定接受)

7. ay accident=by chance 偶然地 on purpose 故意地

8. according to 根據

9. take… into account=take… into consideration 把…考慮在內

10. accuse sb of sth = charge sb with(for) sth 指責… 做了…;指控… 犯了…

11. be accustomed to = be used to 習慣於 後接 sth或 doing sth

used to 過去有 過去常常 後接 do sth

12. achieve 獲得,達到

13. adapt=adjust 適應 ~ adopt 收養;採用

14. add to 增添 add up to 總計達

15. in addition(to)=besides 此外

16. adequate=enough

17. admit 承認

18. in advance 預先,提前

19. take advantage of = make use of 利用

20. affect (v.) effect (n.) influence (v & n) 影響 effort 努力

have an effect/influence on對…有影響

make an effort to do或 make efforts to do

21. afford (to do) sth 買/花/用/支付得起

22. be afraid of 擔心,害怕

23. at the age of

24. agree with 同意

agree on 同意 (雙方就…達成一致)

agree to 同意 (上級,父母對下級,晚輩允許…)

25. ahead of time 提前

26. by air=by plane by sea= by ship by bus/train on foot

27. after all 畢竟 above all 首先 (not…) at all 一點(也不) all over

28. allow/permit … to do… 允許…做…

29. although/though but 連詞 不能同時用在句子中。、