时间:2019-02-14 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年


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 BHP Billiton is looking at cutting thousands of jobs from its iron ore operation in Western Australia. BHP Billiton has employed external consultants 1 to conduct a review in order to cut costs. The company says jobs are likely to go as a result of this, but won’t put a figure on it. The ABC understands up to 3,000 jobs could go from its iron ore division which currently employs 16,000 people. Many of the job losses though are expected to be contractors 2 whose positions are coming to an end. 


 
The talks between South African Voolworths and Australian business Solomon Lew for control of Australia’s retail 3 brand has escalated 4. Voolworths says it wants to buy Mr. Lew’s stake in fashion label Country Road which they jointly 5 own for a premium 6. The offer conditions on whether Voolworths’ takeover of David Jones goes ahead. Solomon Lew recently bought a large stake in David Jones, many believed in the market that Mr. Lew bought into David Jones to force Voolworths to buy out his Country Road shares.
 
The Australian share market has been wiped down by retailers 7 in banking 8 store.

顾问( consultant的名词复数 ); 高级顾问医生,会诊医生
  • a firm of management consultants 管理咨询公司
  • There're many consultants in hospital. 医院里有很多会诊医生。
n.(建筑、监造中的)承包人( contractor的名词复数 )
  • We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后,接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
  • The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级,演变成了一场同警察的混战。
ad.联合地,共同地
  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
n.加付款;赠品;adj.高级的;售价高的
  • You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
  • Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后,清水便因稀而贵了。
零售商,零售店( retailer的名词复数 )
  • High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
  • Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
学英语单词
acerval
administration of estate
amperometric pulsed detector
antispermotoxin
arisarum vulgares
automobile clutch
barge carrier transportation
bequest
break-up yard
bythes
Canastra, Sa.da
cerements
character blank
chronic-care
critism
cross-media pollution
data storage and retrieval
date wheel
decumbence, decumbency
denture-blank
DFTD
element storage rack
elevation resolution
end file statement
EOL end of life
European sanicle
europoan
express luxury liner
external-financing
fill material
filtration on paper
flodd
fluoresceindiacetate
fluoride film
foul shot
Gammabyk
gender-bending
gleichenia kiusiana mak.
gonorhynchuss
hair colour
HFDK
Higuera de Vargas
impulse and reaction turbine
indalo
independent axiom
installation angle
lilalite
limiting parallels
line-sampling
lower-house
Microula bhutanica
natural uranium fuel(led) gas-graphite reactor
neolignan
net energy analysis
New Orleans style
Novotrone
off null signal
onus probandi
open dovetail
out of temper with sb.
portable language
pre-operational stage
product tree
protolignin
public minister
pyroxenic
radial mixing model
rare-earth metal
reactor instrumentation
rerandomization
respondeat superior
retractable soot blower
Rhododendron selense
Rural Rides
sapio
satelite
Secrebil
seedling sprout
selling climax
septuary
single domain
sluffer
soft-soldering
something-like
splitting rolling
statelily
Strongylidae
suckener
super income fund
Thycazol
tiieir
tonemes
transposon silencing
true random search
turksrug
typable
vegetative ganglia
vertical launcher
well-aerated
were out of question
working shaft
Zurinol