or job被任命者
[例] He is lucky to be the appointee of this project.
appointment [ ????????? ] (n.) 1. choice of someone ??for a new job任命
[例] The appointment of area financial controller implies he has been promoted.
2. arrangement for a meeting约定（会议） [例] We fixed an appointment at four o?clock.
appraisal [????????] (n.) ?calculation of the value of somebody or something 估价
[例] Their appraisal of the necklace is about RMB 1,000. [同义词] evaluation, valuation, assessment
appraise [ ?????? ] ?(v.) to judge the value of somebody or something估价
[例] They appraised it was only worth $1. [同义词] evaluate, assess
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appraiser [??????? ] (n.) person who judges?鉴定者，估价官
[例] Who will be the appraiser?
appreciate [ ????????? ] (v.) 1. be thankful for??感激 [例] I appreciated your help. 2. understand理解
[例] I appreciate your problems. 3.increase in value增值
[例] My shares have appreciated by 10%.
apprentice [ ???????? ] (n.) young person who is learning ?a skill学徒
[例] Don?t listen to him. Jack is only an apprentice. [同义词] learner, beginner
apprenticeship[ ??????????? ] ?(n.) ?period of time spent learning a skill学徒年限，学徒身份
[例] Jack served an apprenticeship with a carpenter.
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appropriate [ ????????? ?] (v.) ?to put an amount of money aside for a special purpose拨出（款项） [例] They appropriated $10,000 for bribery.
approve [ ?????? ] (v.) agree to pass officially?批准 [例] They Board approved the new plan. [同义词] accept
approval [ ????????] (n.) agreement?批准
aptitude [ ????????? ] (n.) natural ability (to do a task)?天资
[例] She had a high aptitude for business.
arbitrage [ ????????? ] (n.) the purchase of securities on ?one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy套利
[例] He made big fortune by arbitrage.
arbitration [ ??????????? ] (n.) process of settling a ??
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dispute仲裁
[例] We shall have to resort to arbitration. [同义词] judgement, adjudication
area [ ?????] (n.) region?区域 [例] His sales area is the North East. [同义词] district, region, territory
arrears [?????] ?(n.) money which is owed and has not been paid on time到期未付帐
[例] The payment in arrears amounts to$100. [同义词] arrearage, debt, liabilities
arrival notice (n.) a note sent by a carrier to the receiver( consignee) saying that goods have arrived 到货通知[例] After your receipt of the arrival notice from the carrier---COSCO, please arrange the picking-up of the goods at the dock.
artifical person (n.) a company considered as having a separate legal identity from the people who work for it, although some of these people
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will represent the will of the company 法人
[例] The company is regarded legally as an artifical person. [同义词] fictitious person, juristic person
as per (adv) according to根据
[例] As per your request that is made in your last mail, we are writing
to confirm our point concerning the price.
asap as soon as possible 及早
[例] After the cargo reaches your dock,please inform us by fax or email asap.
assemble [?????? ?] (v.)1. put (a product) together from component parts装配
[例] After the internal innovation, the efficiency of workers? assembling machines has greatly improved. 2.to bring or call together into a group or whole集合
[例] Ask your colleagues to assemble in the meeting room at 10:15.
assembly-line (n.) layout of workers and machines where the work
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