会计英语词汇漫谈-7
Long-term Assets 和 Long-term liabilities
Long-term（长期的）和Assets、Liabilities结合，分别构成Long-term assets（长期资产）和Long-term liabilities（长期负债）。
Long-term assets（长期资产）也有写成Long-lived assets 的，与Fixed 1 assets（固定资产）、Plant and equipment（厂房和设备），甚至还有property（财产）相互重叠。请看几个例句：
1、Long-term assets are characterized by highly economic values, physical and nonphysical substance, useful life of more than one accounting 2 period.
长期资产有如下特征：经济价值高，具有实物形态或不具有实物形态，使用年限超过一个会计期间。
2、Long-term assets are classified into tangible 3 assets and intangible assets.
长期资产可以分为有形资产和无形资产。
3、Tangible assets include land, buildings, plant and equipment.
有形资产包括土地、房屋、厂房和设备
4、The term plant and equipment is used to describe long-lived assets acquired for use in the operation of the business and not intended for resale to customers.
术语“厂房和设备”用来描述企业为经营使用而购买并不打算再出售给顾客的长期资产。
5、The term fixed assets has long been used in accounting literature to describe all types of plant and equipment.
长期以来，会计文献一直使用“固定资产”这一名词来代表各种厂房和设备。
6、The term intangible assets is used to describe assets which are used in the operation of the business but no physical substance, and non-current.
无形资产是指应用于企业的经营活动，但没有实物形态且非流动的资产。
7、Intangible assets include goodwill 4, patents, trademarks 5, copyrights, and franchise 6.
无形资产包括商誉、专利权、商标、版权，以及专营权。
Long-term assets（长期负债）是企业由于过去交易事实或行为而产生的，并将于一年或超过一年的一个营业周期以上偿还的债务。一般有应付公司债券、应付长期票据等。例如：
8、Long-term liabilities are obligations that do not qualify as current liabilities. Mortgages payable 7, long-term leases, long-term notes payable, and bond payable are a few examples of long-term liabilities.
长期负债是指不符合流动负债条件的负债。应付抵押借款、长期租赁、应付长期票据，以及应付债券都是长期负债的一些例子。
9、Long-term liabilities are measured in accordance with historical cost principle.
长期负债按照历史成本原则计量。
10、Bonds payable are the typical example of long-term liabilities.
应付债券是长期负债的典型例子。
- Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
- Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。
- A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
- There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
- The policy has not yet brought any tangible benefits.这项政策还没有带来任何实质性的好处。
- There is no tangible proof.没有确凿的证据。
- His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
- We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。
- Motrin and Nuprin are trademarks of brands of ibuprofen tablets. Nuprin和Motrin均是布洛芬的商标。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many goods in China have the trademarks of a panda. 中国的许多商品都带有熊猫的商标。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
- The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。