剑桥BEC真题词汇记忆必备手册(初级)
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bankruptcy  ['bæŋkrʌptsi]

n. 破产;无偿付能力;倒闭

[英文释义](an example of)the state of being or becoming bank-rupt

[记忆方法]bank(银行)+ rupt(打破)→银行被打破了→破产的

[真题例句]Their companies are close to bankruptcy.(剑4,Test 2,Reading,Part 5)

[参考译文]他们的公司濒临破产。

base on   [beis ɔn]

以……为基础

[英文释义]If you base something on facts or ideas,you use those facts or ideas to develop it.

[真题例句]Successful executives base their strategies on reliable date about their clients' requirements.(剑3,Test 2,Reading,Part 4)

[参考译文]成功经理人的决策基于有关他们顾客需求的可靠数据。

basic    ['beɪsɪk]

adj. 基础的,基本的;根本的

[英文释义]providing the base or starting point from which some-thing can develop; simple and not complicated

[商务用语]good English and ba-sic Korean 英语良好韩语一般(剑3,Test 2,Speaking,Part 3)

be aware of  [bi:ə'wɛə ɔv]

意识到,知道,觉察到

[英文释义]be conscious of;knowing

[真题例句]I now have a better un-derstanding … and am more aware of my colleague's deadlines.(剑3,Test 2,Reading,Part 5)

[参考译文]我现在更了解……更注意我同事的工作时限。

be in touch with[bi: in tʌtʃ wið]

保持联系,接触

[真题例句]Unlike my last job,though ,I am mostly in touch with the magazines and newspapers I write for by email,as I don't work in an office,I may not see anyone for days.(剑2,Test 1,Reading,Part 4)

[参考译文]不同于前一份工作,我大部分时候通过电子邮件与我供稿的杂志和报纸联系,因为我不用在办公室工作,可能会连续几天都不会和任何人照面。

be pleased with[bi: pli:zd wið]

对……高兴

be qualified in [bi: 'kwɒlɪfaɪd ɪn]

胜任,适合

[真题例句]Applicants for the above post should be qualified al-ready in this work.(剑 2,Test 3,Reading,Part 1)

[参考译文]上述职位应聘者应该有工作资质。

be qualified to [bi: 'kwɒlɪfaɪd tu:]

有资格做……

[真题例句]With over 1,000 pub-lished newspaper articles,three successful books and his current job as Chairman of his own mar-keting consultantcy Swan Part-ners,Richard Swan is well quali-fied to lecture on marketing.(剑4,Test 3,Reading,Part 4)

[参考译文]理查德·斯旺不仅在报刊上发表过1000余篇文章,写了3本书,而且还是他自己的市场营销咨询公司——Swan Partners的主席,因而他很有资格讲一讲市场营销方面的策略。

be responsible for

[bi: ri'spɔnsəbl fɔ:]

应负责的,有责任的

[英文释义]have the duty of

[真题例句]In many small busi-ness,it is often unclear to Board members who is responsible for what in the company.(剑4,Test 2,Reading,Part 5)

[参考译文]在许多小型企业,董事会成员经常不清楚在公司里谁负责什么事情。

be short of  [bi: ʃɔ:t ɔv]

缺少,缺乏

[英文释义]not have enough of

[真题例句]He likes his career though he's always short of mon-ey.(剑3,Test 1,Reading,Part 5)

[参考译文]尽管他总是缺钱,他喜欢他的事业。

be skilled in  [bi:skild in]

擅长,熟练于

[真题例句]Robin Richards is skilled in art and computer-aided design,and previously worked for a publicity company.(剑2,Test 3,Reading,Part 2)

[参考译文]罗宾·理查德擅长技术和计算机辅助设计,并曾在一家宣传公司工作。

be stocked with[bi: stɒkt wið]

储备有,转备有

[真题例句]We are not fully stocked with filing cabinets at present.(剑 2,Test 2,Reading,Part 1)

[参考译文]目前,我们公司档案柜的库存不足。

be supposed to[bi: sə'pəʊzd tu:]

应该,被期望

[真题例句]We're supposed to be customers of yours,but I've seen your opening date's delayed again.(剑2,Test 1,Listening,Part 2)

[参考译文]我们是被期望成为你的顾客,但是我刚刚看到你的启用日期再次推迟。

[真题例句]I was supposed to be at the meeting at twelve thirty but I'm probably not going to make it until thirteen thirty.(剑 3,Test 2,Listening,Part 1)

[参考译文]我不能在原定的 12:30到达,13:30也许能到。

be targeted at [bi:'tɑ:ɡitid æt]

目的在于

[真题例句]This course was tar-geted at the new sales staff em-ployed to carry out that strategy,and who therefore needed to be prepared to face strong competition.(剑4,Test 4,Reading,Part 5)

[参考译文]这个课程旨在帮助公司新来的销售员工。他们的工作是执行(销售)策略,因此需要做好准备,面对激烈的竞争。

belong    [bɪ'lɒŋ]

v. 适应;合得来

[英文释义]to feel happy or com-fortable in a situation

[真题例句]It was the contact with the colleagues that created this feeling of belonging.(剑4,Test 4,Reading,Part 5)

[参考译文]正是和同事的联络创造出了这种归属感。

benefit    ['benɪfɪt]

n. 利益,好处;优势

[英文释义]a helpful or good ef-fect,or something intended to help

[记忆方法]bene(善,好)+ fit(做)→做好事的好处→好处

[固定搭配]benefit from 从……中获益(剑4,Test 2,Reading,Part 5)

[真题例句]Annual printing costs already show the benefit of this move …

[参考译文]这一举措对每年的印刷成本产生了积极的经济效益。

blame    [bleɪm]

v. 责备;责怪;归咎于

[英文释义]to say or think that someone or something did some-thing wrong or is responsible for something bad happening

[真题例句]If something goes wrong,they look for someone to blame.(剑 3,Test 1,Reading,Part 5)

[参考译文]如果事情出了什么差错,他们会责怪别人。

board    [bɔ:d]

n. 董事会,理事会,委员会

[英文释义]the group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a company or or-ganization

[商务用语]Decision-making at board level 董事会级决策(剑 2,Test 1,Reading,Part 2)the Board of Directors 董事会(剑2,Test 2,Listening,Part 4)

bonus    ['bəʊnəs]

n. 奖金;红利;津贴

[英文释义]an extra amount of money that is given to you as a present or reward in addition to the money you were expecting

[记忆方法]bon(好的)+ us(我们)→发奖金啦,我们都说好!→奖金

[商务用语]bonus payment 奖金支付(剑2,Test 2,Speak,Part 3)

[真题例句]Something on our var-ious schemes for rewarding staff—the new profit – sharing scheme,bonuses and so on.(剑2,Test 2,Listening,Part 4)

[参考译文]关于我们公司对员工工作表现进行奖励的各种方案措施,比如,新提出的利润分享计划、各种奖金制度等。

[真题例句]… employers can ac-tually see what their employees are producing and then give them bonuses as appropriate.(剑 3,Test 3,Reading,Part 4)

[参考译文]……老板能看到每个员工的业绩并且给予适当的奖赏。

book a place on[bʊk ə pleɪs ɒn]

在……中预定一位置

[真题例句]Complete the form be-low to book a place on one of our courses.(剑 3,Test 4,Reading,Part 7)

[参考译文]完成下面表格,在我们其中一课程中预定一位置。

booking   ['bʊkɪŋ]

n. 预订;预定

[英文释义](instance of)reserving seats,etc in advance; reservation

[商务用语]booking form 订票表格;旅行委托书(剑2,Test 4,Reading,Part 7)

booklet    ['bʊklət]

n. 小册子

[英文释义]a very thin book with a small number of pages and a pa-per cover,giving information about something

[记忆方法]book(书)+ let(小)→小册子

[真题例句]Foresight,a man-ufacturer of audio equipment,is launching a new range of CD players and needs accompanying instruction booklets.(剑3,Test 2,Reading,Part 2)

[参考译文]Foresight是一家音响设备制造商,现在正开发一条新系列的CD 播放器 ,需要制作随机附送的说明书。

boost    [bu:st]

v. 改善;提高;增强;推动

[英文释义]to improve or increase something

[记忆方法]boo(看作 boot,靴子)+ st →穿上靴子往高处走→提高

[真题例句]Domestic sales were higher than foreign sales for the second month running,which boosted profits considerably.(剑3,Test 2,Reading,Part 3)

[参考译文]国内销量与下一月的国外销量相比要高一些,盈利水平明显上升。

bottom    ['bɒtəm]

n. 底,底部;底层

[英文释义]the lowest part of something

[真题例句]Interestingly,most of the company's senior managers began at the bottom: for exam-ple,Carol Fletcher,the Marketing Manger,came as a ski guide in 1985…(剑 2,Test 3,Reading,Part 5)

[参考译文]有趣的是,该公司的大部分高级主管都是从底层干起逐步升职。比如营销经理卡罗尔·弗莱彻,在1985年工作之初只是一名滑雪教练。

branch    [brɑ:ntʃ]

n. 分支机构;分部;分行;分店

[英文释义]one of the offices or groups that form part of a large business organization

[记忆方法]“不让吃”→不让小羊吃树枝→树枝

[真题例句]…and next year,we've decided to locate six branches in commercial centres.(剑2,Test 1,Listening,Part 3)

[参考译文]明年,我们决定在商业中心地带新开6家店。

[真题例句]Now to the announce-ment of the most successful branch. Our Pairs branch has held this position for two years,but now it's the turn of New York,with the London branch in second place.(剑2,Test 1,Listening,Part 3)

[参考译文]现在宣布本年度最佳分公司。巴黎分公司已经连续两年获此殊荣 ,但是 ,本年度的最佳分公司却是纽约分公司,伦敦分公司的表现紧随其后。

[真题例句]A quarter of the bank's branches are in Europe,and a third in Asia.(剑 2,Test 2,Listening,Part 1)

[参考译文]有四分之一的分行分布在欧洲,三分之一在亚洲。

brand    [brænd]

n. 商标,牌子

[英文释义]a type of product made by a particular company

[真题例句]In what other ways could the company promote the brand?(剑 3,Test 4,Speaking,Part 3)

[参考译文]还有什么方法能推广品牌?

[真题例句]Zhon Mei Feng's com-pany wants her to learn to divide the market into groups,which it can target with different brands.(剑4,Test 1,Reading,Part 2)

[参考译文]Zhon Mei Feng 的公司想要她学习市场分类,以便将不同的品牌定位于各目标市场。

[真题例句]By making and selling brands that meet people's every-day needs.(剑 4,Test 1,Read-ing,Part 6)

[参考译文]通过制作及销售能满足人们日常需要的品牌。

[真题例句]And how do you intend to promote the brand?(剑4,Test 1,Listening,Part 4)

[参考译文]你们打算如何提升品牌?

branding   ['brændɪŋ]

n. 品牌化

[英文释义]the act of giving a company a particular design or symbol in order to advertise its products and services

break down  [breik daun]

发生故障,损坏

[英文释义]fail to work; stop working

briefcase   ['bri:fkeɪs]

n. 公文包,公事包

[英文释义]a rectangular case,used especially for carrying busi-ness documents

[真题例句]Have you checked your briefcase?(剑 4,Test 4,Listening,Part 1)

[参考译文]你检查过你的公文包了吗?

bring sth. forward

[briŋ 'sʌmθɪŋ 'fɔ:wəd]

把……提前

[英文释义]to change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier than planned

[真题例句]So we had to bring the meeting forward.(剑 2,Test 2,Listening,Part 1)

[参考译文]因此,我们不得不把会议提前了。

brochure   ['brəuʃuə]

n. 小册子,资料(或广告)手册

[英文释义]a type of small mag-azine that contains pictures and information on a product or a com-pany

[记忆方法]来自法语brocher,缝→用线缝在一起的纸→小册子

[商务用语]corporate brochures,documents,etc 公司宣传册 ,文件等(剑3,Test 2,Reading,Part 2)

[真题例句]Tom,Arrange with printers for 3 cm logos to be in-creased in size by 10 % on next brochure order.(剑 3,Test 1,Reading,Part 1)

[参考译文]汤姆,安排印刷工人在下一订单中要把宣传册上3厘米的标志尺寸增加10%。

[真题例句]How much can you quote for our brochure order?(剑4,Test 1,Listening,Part 1)

[参考译文]您对我们的宣传册订单报价是多少?

budget    ['bʌdʒɪt]

n. 1. 预算 2. 预算费

[英文释义]1. a plan to show how much money a person or orga-nization will earn and how much they will need or be able to spend 2. the amount of money you have available to spend

[记忆方法]budg(e)(袋子)+ et(表示“小”的名词词尾)→小袋子,钱包→[保管好]钱包→预算

[商务用语]planning the advertis-ing budget 规划广告预算费用(剑2,Test 2,Reading,Part 2)travel budgets 差旅费预算(剑2,Test 1,Reading,Part 6)

[真题例句]It's too expensive for our budget…(剑 2,Test 2,Lis-tening,Part 1)

[参考译文]费用太高,超过了预算。

[真题例句]We are starting vari-ous courses as soon as the bud-get allows.(剑3,Test 2,Listening,Part 1)

[参考译文]我们将在预算允许的情况下会开展不同的课程。

[真题例句]Though we have a small budget this year,we should easily be able to afford them.(剑3,Test 4,Reading,Part 6)

[参考译文]尽管我们的预算很少,但是我们还可以轻松支付广告费用。

[真题例句]… so Distribution's go-ing to get around half the budget,and Production will get twenty per cent for their new computer sys-tem,and Sales will have nearly thirty per cent.(剑4,Test 4,Lis-tening,Part 1)

[参考译文]配给部将会得到约一半的预算,生产部会拿20%的预算购置他们的新电脑,销售部会得将近30%的预算。

buffet    ['bʊfeɪ]

n. 自助餐

[英文释义]a meal where people serve themselves from a variety of types of usually cold food

[记忆方法]音“不肥”,自我安慰 ,吃自助餐“不肥”。

[商务用语]buffet lunch 自助午餐,简易午餐(剑 2,Test 2,Listening,Part 3)

[真题例句]There'll also be a buf-fet lunch for all staff working on the new projects.(剑 2,Test 2,Lis-tening,Part 3)

[参考译文]我们为所有参与新项目工作的员工提供了自助午餐会。

bulk     [bʌlk]

n. 大量,批量

[英文释义]in large amounts

[记忆方法]公牛(bull)总是大批(bulk)地行动

[固定搭配]in bulk 大量,批量(剑3,Test 1,Reading,Part1)

[真题例句]Regular customers will no longer be allowed a discount unless they buy in bulk.(剑 3,Test 1,Reading,Part 1)

[参考译文]如果不是大宗购买,常客今后也不能获得折扣。

button    ['bʌtn]

n. 按钮

[英文释义]a small,sometimes circular object which you press to operate a device or a machine,or an area on a computer screen which looks and acts like one of these