71.annual report ：年度報(bào)告
A financial report produced by the management of a corporation for shareholders the end of fiscal year.
在每個(gè)財(cái)政年末，由公司的資方向股東提供的財(cái)務(wù)報(bào)告。
72.asset ：資產(chǎn)
A possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities
能被轉(zhuǎn)化為現(xiàn)金以抵消債務(wù)的財(cái)物
We were forced to liquidate some of our assets to pay our debts.
我們被迫變賣一些資產(chǎn)以償還債務(wù)。 9
73.automation ：自動(dòng)化
The replacement of human laborers with computers and self-regulating machines
用計(jì)算機(jī)和自動(dòng)化控制的機(jī)器來(lái)代替人力。
Automation in factories will continue to eliminate more and more jobs into the 21st century.
到21世紀(jì)，工廠的自動(dòng)化將繼續(xù)削減更多的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。
74.balanced budget ：平衡預(yù)算
Spending that is equal to revenue, esp. in government.
一個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)的開支和收入相等，特別指在政府方面
75.bankruptcy ：破產(chǎn)
The inability to pay one’s debts; legal insolvency
無(wú)力償還債務(wù)，法律上的資不抵債。
Many private companies are forced to declare bankruptcy when they begin to lose business to their competitors.
許多私營(yíng)企業(yè)在經(jīng)營(yíng)上輸給其競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手時(shí)，不得不宣布破產(chǎn)。
76.big business ：大公司
A term used to describe large corporations, as opposed to small individually or family-owned business.
大規(guī)模的股份有限責(zé)任公司，與私有或家庭經(jīng)營(yíng)的小型企業(yè)相反。
Darren wants to get into big business some day.
77.Black Monday ：黑色星期一
October 19, 1987, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a record 508 points in trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
1987年10月19日，紐約股票交易所道·瓊斯工業(yè)股票平均指數(shù)狂跌創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的508點(diǎn)。
78.blue chip stock ：熱門股票，績(jī)優(yōu)股，藍(lán)籌股
A term used to describe high-quality stocks of financially sound corporations
指財(cái)務(wù)上可靠的公司發(fā)行的高質(zhì)量股票。
Mr. Jeppson has a portfolio of nothing but blue chip stocks.
杰普遜先生持有的有價(jià)證券里全部都是熱門股票。
79.bond ：債券
A security issued by a corporation or public body and carrying a fixed rate of interest
由公司或政府機(jī)構(gòu)發(fā)行的固有利率的有價(jià)債券。
What’s the interest rate on these bonds?
這些債券的利率是多少？
80.boom ：繁榮
A period of great economic activity and business expansion
(企業(yè)等)經(jīng)濟(jì)非?；钴S，經(jīng)營(yíng)擴(kuò)張的時(shí)期。
The soft drink business always booms in the summertime.
飲料業(yè)在夏天總是興旺繁榮。