经科版BEC中级课文辅导unit1
2008-09-01来源:
Personnel Department
Human Resources Department
Finance Department
Accounts Department
Administration Department
Explanation:
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bring somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
1 to introduce a new law 颁布一项新法律
Harsh anti-Trade Union laws were brought in in the early 1980s. 严厉的反工会法于80年代早期颁布。
2 to ask someone to become involved in a discussion or situation 聘请
I’d like to bring in Doctor Hall here and ask him his views. 我想聘请…博士来这里并询问他的意见。
The police were brought in to investigate the matter. 他们把警方请来,调查此事。
3 to earn a particular amount or produce a particular amount of profit 产生收益
The sale of the house only brought in about £45,000. 这栋房子只卖了4万5千英镑。
4 to attract customers to a shop or business 吸引
We’ve got to bring in more business if we want the restaurant to survive. 我们如果想要让这家饭馆继续生存下去,我们就必须吸引更多人。
expatriate [countable] someone who lives in a foreign country
ᅳexpatriate adjective [only before noun]移居国外的;
expatriate workers
British expatriates living in Spain
sales staff 销售人员 (sales force)
force noun
▶MILITARY◀军队
air force空军
armed forces 武装部队
▶MILITARY ACTION◀
[uncountable] military action used as a way of achieving your aims 武力
Peace cannot be imposed by force. 和平是不可能靠武力来强制实现的。
▶PHYSICAL POWER◀
[uncountable]the amount of physical power with which something moves or hits another thing 力量
force of
The force of the explosion blew out all the windows. 爆炸的力量将所有玻璃都冲击碎了。
▶NATURAL POWER◀
[uncountable and countable] a natural power or event
the force of gravity 地心引力
▶ORGANIZED GROUP◀
[countable usually singular] a group of people who have been trained and organized to do a particular job 一群人
the company’s sales force 公司的销售人员
the quality of the teaching force 高水平的教师队伍
task force
▶STRONG INFLUENCE◀
[countable] something or someone who is powerful and has a lot of influence on the way things happen 强势人物或事情
the driving force (behind something/somebody) (=the person or thing that makes something happen) 驱动力
Betty Coward was the driving force behind the project. 贝迪是这个项目的发起人。
a force for change/peace/democracy etc (=someone or something that makes change, peace etc more likely to happen) 主张改变/和平/民主的力量
consultant [countable]咨询人员
1 someone whose job is to give advice on a particular subject
a management consultant
consultancy noun
plural consultancies
1 [countable] a company that gives advice on a particular subject 咨询公司
a management consultancy
a consultancy firm
2 [uncountable] advice that a company is paid to provide 咨询公司的建议
consultancy fees
work on somebody/something phrasal verb
1 to spend time working in order to produce or repair something 做某事
He has spent the last two years working on a book about childcare. 他用了两年的时间撰写了一本关于育儿的书籍。
Every weekend you see him working on his car. 每个周末你可以看见他修理自己的汽车。
2 to try very hard to improve or achieve something 努力改善或取得成绩
A trainer has been brought in to work on her fitness. 她请来了一个培训师,帮她锻炼身体。
work on doing something
We need to work on ensuring that the children feel safe and confident. 我们需要不断努力确保孩子们感到安全和自信。
Explanation:
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participant n. 参加者
*participate in sth. 参加
electric adjective惊人的;令人兴奋的
making people feel very excited
The atmosphere in the courtroom was electric. 法庭里的气氛令人振奋。
come up with something phrasal verb
1 to think of an idea, answer etc产生;发现(解决办法;答案)
We’ve been asked to come up with some new ideas. 领导让我们想出新主意。
2 informal to produce an amount of money 筹措钱
We wanted to buy the house but we couldn’t come up with the cash. 我们想要买这栋房子,但是我们已是筹措不到这笔钱。
throw light on something