《時代經(jīng)典用詞》商業(yè)篇 商業(yè)

 Since the early 1960s,when assorted gurus proclaimed the imminent arrival of the Information Age,
1960年代前期，各行各業(yè)的領導人物宣稱資訊時代既然到來，
businesses and consumers have been eagerly awaiting its coming-
所以企業(yè)與消費者都在熱切期待著，
and with it,the "paperless" office and the "cashless society."
同時也寄望著“無紙張”辦公室與“無現(xiàn)金社會”的降臨。
CBT
芝加哥交易所
Four years and $70 million in the making,
花了四年的時間與7000萬美元的經(jīng)費，
the Globex system is a bid by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade
Globex系統(tǒng)的建立是芝加哥商品交易所與芝加哥交易所的希望所寄：
to keep from losing yet another homegrown industry:futures trading.
保住在美國發(fā)展出來的期貨交易市場。
Clear explanations of how dishoest brokers and floor traders operate should add to the damage-control problems at the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago  Exchange.
芝加哥交易所與芝加哥商品交易所應該在損失防治的諸多問題中，加上一條清楚解釋不肖經(jīng)紀商與營業(yè)員如何運作的問題。
chain store
連鎖店
Wal-Mart,the discount chain store,created more jobs in the first 30 months of the recovery than any other company in the country,
平價連鎖商店Wal-Mart在景氣復蘇開始的前30個月中創(chuàng)造了全國最多的工作機會，
but they generally pay only about $5 to $9 an hour.
但是這些工作的時薪只有大約5至9美元。
In partnership with Cablevision Systems Corp.,
與Cablevision Systems Corp.聯(lián)手后，
the department chain store hopes,rather optimistically,to reach 20 million subscribers 24 hours a day,seven days a week.
這家百貨連鎖店蠻樂觀地希望達到一天24小時，一星期7天的播出時間，會有2千萬訂戶來收看。
cut-throat competition
割喉式競爭
But Bernard Attali,chairman of the board of Air France,
但是法航董事長Bernard Attali警告說，
warned that the "suicidal" consequences of cut-throat competition will be massive layoffs and fewer flights to small cities.
這種割喉式競爭造成的“自殺式”后果就是大規(guī)模裁員以及對小城市減少航班。
The shift of sentiment toward NRA(National Reconvery Administration),
對“國家經(jīng)濟復興署”觀感的轉(zhuǎn)變，
was brought about in part by industry's realization that the days of cut-throat competition and laissez faire are over.
部分是由于產(chǎn)業(yè)界了解割喉式競爭與放任經(jīng)濟政策的時代已經(jīng)過去了。
durable goods
耐用商品
These latest cutbacks underline Clinton's challenge as he prepares to revive the economy,
這些最新的裁員行動增加了對克林頓振興經(jīng)濟的挑戰(zhàn)。
While GDP grew 3.8% in the fourth quarter
雖然第四季的國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值增長3.8%，
and orders for durable goods rose more than 9% in December,
對耐用商品的訂單也于12月增長超過9%，
continued job woes could choke off recovery.
但是就業(yè)市場持續(xù)的壞消息可能扼殺經(jīng)濟復蘇的力量。
Strong increases were registered by consumer spending,business investment,orders for durable goods,sales of existing houses and consumer confidence,
消費支出、企業(yè)投資、耐用商品訂單、房屋銷售以及消費信心都顯著增長，
while new claims for unemployment compensation have been showing consistent decline.
而新的失業(yè)救濟金申請案則持續(xù)降低。
installment payment
分期付款
But I'd like to see the tax deduction for installment loans on automobiles come back as an allowable deduction.
“但我希望汽車分期貸款的支出被重新認定是所得稅的扣除額。”
Hunter calls his proposal "the Democracy Fund" and fixes the initial installment at $10 billion.
Hunter將自己的提案稱作“民主基金”，并把最初的分期貸款設定在100億美元。
"It could be the greatest bargain in history,"he says.
他說：“這可能是歷史上最劃算的生意。”
IPR
知識產(chǎn)權
Bush refused to join other industrialized nations in a biodiversity pact to protect plant and animal life from possible extinction.