67 affliate:成员,分公司 a business that contracts to work with another business 签订合同与另一公司合作的公司。 The ABC office supply company is one of our many affiliates ABC办公用品公司是我们众多分公司的其中之 68 agenda:日程表 A list of things to be done 要处理的事务清单 Could you please fax me a copy of tomorrow's agenda? 能否将明天的日程表给我发个传真? 69 agribusiness:农业综合企业 The production and marketing of corps by large corporations as opposed to individual farms 由大集团公司进行的农产品的生产和销售,与个体农场主经营方式相反。 John was forced into bankruptcy when he lost millions of dollars he had invested in a poor agribusiness venture. 约翰在农业综合企业中投资不当,损失了数百万美元,被迫破产。 70air- pocket stock:气穴股票 Stock that falls sharply on bad new 有坏消息便急剧下跌的股票 Company stock sometimes turms into air-pocket stock upon the news of the companys CEOs serious illness or death 一旦公司总裁病重或去世的消息传出,其股票有时会变成气穴股票。 71 annual report:年度报告 A financial report produced by the management of a corporation for shareholders the end of fiscal year. 在每个财政年末,由公司的资方向股东提供的财务报告 72. asset;资产 a possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities 能被转化为现金以抵消债务的财物 We were forced to liquidate some of our assets to pay our debts 我们被迫变卖一些资产以偿还债务 73. automation;自动化 The replacement of human laborers with computers and self-regulating machines 用计算机和自动化控制的机器来代替人力 Automation in factories will continue to eliminate more and more jobs into the 21century 到21世纪,工厂的自动化将继续削减更多的就业机会。 74 balanced budget;平衡预算 Spending that is equal to revenue, esp in government. 个机构的开支和收入相等,特别指在政府方面11 67.affiliate ：成员，分公司 A business that contracts to work with another business. 签订合同与另一公司合作的公司。 The ABC office supply company is one of our many affiliates. ABC 办公用品公司是我们众多分公司的其中之一。 68.agenda ：日程表 A list of things to be done. 要处理的事务清单 Could you please fax me a copy of tomorrow’s agenda? 能否将明天的日程表给我发个传真？ 69.agribusiness ：农业综合企业 The production and marketing of corps by large corporations as opposed to individual farms. 由大集团公司进行的农产品的生产和销售，与个体农场主经营方式相反。 John was forced into bankruptcy when he lost millions of dollars he had invested in a poor agribusiness venture. 约翰在农业综合企业中投资不当，损失了数百万美元，被迫破产。 70.air-pocket stock ：气穴股票 Stock that falls sharply on bad news. 一有坏消息便急剧下跌的股票。 Company stock sometimes turns into air-pocket stock upon the news of the company’s CEO’s serious illness or death. 一旦公司总裁病重或去世的消息传出，其股票有时会变成气穴股票。 71.annual report ：年度报告 A financial report produced by the management of a corporation for shareholders the end of fiscal year. 在每个财政年末，由公司的资方向股东提供的财务报告。 72.asset ：资产 A possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities 能被转化为现金以抵消债务的财物 We were forced to liquidate some of our assets to pay our debts. 我们被迫变卖一些资产以偿还债务。 73.automation ：自动化 The replacement of human laborers with computers and self-regulating machines 用计算机和自动化控制的机器来代替人力。 Automation in factories will continue to eliminate more and more jobs into the 21st century. 到 21 世纪，工厂的自动化将继续削减更多的就业机会。 74.balanced budget ：平衡预算 Spending that is equal to revenue, esp. in government. 一个机构的开支和收入相等，特别指在政府方面