商务英语：今日热词——季节性指数
《财富》（中文版）
2012年12月06日
EXAMPLE: Our company produces gift items that customers buy around major holidays, and so we have developed a seasonality index that helps us to interpret our sales data accurately from year to year.
我们公司生产消费者在重要节假日前后购买的馈赠物品，因此我们制定了一种有助于精确解释逐年销售数据的季节性指数。
我们公司生产消费者在重要节假日前后购买的馈赠物品，因此我们制定了一种有助于精确解释逐年销售数据的季节性指数。
今日单词：
| 单词 | contrarian |
| 中文释义 |
逆向投资者（名词） |
| 英文释义 |
(noun) An investor who invests in stocks that other investors avoid, and who directly opposes popular opinion. |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: My friend is a devout contrarian who looks for investments that are declining in price because he believes they will recover and make a great profit. 我的朋友是一位坚定的逆向投资者，寻找那些价格正在下滑的投资目标，因为他相信，它们终将复苏并带来巨大利润。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | seasonality index |
| 中文释义 |
季节性指数 |
| 英文释义 |
(BUSINESS) An adjustment to sales data that allows for usual and predictable seasonal variations in a product抯 sales. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: Our company produces gift items that customers buy around major holidays, and so we have developed a seasonality index that helps us to interpret our sales data accurately from year to year. 我们公司生产消费者在重要节假日前后购买的馈赠物品，因此我们制定了一种有助于精确解释逐年销售数据的季节性指数。 |
