flop [ flCp ] (n.) failure失败
[例] Their corporation came to a flop in the end.
flow shop (n.) production workshop where machines and operators handle a continuous material flow, as in mass production流水线车间
follower [ 5fClEuE ] (n.) company which follows others into a market市场追随者
[例] Many companies became followers seeing KFC’s success.
fluctuate [ 5flQktjueit ] (v.) rise and fall rapidly波动
[例] Workers certainly don’t want their pay to fluctuate wildly.
[同义词] vacillate,waver, vary
fluctuation [ 7flQktju5eiFEn ] (n.) sudden movement波动
[例] It is difficult to estimate the price fluctuation of the market.
FOB (free on board) 离岸价
follow-up (n.) an activity done to add to or continue something done earlier后继(产品)
[例] The software was a successful follow-up to the original product.
force majeure (n) an unexpected and unavoidable event that causes or allows a contract to be changed or cancelled if it has a forcer majeure clause 不可抗力
[例] Due to force majeure , this deal turned out to be a great failure.
[同义词]Act of God
forecast [ 5fC:kB:st ]1. (n.) estimate of what will happen in the future预测
[例] The inflation of the currency and booming commodity price in the market forecast the bubble economy.
2. (v.) predict what will happen预测
foreclose [ fC:5klEuz ](v) to deprive (a mortgagor) of the right to redeem mortgaged property, as when payments have not been made 取消(抵押品的)赎回权
[例] That bank foreclosed on the mortgage.
