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| 单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| proviso | 限制条款（名词，正式法律术语） | (noun, FORMAL LEGAL TERM) A special condition within a legal agreement or contract | EXAMPLE: A proviso in the
enormous construction project's contract requires that a representative of each
company involved meet to discuss the project at least every month. 在这份数额巨大的建筑项目中，有一条限制条款，要求每家相关公司每月至少一次派一名代表开会讨论项目。 |
| redeployment | 重新部署（名词） | (noun) The process of relocating or reassigning employees or equipment to different areas in order to use them more effectively (NOTE: originally military usage, now common in business usage) |
EXAMPLE: When the huge transportation company changed its business focus from
freight to passenger services, a massive redeployment was required. |
| strive |
努力（动词） | (verb) To try to achieve something difficult that requires great effort and persistence | EXAMPLE: The owners of the small company
strive to give their customers better service and more personal attention than
their larger competitors can provide. 这家小公司的老板力争向客户提供更好的服务，并比大的竞争对手提供更多的人性化关照。 |
| subsequently |
后来（副词，正式用语） | (adverb, FORMAL) Later; describing an event that follows previously mentioned events |
EXAMPLE: The new manager promised a significant increase in salaries for
everyone if the company achieved its revenue goals, and subsequently all of the
employees worked harder than before. |
| approach | 首次接洽潜在客户（名词，销售用语） | (noun, SALES USAGE) A sale representative's first contact with a prospective customer | EXAMPLE: The sales representative liked to be
well prepared and so usually researched a prospect carefully before initiating
an approach. 这位销售代表喜欢做好充分的准备，所以在同客户首次接洽之前，通常会认真研究对方。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| to be high-handed | 独断专行的 | To act in an arrogant manner, ignoring the feelings or opinions of others | EXAMPLE: The thoughtful CEO did
not want to be high-handed, so he involved all his managers in the
decision-making process and listened to everyone's ideas carefully. 这位考虑周全的首席执行官不想独断专行。因此，他让所有经理都参与到决策过程中来，认真听取每个人的想法。 |
| to keep pace with | 与……保持一致 | To be current and up-to-date | EXAMPLE: In our business we
recognize the need to keep pace with modern business practices, so we are
willing to change our old ways when necessary. 我们认识到，公司需要跟上现代商业实践的步伐。因此，我们乐于在必要时改变旧的方式。 |
| cost conscious | 有成本意识的 | Careful in spending money; frugal | EXAMPLE: In an effort to be cost conscious,
each expenditure over a certain amount must be approved by a department manager
and by our chief accountant. 为节约成本起见，超过一定数量的花销均需经部门经理和我们的首席会计批准。 |
| dressed to kill | 衣着华丽的 | Wearing dramatic, stylish and expensive clothing |
EXAMPLE: The company's sales manager wants to be impressive so she is always
dressed to kill when she visits a customer. |
| liberal return policy | 自由退货政策（商业用语） | （BUSINESS）A practice in which a store is quite willing to accept previously purchased products returned by customer for refund or exchange with a minimum of inconvenience to the customer (also called "no questions asked" return policy) | EXAMPLE: We always bought our clothes at a
store with a liberal return policy because if we took our purchases back we
didn't get any funny looks from the store clerks. 我们总是在可以自由退货的商店购买衣服，因为如果我们退货的话，售货员不会给我们脸色看。 |