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expatriate [countable] someone who lives in a foreign country
ￚexpatriate adjective [only before noun]移居國外的；
expatriate workers
British expatriates living in Spain
sales staff 銷售人員 （sales force）
force noun
▶MILITARY◀軍隊
air force空軍
armed forces 武裝部隊
▶MILITARY ACTION◀
[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來強制實現的。
▶PHYSICAL POWER◀
[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. 爆炸的力量將所有玻璃都沖擊碎了。
▶NATURAL POWER◀
[uncountable and countable] a natural power or event
the force of gravity 地心引力
▶ORGANIZED GROUP◀
[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 公司的銷售人員
the quality of the teaching force 高水平的教師隊伍
task force
▶STRONG INFLUENCE◀
[countable] something or someone who is powerful and has a lot of influence on the way things happen 強勢人物或事情
the driving force (behind something/somebody) (=the person or thing that makes something happen) 驅動力
Betty Coward was the driving force behind the project. 貝迪是這個項目的發起人。
a force for change/peace/democracy etc (=someone or something that makes change, peace etc more likely to happen) 主張改變/和平/民主的力量
consultant [countable]咨詢人員
1 someone whose job is to give advice on a particular subject
a management consultant
consultancy noun
plural consultancies
1 [countable] a company that gives advice on a particular subject 咨詢公司
a management consultancy
a consultancy firm
2 [uncountable] advice that a company is paid to provide 咨詢公司的建議
consultancy fees
work on somebody/something phrasal verb
1 to spend time working in order to produce or repair something 做某事
He has spent the last two years working on a book about childcare. 他用了兩年的時間撰寫了一本關于育兒的書籍。
Every weekend you see him working on his car. 每個周末你可以看見他修理自己的汽車。
2 to try very hard to improve or achieve something 努力改善或取得成績
A trainer has been brought in to work on her fitness. 她請來了一個培訓師，幫她鍛煉身體。
work on doing something
We need to work on ensuring that the children feel safe and confident. 我們需要不斷努力確保孩子們感到安全和自信。
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participant n. 參加者
*participate in sth. 參加
electric adjective驚人的；令人興奮的
making people feel very excited
The atmosphere in the courtroom was electric. 法庭里的氣氛令人振奮。
come up with something phrasal verb
1 to think of an idea, answer etc產生；發現（解決辦法；答案）
We've been asked to come up with some new ideas. 領導讓我們想出新主意。
2 informal to produce an amount of money 籌措錢
We wanted to buy the house but we couldn't come up with the cash. 我們想要買這棟房子，但是我們已是籌措不到這筆錢。
throw light on something
to make something easier to understand by providing new information幫助說明某事物；供給新知識
Recent investigations have thrown new light on how the two men died. 最近的調查給解釋這兩個人的死因帶了新說法。
*light n.見解
profit noun
[uncountable and countable]money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid 利潤
ￚopposite loss
They sold their house at a healthy profit. 他們的房子賣了個高價錢。
The property company made a huge profit on the deal. 這家房地產公司在這次交易中賺了一大筆錢。
sell sth. at a profit (at a loss) 賺錢（賠本）出售某物
put somebody/something on phrasal verb
▶CLOTHES◀
put something ↔ on 穿衣服
to put a piece of clothing on your body
ￚopposite take off
▶ON SKIN◀ 化妝
put something ↔ on
to put make-up, cream etc on your skin
I've got to put this cream on twice a day.
▶MUSIC◀播放音樂
put something ↔ on
to put a record, tape, or CD into a machine and start playing it
She put on some music while they ate.
put on weight/12 lbs/4 kg etc
to become fatter and heavier 增重
ￚsynonym gain
Rosie's put on five kilos since she quit smoking.
▶EVENT/CONCERT/PLAY ETC◀
put something ↔ on
to arrange for a concert, play etc to take place, or to perform in it 上演
One summer the children put on a play.
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workplace n. 工作場所[countable] the room, building etc where you work
in the workplace
a report into discrimination in the workplace 一份關于工作場所歧視問題的報告
marketplace noun [countable]
1 the marketplace
the part of business activity that is concerned with buying and selling goods in competition with other companies 交流或競爭的場所
Some retailers worry that new regulations will hurt their ability to compete in the marketplace. 一些零售商擔憂新的法規頒布后會損害它們在市場上的競爭力。
2 an open area in a town where a market is held 集市
positive adj. 積極的；肯定的
accommodation n.
1 [uncountable] also accommodations American English a place for someone to stay, live, or work 住宿
The price for the holiday includes flights and accommodation.這個度假的價格包括機票錢和住宿費。
Universities have to provide student accommodation for first-year students.
return n. 收益=pay-off
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