商务英语:今日热词——排除,打消
EXAMPLE: When we calculated how expensive it would be for our company to manufacture, we decided to shelve our idea for the innovative new product.
我们打消了生产这些新型创新产品的念头,因为经过计算,它对我们公司来说太昂贵了。
今日单词:
单词 | gainsharing |
中文释义 |
节约奖励制度 (动名词) |
英文释义 |
(gerund) A work policy in which employees who discover cost-saving improvements in their jobs receive a financial benefit for those discoveries from their employer. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: When the corporation started a policy of gainsharing, an assembly line worker suggested a convenient procedure that significantly lowered the per unit cost of production, so the worker received a bonus equal to one year's salary. 公司推出了节约奖励制度,一位装配线工人提出了可显著降低单位产品生产成本的便利流程,他为此拿到了相当于全年工资的奖金。 |
今日短语:
短语 | to shelve something |
中文释义 |
排除,打消 |
英文释义 |
To set something aside; in particular, to stop consideration of a new idea or to halt work on a project, either temporarily or perhaps permanently. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: When we calculated how expensive it would be for our company to manufacture, we decided to shelve our idea for the innovative new product. 我们打消了生产这些新型创新产品的念头,因为经过计算,它对我们公司来说太昂贵了。 |