BEC高级精讲班1-20讲讲义12.doc

声明： 考试吧（E） 收集整理，转载请注明出自 服务：面向较高学历人群，提供计算机类，外语类，学历类，资格类，会计类，工程类，医学类等七大类考试的全套考试信息服务及考前培训. BEC高级精讲班第12讲讲义 VocabularyStudy I. Vocabulary Study ? -force ? force noun 军队 air force空军 armed forces 武装部队 [uncountable] military action used as a way of achieving your aims 武力 Peace cannot be imposed by force. ?和平是不可能靠武力来强制实现的。 [uncountable]the amount of physical power with which something moves or hits another thing 力量 force of The force of the explosion blew out all the windows. 爆炸的力量将所有玻璃都冲击碎了。 [uncountable and countable] a natural power or event the force of gravity 地心引力 ? [countable usually singular] a group of people who have been trained and organized to do a particular job 一群人 the company's sales force 公司的销售人员 the quality of the teaching force 高水平的教师队伍 ? task force noun [countable] 1 a group formed for a short time to deal with a particular problem 短期工作专门小组 task force on a task force on health care reform 医疗改革专门小组 2 a military force sent to a place for a special purpose 先遣部队 ? [countable] something or someone who is powerful and has a lot of influence on the way things happen 强势人物或事情 the driving force (behind something/somebody) (=the person or thing that makes something happen) 驱动力 Betty Coward was the driving force behind the project. 贝迪是这个项目的发起人。 a force for change/peace/democracy etc (=someone or something that makes change, peace etc more likely to happen) ?主张改变/和平/民主的力量 ? -place workplace n. 工作场所[countable] the room, building etc where you work in the workplace a report into discrimination in the workplace 一份关于工作场所歧视问题的报告 ? marketplace noun [countable] 1 the marketplace the part of business activity that is concerned with buying and selling goods in competition with other companies 交流或竞争的场所 Some retailers worry that new regulations will hurt their ability to compete in the marketplace. 一些零售商担忧新的法规颁布后会损害它们在市场上的竞争力。 2 an open area in a town where a market is held 集市 ? ? Howcultureinfluencesbusiness II. How culture i