71.annual report ：年度报告

　　A financial report produced by the management of a corporation for shareholders the end of fiscal year.

　　在每个财政年末，由公司的资方向股东提供的财务报告。

　　72.asset ：资产

　　A possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities

　　能被转化为现金以抵消债务的财物

　　We were forced to liquidate some of our assets to pay our debts.

　　我们被迫变卖一些资产以偿还债务。

　　73.automation ：自动化

　　The replacement of human laborers with computers and self-regulating machines

　　用计算机和自动化控制的机器来代替人力。

　　Automation in factories will continue to eliminate more and more jobs into the 21st century.

　　到21世纪，工厂的自动化将继续削减更多的就业机会。

　　74.balanced budget ：平衡预算

　　Spending that is equal to revenue, esp. in government.

　　一个机构的开支和收入相等，特别指在政府方面

　　75.bankruptcy ：破产

　　The inability to pay one’s debts; legal insolvency

　　无力偿还债务，法律上的资不抵债。

　　Many private companies are forced to declare bankruptcy when they begin to lose business to their competitors.

　　许多私营企业在经营上输给其竞争对手时，不得不宣布破产。

　　76.big business ：大公司

　　A term used to describe large corporations, as opposed to small individually or family-owned business.

　　大规模的股份有限责任公司，与私有或家庭经营的小型企业相反。

　　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，纽约股票交易所道·琼斯工业股票平均指数狂跌创纪录的508点。

　　78.blue chip stock ：热门股票，绩优股，蓝筹股

　　A term used to describe high-quality stocks of financially sound corporations

　　指财务上可靠的公司发行的高质量股票。

　　Mr. Jeppson has a portfolio of nothing but blue chip stocks.

　　杰普逊先生持有的有价证券里全部都是热门股票。

　　79.bond ：债券

　　A security issued by a corporation or public body and carrying a fixed rate of interest

　　由公司或政府机构发行的固有利率的有价债券。

　　What’s the interest rate on these bonds?

　　这些债券的利率是多少?

　　80.boom ：繁荣

　　A period of great economic activity and business expansion

　　(企业等)经济非常活跃，经营扩张的时期。

　　The soft drink business always booms in the summertime.

　　饮料业在夏天总是兴旺繁荣。

　　81.boondoggle ：无效的投资

　　A wasteful business venture

　　不见回报的经营投机

　　Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle.

　　我们在水软化器上的投资打了水漂。

　　82.bottom line ：最终结果

　　The final result or ultimate objective

　　最终的结果或目标

　　What’s the bottom line of your proposal?

　　你的建议要达到的最终目标是什么?

　　83.boycott ：抵制

　　The refusal to purchase the products of an individual, corporation, or nation as a way to bring social and political pressure for change.

　　拒绝购买某一个人、公司或国家的产品，作为施加社会、政治压力，促进其改变政策的一种手段。

　　Americans boycotted tuna several years ago until tuna companies guaranteed that they weren’t catching dolphins in their tuna nets.

　　几年前美国人抵制金枪鱼，直至金枪鱼公司保证在捕捞金枪鱼时放掉海豚。

　　84.budget ：预算

　　A plan of expenditures based on anticipated revenues.

　　根据估算的收入而制订的开支计划。

　　How much do we have left in our budget?

　　我们的预算还剩多少?

　　85.business cycle ：景气周期

　　Periodic rise and fall in economic activity

　　经济活动中周期性的涨落。

　　U.S. retailers see the same basic business cycle every year and typically do most of their business during the Christmas season.

　　美国零售商们每年都经历相同的景气周期。通常情况下，他们大部分生产都是在圣诞节期间做的。

　　86.bust ：崩溃

　　An informal term referring to a financial or economic collapse

　　非正式用语，指金融或经济上破产。

　　The economy is currently in a bust.

　　目前经济处于崩溃之中。