BEC高級(jí)詞匯（15）

e.g. Last year’s sales figures for all our markets are shown on this bar chart. 我們所有市場(chǎng)去年的銷售數(shù)字都顯示在這個(gè)條形圖上。

e.g. The bar chart below shows the cost of buying three different photocopiers. 以下條形圖顯示購(gòu)買三種不同復(fù)印機(jī)所需的費(fèi)用。

 

Bar code （打印在商品上，與電腦系統(tǒng)連接可讀出商品價(jià)格和參考數(shù)據(jù)的）條形碼，條碼

e.g. The shop assistant scanned the bar code to check the price. 店員對(duì)條形碼掃描以核對(duì)價(jià)格。

 

Bar graph 矩形圖，條形圖，直方圖，也稱bar chart 或histogram

e.g. the bar graph shows the sales of cars in different countries during August, September and October. 該條形圖顯示了八月，九月，十月這三個(gè)月里公司在不同國(guó)家的汽車銷售情況。

 

Barrier crash （汽車）障礙試驗(yàn)

 

Barrister （英國(guó)、澳大利亞）（有資格出席高等法院）律師，出庭律師，大律師，相當(dāng)于美國(guó)的attorney

e.g. He is a barrister specializing in employment law.　他是對(duì)勞工法有專門研究的大律師。

 

Base pay 基本工資

e.g. To know how much can be spent on benefits, you start with Base Pay. 要了解有多少錢可用于享受福利，須先看基本工資

Bancassurance 銀行保險(xiǎn)業(yè), 亦作bankassurance 

e.g. The job losses stem largely from the amalgamation of TSB’s bank and insurance operations into a unified ‘bancassurance’. 喪失工作崗位主要是由于信托儲(chǔ)蓄銀行的銀行業(yè)務(wù)和保險(xiǎn)業(yè)務(wù)合并成為統(tǒng)一的銀行保險(xiǎn)業(yè)而引起的

 

base rate 基本利率，基礎(chǔ)利率

e.g. the interest which a bank charges on loans is at a rate which is usually higher than its base rate. 銀行收取的的貨款利率通常高于其基礎(chǔ)利率。

 

Batch 成批的產(chǎn)品

e.g. this is batch of watches that all have the same fault. 這就是那批有同樣毛病的表。

e.g. the first batch of applicants was being processed by the personnel department. 人事部門正在處理第一批求職者。

 

Bath mat 浴室腳墊

 

Bear market  熊市 (通常指股市、匯市等金融市場(chǎng)價(jià)格下跌或疲軟)

e.g. if the market is thought to be poor and prices on the Stock Exchange are thought to be likely to fall, the market is called to be a bear market. 市場(chǎng)疲軟，股價(jià)看跌，這種股市被稱為熊市。