annoyance 令人讨厌的人或事

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 年度股东大会(根据法律规定每年举行,出席的包括公司成员,股东和董事),简称AGM.口语里也称the yearly shareholders’ meeting.

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

annualization 年工时制

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 年产量

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,年利润

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

annual report 年报

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

appointment 任命,(聘任的)职位

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

appraisal 评价,评估

例: annual appraisal interviews 年度能力评估面试

appointed 1 任命的

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

appreciation 增值,升值

例:For investors, innovation has translated into stong earnings growth and stock price appreciation.

approach to dialogue谈话方式

例:Different language have their own approach to dialogue.

arrival notice到货通知.

例:We have not yetreceived the carrier’s arrival notice.

articles (在法律事务所)培训期,律师实习

例:She’s doing her articles with a firm in London.

A share A股股票(持有者没有投票权的普通股票)

例: But the A shares, off limits to foreign investors, were still among the best performers.

Asian crises of the late 1990s 90年代末亚洲金融危机

例:As Asian crises of the late 1990s illustrated, U.S.firms entering international business transactions need to be cautious of foreign governments.

as is 按现状出售,概不保证,亦作as seen.

例:The goods are to be sold as is .

asking price 索要价,要价

例:Always negotiate, never pay the full asking price.

asleep at the switch 玩忽职守,坐失良机

例:Interest rates dropped significantly for a month before climbing back to higher levels, but our finance manager was asleep at the switch and failed to renegotiate our loans.

as of 自......起,等于as from

例:I would like to inform you that as of September 6, 2001,the new name for our company will be Sunrise.

as per 按照,依据

例:The client requested that we send our report to him on a computer disc, so we wrote a short note to him saying"as per your request, we are sending you our report on disc," and elclosed it with the disc.

aspirational group 带领性消费群体,领导性消费群体

例:Our emulates certain reference groups(aspirational groups) whereas one is actually a member of other groups.

as seen 看货买卖,现场交易(货物按买者所见现状出售,卖方不保证质量)

例: If you buy at a car auction you take the vehicle as seen.

Assembly line 装配线

e.g. He first worked on the shop floor on the assembly line. 他先是在工厂的装配线上工作。

e.g. I hope that all the training programs they run for the staff on the assembly line might have begun to have an effect. 希望那些为工作在装配线上的员工提供的专业培训，如今已经开始发挥作用。