2、商務英語短語

　　在商務英語背景下，通過搭配而形成了許多專用于商務英語的具有商務特征的短語。

　　例如：

　　outstanding accounts：accounts that are overdue for payment (到期未付的帳)

　　e.g. We hope the outstanding account can be settled within this month. Otherwise, our accounting department will consider changing the conditions of payment for future orders. (我們希望你方本月能將欠帳結清，否則，我方財務部將考慮改變定單支付條件。)

　　debit note： a note in a form similar to an invoice but used where an invoice would not be right for the purpose. The debit note relates to charges, such as freight, extra to amounts already invoiced for goods, and is also used to correct mistakes such as an amount under-charged in an invoice. (借項通知單，指賣方通知買方更正錯誤的文件，即：通知買方，因其錯誤而要借記(增加)買方應收賬款賬戶，向對方補收錢;與之相對的是credit note(貸項通知單)。)

　　e.g. We shall of course refund to you the premium upon receipt of your debit note or, if you like, you may draw on us at sight for the amount required. (一收到你們的索款通知單，我們當立即把保險費付還給你們。如果你們愿意的話，也可以開即期匯票向我們收取所需金額。)

　　unsocial hours：time for overwork (與社交活動沖突的時間、加班的時間)

　　e.g. We should emphasize the large extra bonus for working in unsocial hours.(我們應當重視對額外加班發高額獎金。)flexitime system：system of flexible working hours (彈性工作制度：一種根據工作特點靈活確定上下班時間的工作制度。例如，某人每天工作的八個小時內，只有從上午十點鐘到下午三點鐘是一天中最忙的時間，那么，經商定他可以不在正常的上午八點鐘上班，在晚些時候到公司上班;下午也不一定在規定的五點鐘下班，可以提前下班。他集中精力的工作時間(如10：00～15：00)叫做core time，靈活的工作時間叫做flexiband)

　　e.g. The first item on the agenda is a discussion of the management's proposals on flexitime system.(會議安排表的第一項是討論資方提出的彈性工作制。)

　　living out of a suitcase: often go on business trips (經常出差在外)

　　e.g. My husband is a sales-manager. He is a man living out of a suitcase.(我丈夫是銷售經理，老是出差在外。)

　　make five clerks redundant：dismiss five clerks (裁員五名)

　　e.g. Our branch is badly overstaffed. We have now decided to make eight clerks redundant.(我們分公司嚴重超員，我們已經決定裁員八名。)