annoyance 令人討厭的人或事

　　例:The target market has viewed the ad so many times that it no longer makes a positive impression, and, in fact, it may make a negative impression in the form of an annoyance.

　　annual general meeting 年度股東大會(huì)(根據(jù)法律規(guī)定每年舉行,出席的包括公司成員,股東和董事),簡(jiǎn)稱AGM.口語(yǔ)里也稱the yearly shareholders' meeting.

　　例: The financial results will be announced at the annual general meeting.

　　annualization 年工時(shí)制

　　例: She also said companies might be able to implement the government's measures based on the "annualization" of working hours rather than a calculation week by week.

　　annual production 年產(chǎn)量

　　例: Within five years annual production went from 20 000 to 230 000 cars and the company founded its first South American subsidiary.

　　annual profit 年收益,年利潤(rùn)

　　例: The company produces an annual profit of 25 million.

　　annual report 年報(bào)

　　例: An annual report is a document which tells you about the company's performance over the year.

　　appointment 任命,(聘任的)職位

　　例: There has been a new appointment to the board.

　　appraisal 評(píng)價(jià),評(píng)估

　　例: annual appraisal interviews 年度能力評(píng)估面試

　　appointed 1 任命的

　　例1: Measures are taken to ensure that newly-appointed members of staff are integrated effectively into existing teams.

　　annual return 年度報(bào)表

　　例: We are in the middle of making our annual return.

　　answering machine 錄音電話,等于(英)answerphone

　　例1:There were three messages on the answering machine.

　　例2:The answerphone has fourteen minutes' recording time, which is a bonus for any business.

　　anti-fraud technique 防偽技術(shù)

　　antitrust 反托拉斯,反壟斷

　　例: Antitrust laws are a set of laws in the USA that aim to prevent large companies from controling all of the market for their products.

　　any other business 任何其他議題(通常在會(huì)議議程末),簡(jiǎn)稱AOB

　　例1:Is there any other business?

　　2:You may bring the item up under any other business.

　　3:As staff holiday arrangement is a bit complicated this time, I don't think we should include it under any other business.

　　aperitif 開(kāi)胃酒

　　appeal 吸引力

　　例:Department stores appeal to people of all age groups, but particularly the 30-50 age category.

　　apple polishing 逢迎,拍馬

　　例:Other employee didn't like him and believed that his recent promotion was more the result of his apple polishing than his actual achivevements.

　　application money 認(rèn)購(gòu)新股款項(xiàng)

　　例:Application money must be returned with the appplication form.

　　appointed 2 布置陳設(shè)的,裝飾的

　　例1: This office is well appointed with all the lastest devices.

　　2: This is a superbly/modestly appointed restaurant.