obscene profit 不義之財(cái)

　　例: During times of fuel shortages consumer groups have charged that oil companies have earned ^obscene profits".在石油短缺時(shí)期，消費(fèi)者組織曾指責(zé)石油公司賺取“不義 之財(cái)”。

　　occupancy (土地、房屋的)占有，居住

　　例:In order to be successful, a hotel must try to maximize room occupancy ・要想辦好旅 館，必須努力最大限度地提高入住率。

　　Octopus smart card “八達(dá)通”卡(一種在香港通用的儲(chǔ)值卡)

　　odds for success成功機(jī)會(huì)，成功可能性

　　例：Some estimates on odds for success favour a franchise over a privately owned small business by 20 to 1.根據(jù)估算，就成功機(jī)會(huì)而言，特許店和私營小企業(yè)的比率是 20： 1

　　offer報(bào)盤

　　例：This offer is subject to market fluctuation.本報(bào)價(jià)按市價(jià)變動(dòng)而變動(dòng)。

　　office administrator行政秘書，亦作office assistanto如今傳統(tǒng)的secretary已漸漸被 office administrator取代。傳統(tǒng)的秘書主要處理包括倒水、倒咖啡、倒茶、接電話等 日常事務(wù)，而今天的秘書工作更專業(yè)化，她(他)們必須受過專門的教育，有計(jì)算 機(jī)知識(shí)、會(huì)外語，還要善于交際。

　　例： As an office administrator, her duties are sending sales invoices, paying purchase invoices and precessing staff expenses.作為行政秘書，她的職責(zé)是郵寄銷售發(fā)票、報(bào)銷 購物發(fā)票及處理員工開支。

　　office block辦公大樓

　　例1: The new office block is still vacant.新的辦公大樓仍然閑置著。

　　例 2: The company is selling land where office blocks can be built.該公司正在出售可蓋 辦公大樓的用地。

　　office complex (辦公樓周邊環(huán)境如公園般幽雅的)商業(yè)配套小區(qū)

　　otfice equipment 辦公設(shè)備

　　例：Rank Xerox manufactures office equipment.美國蘭克•施樂公司生產(chǎn)辦公設(shè)備。

　　office hours 辦公時(shí)間，亦作 business liours

　　例 1: Please call at any time durir^ office hours .辦公時(shí)間可隨時(shí)來電話。

　　例2: What d

　　ollice supplies 辦公用品

　　例：丁 hey deal in of/ice supplier .他們經(jīng)營辦公用品。

　　official corporate anguage 正式公司用語

　　例： Ericsson is one of a growing number of European companies that use English as their official corfximte language.越來越多的歐洲公司將英語作為正式公司用語，瑞典•愛 主信電訊公司便是其中之一，

　　offset抵消，注銷，補(bǔ)償

　　例：The company offsets some of its poor trading results by selling assets.該公司 靠出售 資產(chǎn)注銷一部分交易虧損。

　　off-the-shelf現(xiàn)成的，非專門設(shè)計(jì)的(或定制的)

　　例： Many companies launch their Internet offering with a few web pages, normally with off-the-shelf software .很多公司通常利用市場(chǎng)上現(xiàn)有飩軟件在網(wǎng)頁上推出他們的網(wǎng)上 服務(wù)。

　　on approval (貨物)供試用，包退包換

　　例： On approval goods must be returned within 14 days if they are not satisfactory. 如 杲不滿意，試用貨物須在14天內(nèi)退回。

　　one-sided persuasive ad單方面勸說性廣告

　　例：(Onesided persuasive ads are typical in that only favorable attributes are mentioned about the product.單方面勸說性廣告突出表現(xiàn)在只強(qiáng)調(diào)好的產(chǎn)品特征。

　　one stop shopping —站購物

　　例：Om Stop Shopping for All Your Party Needs.聚會(huì)所需種種，本店一站購成。(廣 告)

　　on-hold business候話服務(wù)業(yè)

　　on-hold caller因線路忙而被告知等候的來電者

　　例： A recent study in the USA found that 60 per cent of on-hold callers hang up, and over 30 per cent do not try to call again.最近美國一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，因線路忙而被吿知等 候的來電者有60%索性掛斷電話，其中30%多的人就此放棄了再掛的念頭。

　　on-hold marketing 利用候話時(shí)間營銷

　　例： This fast growing part of the on-hold business is referred to as rn-hold marketing: the combination of music and brief promotional messages.候話服務(wù)業(yè)中迅猛發(fā)展的這部 分被稱為利用候話時(shí)間營銷，即將音樂和產(chǎn)品宣傳短信息巧妙地結(jié)合在一起。

　　on-hold music 等候音，候話時(shí)播放的音樂，亦作hold music

　　例：It's important to choose the right cm-hold music .選擇合適的等候音非常重要"o

　　on-line newsgroup網(wǎng)上新聞?dòng)懻摻M(類似于公告極的時(shí)事討論網(wǎng)，由用戶自發(fā)組 成，其成員借助新聞閱讀器登錄到各新聞服務(wù)網(wǎng)上去訂閱自己興趣的專題討論文 章，讀后可投稿就這些文章所討論的主題發(fā)表自己的意見)

　　例： Anyone contributing to an m-line newsgroup with informed, specialist opinion may well become the tai^et of a headhunter .任何一個(gè)投稿網(wǎng)上新聞?dòng)懻摻M的人，只要他的 見解信息含量高、專業(yè)到位，就可能成為措頭公司的目標(biāo)。

　　online offering 網(wǎng)上服務(wù)

　　例：Once the demand for their online offerings increases, companies must beef up their technolc^y capabilities through software and hardware developments.—旦顧客增加對(duì)網(wǎng) 上服務(wù)的需求，這些公司就必須通過軟件和硬件開發(fā)來增強(qiáng)它們的技術(shù)能力。

　　online service網(wǎng)上服務(wù)公司

　　例：America Online is one the largest commercial online services.美國在線是故大的商 業(yè)網(wǎng)上服務(wù)公司之一。

　　on-line trading網(wǎng)上交易，在線交易

　　例： Although some potential investors may find on-line trading excitir^, they should be aware that direct trading is perhaps the least secure way of approaching the stock market, 雖然有些海在的投資者覺縛網(wǎng)上交易充滿剌激，他們應(yīng)該認(rèn)識(shí)到這種直接交易也許是 進(jìn)入股市最欠穩(wěn)妥的方式。

　　on-pack promotion 超值包裝促銷法

　　例： A promotion me I hod that involves the packaging cf a product, such as including a free sample or coupons is called

　　on-the-job-training 在職培訓(xùn)，非正式培訓(xùn)

　　open-collar worker開領(lǐng)工人.遠(yuǎn)距離員工，指在家里通過使用與工作單位連接的計(jì) 算機(jī)終端遠(yuǎn)距離工作的人或其他在家里工作的人，這類人可以隨意敞開領(lǐng)子甚至不 穿衣服◎仿blue-collar worker (藍(lán)領(lǐng)工人)和white-collar worker (白領(lǐng)工人)而 來。

　　例：We call today' s home-based people * open-collar -workers .' 我們把今天在家工作的 人叫做“開領(lǐng)工人丄

　　Open-Ended Investment Channel 自由投資渠道，簡(jiǎn)稱 OEIC

　　例： Open-Ended Imjestrtietit Channels (OEJCS) arc flexible and easy to trade, having a price for bonh selling and buying.自由投諾渠道買賣實(shí)行同一價(jià)格，方便靈活， 容易交易G

　　open market operation公開市場(chǎng)運(yùn)作，公并市場(chǎng)業(yè)務(wù)(指中央銀行買賣政府債券， 以影響國家貨幣供給的增長，是實(shí)施貨幣政策的主要手段)

　　例： The (3nlral Bank raised the loan interest rate of financial institutions without setting directly the kxin rate of commercial banks to enterprises as slep towards relaxation of interest rale conirol, to pave the way to adopt ope?i market operation with treasury bonds as 中央銀行提高了金融機(jī)構(gòu)的貸款利奉，而沒有直接規(guī)定商業(yè)銀行對(duì)企業(yè) 的貸款利率。這是放松利率管理的第一步，也意味著向以國庫券為工具的公開市場(chǎng)運(yùn) 作方向邁進(jìn)了一步。

　　open plan office (室與室之間沒有隔板的)開放:式辦公室

　　例： The officc building rs of approximately 410 sq- m with excellent naturcil light.該寫字樓面積約 410 平方米.典型糸方形結(jié)構(gòu)，采光優(yōu)越，兼有開放式及單間辦公室兩種。

　　operating costs 經(jīng)營成本

　　例： The operating costs are the costs for the day-io-day running of a company or business. 經(jīng)營成本指經(jīng)營公司或企業(yè)的日常成本.

　　operatjng margin 經(jīng) 營利潤

　　例： Operating margins also increased, as a result of the restructuring pre^rannme that was completed at the end of last year.去年底完成的結(jié)構(gòu)重組計(jì)劃使經(jīng)營利潤也同時(shí)增 加。

　　operating process 經(jīng)營環(huán)節(jié)，經(jīng)營過程

　　例： Operating processes define how a company produces, sells, distributes and supports its products and services .經(jīng)營環(huán)節(jié)指公司生產(chǎn)、銷售、運(yùn)送及扶持產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)的過 程。

　　operation 1 經(jīng)營〉業(yè)務(wù)

　　例： Fujitsu owns nearly 500 compuli皿 and electronics companies and has operations in more than 100 countries.日本富士通擁有近500家計(jì)算機(jī)以及電子公司，經(jīng)營業(yè)務(wù)遍 布100多個(gè)國家。

　　operation 2經(jīng)營企業(yè)

　　例： The company also plans to dispose of its loss-making operatims. 該公 司還計(jì)劃出售 其虧損經(jīng)營企業(yè)。

　　operational 啟動(dòng), 運(yùn)行

　　例：The system should be fully opemticmal within the next ten weeks.咳系統(tǒng)有望在十 同內(nèi)全面啟動(dòng)。

　　operative操作人員

　　例：Call centre operatives normally work a lol more hours than office workers-電話銷售 中心的操作人員上班時(shí)間通常比行政人員長得多。

　　operator運(yùn)營商，運(yùn)營公司

　　例 1: The company bought a package holiday from a major tour operator,這家公司付費(fèi) 給一家大型旅行社安排全套旅游服務(wù)。

　　例2: This is an operator offering corporate hospitality services.這是一家提供企業(yè)社交 服務(wù)的專業(yè)公司°

　　opinion survey 民意調(diào)查

　　opportunity cost機(jī)會(huì)成本(要選擇，必然要放棄一些東西以實(shí)現(xiàn)選擇了的計(jì)劃。這 些被放棄的東西或機(jī)會(huì)就是機(jī)會(huì)成本)

　　例：Thecost is I lie cotst of not donig something.機(jī)會(huì)成本即放棄做某事的 成本C

　　option 選擇

　　例： SlaGsiics show ih:t( ih

　　order form 訂單

　　例： Ar. order fom is a paper which you fill in when you want to buy something from a company.打算購買某公司產(chǎn)品時(shí).可填寫訂單.

　　organic food綠色食品，冇機(jī)食品

　　彳列： Organic Itxxi, j^rown without the use of chemi cats, are increasingly popular in Amerim today.如今，垛色食品因其生長過程中未使用化學(xué)成分而在美國日漸流行。

　　organigram 機(jī)構(gòu)分支圖.樹型圖(表示-•個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)之間的工作分布和隸屬關(guān)系)

　　organisation 企業(yè)，組織，機(jī)構(gòu)

　　例： The new study finds that in fact there is little opportunity for individual career development in many Large or^afusations .這項(xiàng)新研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在許多大企業(yè)，個(gè)人職業(yè)發(fā)展 機(jī)會(huì)事實(shí)上很少很少.

　　organisation chart 組織結(jié)構(gòu)圖

　　例： The company's organisation chart helped their new employees understand who retried to whom.該公司的組織結(jié)構(gòu)圖有助干新雇員了解上下級(jí)關(guān)系。

　　organisational culture組織機(jī)構(gòu)文化，公司文化.企業(yè)文化(泛指結(jié)構(gòu)內(nèi)集體員工所 形成和共亨的價(jià)值觀、理念、傳統(tǒng)等)亦作company culture, corporate culture

　　例：Stress is regarded by many as part of the organisational culture of our institutions: it comes with ihc job、許多人認(rèn)為壓力是當(dāng)今企業(yè)文化的一部分，它伴隨工作而來。

　　original equipment manufacturer原設(shè)備制造商，貼牌公司，貼牌生產(chǎn)，簡(jiǎn)稱OEM 例 1: rfhese drives are then put through an extensive quality process to IS0900L standards and this ensures they meet n ccrtii'ication standard as high as the original equipment man- ufaciurer.之后這些驅(qū)動(dòng)器經(jīng)過全面的9001質(zhì)量標(biāo)準(zhǔn)認(rèn)證，確保它們具備和原設(shè)備 制造商颱牌公司一樣高的認(rèn)證標(biāo)準(zhǔn)Q

　　例 2: In 1983, Sun Microsystems, Inc. , signed a mu tt imi 11 ion-do liar original equipment manu facturer (OEM) agreement with Cdmputeivision Corporation, a designer of computer-aided design and engineering programs. This was ihc first of many large OEMs for which Sun built computers that sold the workstations under their own labels. 1983 年. 太 陽微系統(tǒng)公司與專營電腦輔助設(shè)計(jì)和工程項(xiàng)目設(shè)計(jì)的電子視像公司簽訂了高達(dá)數(shù)千萬 美元的貼牌生產(chǎn)協(xié)議°該公司是委托太陽微系統(tǒng)公司生產(chǎn)電腦的眾多大型電腦工作站 貼牌公司的頭一家。

　　organizer (電子)商務(wù)通，電子記事本，處理日常事務(wù)的公文柜

　　例： The intrtxlucTion Iasi year of pocket-size or^amzers and half a dozen handhelds that do everythir^ from Windows to the Web, instanily made using a laptop for the odd me申 sa^e and t<)-do list seem like overkill.去年面世的袖珍“商務(wù)通”和六七種之多的掌上 電腦，可從事從視窗到網(wǎng)絡(luò)的任何操作。它們一出現(xiàn)，用便攜式電腦寫便呉或備忘錄 就變得像高射炮打蚊子了。

　　organizer bag處理日常事務(wù)的公文包，分層存放文件的手提包

　　outfitter (岀售男式服裝的)男裝店，體育(或旅行、野營等)用品商店 例：In a men's outfitters the lasks of a store assistant could include measuring a customer fora^it.在男裝店，營業(yè)員的任務(wù)可能包括為顧客測(cè)量尺寸選擇西裝°

　　outflow資金流岀，資金流岀是：

　　例：The words labour costs* refer to outfits. 勞動(dòng)力成本”這個(gè)詞與資金流出有 關(guān)..

　　outlet專賣店・分銷店

　　例 I: We have a number of outlets throughoui the country-我們?cè)谌珖�各地都有產(chǎn)品專 賣店。

　　例 2: Petrol stations, wanting to expand the range cf what they have quickly become major nutlets for sandwiches.希望擴(kuò)大銷修范圍的加油站，很快成為三明治的分銷店<

　　ouVot-the-court settlement 庭外解決

　　例：The party with a weaker case might do well to agree to an out-of^the-court settlement to slop the case from going on inr too long.理虧的一方最好是同意庭外調(diào)解，以防止官 司曠日持久地打下去