Certificate
of deposit (CD) –
A
saving certificate entitling the bearer to receive interest. A CD
bears a maturity date, a specified fixed interest rate and can be
issued in any denomination. CDs are generally issued by commercial
banks. The term of a CD generally ranges from one month to five
years.
**
also called term deposit, time deposit in other countries, other than
CD in United State.
Labor
Standard Act –
The
rules which government set for labors, companies to follow.
Barter
–
The
system of exchanging goods, property, services, etc. for other goods,
etc. without using money.
Ex:
The islanders use a system of barter instead of money.
Play
favorites –
North
American show favoritism toward someone or something.
**
or bias [ˋbaɪəs];
take sides
Ex:
Parents
should never play favorites with their children.
I
can't stand working for a boss who play favorites.
Performance
view – 績效評核
evaluate
sb's performance
Ex:
How
did you do on your quarterly performance review?
If
you do well on your performance review, you'll get a good year-end
bonus.
Melancholia
[醫]
憂鬱症,
depression
Ex:
we
are supposed to help the friends who suffer from depression.
Several
antidepressant drugs work well in battling depression.
minutes[n
plural] 會議紀錄
record
of meeting
a
summary or record of what is said or decided at a formal meeting.
We
read through the minutes of the last meeting.
Who
is going to take the minutes. (= write them)
I
was told to keep the minutes at the conference.
Meeting
minutes serve as an official record.
Taking
good minutes during a business meeting can be a crucial.
Attendee
出席,
列席者
motion
動議
quantitative
easing [ˋkwɑntə͵tetɪv]
--
an
unconventional monetary
policy (貨幣政策)
in which a central bank purchase government
securities or other
securities from the market in order to lower interest rates and
increase the money
supply.
Quantitative easing increases the money supply by flooding financial
institutions with capital in an effort to promote increased lending
and liquidity.
Quantitative easing is considered when short-term interest rates are
at or approaching zero, and does not involve the printing of new
banknotes.
**
government securities –
政府證劵
**
money supply – 貨幣供應量
**
liquidity – 流動性
5S
methodology –
5S
is the name of a workplace organization method that uses a list of
five Japanese words: seiri,
seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke.
Transliterated into English, they all start with the letter “s”.
The list describes how to organize a work space for efficiency and
effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining
the area and items, and sustaining the new order.
Non-disclosure
agreement – 保密協定
all
employees are required to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
A
non-disclosure agreement prevents Bill from discussing his work.
Non-compete
closure – 競業條款,
又可寫作
non-compete
agreement, non-competition closure, non-competition agreement.
雇主（employer）為了保障自身權益，和員工（employee）簽下競業條款（non-compete
clause），可以限制離職員工兩年內不得從事相同產業，避免自身的經營祕訣被對方利用來和自己競爭。不過，競業條款的約定不能對員工過度限制，損害他的基本生存權益。
Cross-functional
communication – 跨部門溝通,
又寫作
interdepartmental
commnuication
字首cross-
有「不同群體或類別組成」的意思，後面可接名詞、動詞或形容詞，例如cross-cultural（跨文化的）。functional意思為「功能性的，功能上的」。
Furlough
– 無薪假
to
tell workers not to come to work for a period of time, usually
because there is not enough money to pay them.
to
allow or force someone to be absent temporarily from work.
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資訊圖表（infographic）將大量而且複雜的數據（diagram）或資料視覺化，以圖表（chart
/ graph）清楚呈現，讓與會者一目了然。常見的圖表有圓餅圖（pie
chart）、長條圖（bar
chart / graph）、折線圖（line
chart / graph）等等。另外，雖然
chart
和 graph
常常意思通用，若要區分差別，chart
通常是以鮮豔的顏色和簡易的圖示呈現數據統計結果，而
graph
的數據呈現則比chart詳細。
相關字彙：
- axis (n.) 軸
- coordinate (n.) 坐標
- diagram (n.) 圖表，圖解，圖示
例句：
- We displayed the results of our survey on an infographic.我們用資訊圖表呈現我們調查的結果。
- This infographic shows our sales figures for the fourth quarter.這張資訊圖表呈現第四季的銷售數據。
在美國的出版界（publishing
industry），一般來說會先出版精裝本（hardcover），再來是和精裝本一樣大小的平裝本稱為trade
paperback，英文中簡稱為trade。另外還有大眾平裝本（mass
market paperback），尺寸比trade
paperback再小一點。
相關字彙：
- dust jacket (phr.) 書套，護封
- binding (n.) 封皮
- edition (n.) 版本
例句：
- The novel was first published in hardcover.這本小說的最初以精裝本出版。
- I bought a paperback to read at the airport.我買了一本平裝書，拿來在機場閱讀。
怯場（stage
fright）通常發生於公開演講、上台演戲等等，可能尚未習慣將自己展現在觀眾前，無法適應眾多目光投射過來，當下心理產生壓力而畏懼上台。英文中，就用stage（舞台）和fright（恐懼）表示。
相關字彙：
- panic (v./n.) 驚慌，恐慌
- anxiety (n.) 焦慮
- terror (n.) 恐懼
例句：
- I get stage fright when I have to speak in front of a group.我在一群人面前演講時會感到怯場。
- The actor got stage fright and forgot his lines.這名演員怯場到忘記台詞。
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