environment (n.) surroundings環(huán)境

　　[例] To be classed as a work accident, the accident must take place in the work environment.

　　equity (n.) right to receive dividends on the shares owned in a company普通股所有人利益

　　[例] Assets plus liabilities equals owner’s equity.

　　equity capital amount of a company’s capital owned by the shareholders股本

　　[例] The two main shareholders owned almost all the company’s equity capital.

　　equities ordinary shares普通股

　　[例] How many equities have you got?

　　ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) 企業(yè)資源計(jì)劃

　　estimated demand (n.) rough or approximate calculations of demand估測(cè)需求量

　　[例] What about the estimated demand of portable computers in this city?

　　ETA (estimated time of arrival)估計(jì)到達(dá)時(shí)間 ETA of our goods is 12th May.

　　evaluate (v.) calculate the value of something評(píng)估

　　[例] The training and development manager plans, organizes and evaluates training programmes.

　　evaluation (n.) calculation of value評(píng)估

　　exchange rate =rate of exchange relation in value between kinds of money used in different countries匯率

　　[例] What is the exchange rate between US dollar and RMB?

　　exhibit1. (n.) goods or services displayed at a fair or trade show展覽

　　[例] The exhibit of mobile phones has drawn special interest of young people.

　　2. (v.) display products or services at a show展覽

　　exhibition(n.) show of goods展覽會(huì)

　　expand (v.) get bigger擴(kuò)張，發(fā)展

　　[例] The market is expanding.

　　[同義詞] stretch, spread, enlarge

　　expansion (n.) increase in size擴(kuò)展

　　[例] The firm is planning for rapid expansion of its market.

　　[同義詞] enlargement, amplification

　　expect (v.) wait for sb. for a talk , discussion etc.找某人

　　[例] Jack, Mr. Casson is expecting you in his office!

　　[同義詞] await

　　expenditure (n.) amount of money spend花費(fèi)

　　[例] Capital expenditure is the money we have spent on fixed assets.

　　[同義詞] spending, expense

　　expenses (n. pl) money paid for covering extra costs費(fèi)用

　　[例] The fee did not include travel expenses.

　　experienced (adj.) skilled or knowledgeable as the result of active participation or practice 有豐富經(jīng)驗(yàn)的

　　[例] She was an experienced chef.

　　[同義詞] practiced, versed, familiar

　　expertise (n.) particular knowledge or skill專門技術(shù)

　　[例] One of the advantages of using an employment agency is that it offers expertise in an area where the employer is not regularly in the market.

　　expire (v.) to come to an end; terminate到期

　　[例] My passport expires in a month.

　　[同義詞] terminate

　　exposure1.(n.) publicity given to a product or company 公開,曝光

　　2. (n.) total audience number reached by an advertisement知道某廣告的總?cè)藬?shù)

　　[例] Have you counted the exposure reached by that attractive advertisement?

　　Euro (n) (from 1999) the currency of the European Economic and Monetary Union 歐元

F

　　factor (n.) thing which is important要素

　　[例] Price is an important factor when deciding our strategy.

　　[同義詞] element, component

　　factoring (n.) business of buying debts at a discount打折扣購(gòu)買債務(wù)的業(yè)務(wù)

　　facilities (n. pl) equipment or buildings used in the production process設(shè)備

　　[例] The club has many convenient facilities.

　　fail-safe system (n.) a system which is almost totally protected against crucial accidents自動(dòng)保險(xiǎn)體制

　　[例] We should check if the fail-safe system works well

　　family business家族企業(yè)

　　fashionable (adj.) trendy時(shí)尚的

　　[例] Nike is a fashionable brand of sportswear.

　　fast –moving consumer goods (n) cheap, everyday items that are bought and used up quickly 快銷消費(fèi)品

　　[例] You cannot set batteries a so high price, they are fast-moving consumer goods and you will lose long-established market.

　　faulty (adj.)( of product) having defects (產(chǎn)品)有瑕疵的

　　[例] sorry for our faulty pilot products

　　[同義詞] defective, imperfect

　　feasibility study (n.) investigation of a project to see if it is worth pursuing可行性研究

　　[例] Feasibility study is always done before the project is formally carried out.

　　fee (n.) money paid for service provided by a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor對(duì)職業(yè)性服務(wù)的報(bào)酬

　　[例] The commission fees are usually higher in the foreign bank than those local bank.

　　[同義詞] payment, reward, remuneration

　　feedback (n.) information about the results of an activity, given to a person so that changes can be made反饋

　　[例] After the session we will give you feedback on your performance so that it can be improved.

　　fiduciary1.(n) one, such as an agent of a principal or a company director, that stands in a special relation of trust, confidence, or responsibility in certain obligations to others 受托人

　　[例] The solicitor acted as fiduciary .

　　2. (adj.) of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another 信托的

　　[例] a fiduciary contract

　　field (n.) outside the office實(shí)地

　　[例] The salesmen are in the field.

　　file1. (n.) a collection of documents on a subject檔案

　　[例] According to my files we haven’t prepared a person specification for a Team Leader before.

　　2. (v.) collect, arrange, organize documents systematically歸檔

　　fill (a position) (v.) to find someone to do a job勝任

　　[例] I am competent to fill in this position.

　　finance1. (n.) money used by a company資金

　　[例] Where will we get the finance for this project?

　　2. (v.) provide money for資助

　　[例] The bank is going to finance the new building.

　　[同義詞] fund, support