2011商务英语BEC中高级词汇宝典

　　appraise (v.) to judge the value of somebody or something估价

　　They appraised it was only worth $1.

　　evaluate, assess

　　appraiser (n.) person who judges鉴定者，估价官

　　Who will be the appraiser?

　　appreciate (v.) 1. be thankful for感激

　　I appreciated your help.

　　2. understand理解

　　I appreciate your problems.

　　3.increase in value增值

　　My shares【股票】 have appreciated by 10%.

　　apprentice [ 'prentis] (n.) young person who is learning a skill学徒

　　Don’t listen to him. Jack is only an apprentice.

　　learner, beginner

　　apprenticeship (n.) period of time spent learning a skill学徒年限，学徒身份

　　Jack served an apprenticeship with a carpenter['kɑ:pint ]n.木工,木匠

　　appropriate (v.) to put an amount of money aside for a special purpose拨出(款项)

　　They appropriated $10,000 for bribery【行贿】.

　　approve (v.) agree to pass officially批准

　　They Board【董事会】 approved the new plan.

　　accept

　　approval (n.) agreement批准

　　aptitude (n.) natural ability (to do a task)学习方面的天资

　　He made big fortune by arbitrage.

　　arbitration (n.) process of settling a dispute仲裁

　　His sales area is the North East.

　　district, region, territory

　　arrears (n.) money which is owed and has not been paid on time到期未付帐

　　The payment in arrears amounts to$100.

　　arrearage.[ ri rid ], debt, liabilities

　　arrival notice(n.) a note sent by a carrier to the receiver( consignee) saying that goods have arrived 到货通知

　　After your receipt of the arrival notice from the carrier---COSCO, please arrange the picking-up【提货】 of the goods at the dock【码头】.

　　artifical person (n.) a company considered as having a separate legal identity from the people who work for it, although some of these people will represent the will of the company 法人

　　The company is regarded legally as an artifical person.

　　fictitious person, juristic person