《時(shí)代經(jīng)典用詞》商業(yè)篇 企業(yè)管理

]CEO

總裁

Alexander Trotman,a Briton who had been head of worldwide auto operations,

英國(guó)籍的Alexander Trotman曾經(jīng)主掌全球的汽車業(yè)務(wù)。

was named the new chairman and CEO of the Ford Motor Co.,replacing Harold Poling,who is retiring.

他被任命為福特汽車公司新的董事長(zhǎng)兼總裁，取代即將退休的Harold Poling。

A typical CEO of a FORTUNE 500 company

一位典型的《財(cái)星》500大企業(yè)總裁，

will have two to three gut-wrenching decisions a week to make.

一個(gè)星期中大概要作二至三個(gè)令人極度為難的決策。

downsizing

縮減開支

Joseph Jannota,chairman of Jannota,Bray,a Chicago-based outplacement firm,

芝加哥一家就業(yè)輔導(dǎo)機(jī)構(gòu)Jannota，Bray的董事長(zhǎng)Joseph Jannot估計(jì)，

estimates that fewer than 25% of U.S.companies have completed the task of downsizing their work forces.

已經(jīng)完成裁判人員工作的美國(guó)公司，尚不到訂有訂有裁員計(jì)劃公司總數(shù)的25%。

In an era of massive and painful corporate downsizing,

在企業(yè)大規(guī)模且痛苦的縮減開支時(shí)代，

richly paid executives are out of step with the times.

坐擁高薪的經(jīng)理人是不合時(shí)代的產(chǎn)物。

Then buyouts and corporate downsizing in the 1980s created a huge exodus of workers from high-paying manufacturing jobs to less lucrative serivce-sector work.

然后，80年代的公司購(gòu)并與企業(yè)縮減開支行動(dòng)，促使大規(guī)模的勞動(dòng)人口自高薪的制造業(yè)轉(zhuǎn)到較低薪的服務(wù)業(yè)。

entrepreneur

企業(yè)家

To the north in Beijing,every block has its own office tower and luxury hotel under construction,

在北京城北，每條街道上都正在興建摩天辦公大樓與豪華飯店，

and everybody is an entrepreneur.

而每個(gè)人都成了企業(yè)家。

golden parachute

金降落傘

Robert Morgado,former chairman of Warner Music Group,made $7 million to $8 million annually,

華納音樂集團(tuán)的前任董事長(zhǎng)Robert Morgado，一年薪水就在700-800萬美元左右。

and when he was fired last May he was given a platinum parachute that by some estimates was worth $60 million.

當(dāng)他去年5月被開除時(shí)，還拿到據(jù)估計(jì)有6000萬美元的遣散費(fèi)。

Kravis landed the company for $7.4 billion more than Johnson had initially offered,

Kravis拿到公司，但是比Johnson自己出的價(jià)多付了74億美元，

and Johnson got to open a $53 million golden parachute and take a hike.

而Johnson則張開了價(jià)值5300萬美元的金降落傘卷鋪蓋走路。

holding company

控股公司

They acted when nervous depositors withdrew $800 million from the holding company's three major banks,including the flagship Bank of New England,

緊張的投資者自這家控股公司的三間主要銀行——包括旗艦機(jī)構(gòu)新英格蘭銀行——中提走8億美元，而主管機(jī)關(guān)開始展開搶救行動(dòng)，

after the firm predicted a loss of up to $450 million for the fourth quarter of 1990.

這家公司預(yù)測(cè)1990年第四季將虧損4.5億美元之后。

hostile takeover

惡意接收

To celebrate his victory in the hostile takeover battle for Trans World Airlines in August 1985,

為了慶祝在1985年8月惡意接收環(huán)球航空的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中獲得勝利，

corporate raider Carl Icahn donned a pilot's cap and uniform jacket

企業(yè)突擊者Carl Icahn穿戴上飛行員的帽子與制服外套，

and paraded triumphantly around his Manhattan office.

在他的曼哈頓辦公室外得意洋洋地游行。

joint venture

合資企業(yè)

The four Russians were interested in a joint venture with their guest of honor,a foreign businessman,

這四個(gè)俄國(guó)人很有興趣與他們的貴賓——一名外國(guó)商人——組一個(gè)合資企業(yè)，

but had little desire to meet anywhere they could be seen by KGB types.

可是不想在任何克格勃之類的特務(wù)會(huì)看到他們的地方談生意。

leveraged buyout

杠桿收購(gòu)

Many firms were driven out by the 1990 collapse of the proposed leveraged buyout of United Airlines,

1990年，當(dāng)計(jì)劃中的杠桿收購(gòu)聯(lián)合航空公司的行動(dòng)瓦解之后，