demand [ di5mB:nd ] (n.) 1. request for payment請求償付

　　[例] First demands were issued to all late payers.

　　2. need for products and services at a certain price需求

　　[例] We are having difficulty meeting demand.

　　demand management (n.) series of activities to recognize and manage all the demands for products需求的監(jiān)督和調(diào)節(jié)

　　[例] They decided to carry out demand management to get information from consumers.

　　demotivated (adj.) not interested失去動力的

　　[例] The depression of economy demotivated them at last.

　　denationalize (v) to put a government-owned company or industry back into private ownership 私營化

　　[例] Sooner or later, China’s communication sector will be completely denationalized.

　　[同義詞] privatize

　　department (n.) part of an organization部門

　　[例] The employment manager would like to talk to some of the company’s supervisors and department heads.

　　[同義詞] branch, division, subdivision

　　deposit (n.) 1.money placed in a bank account存款

　　[例] Once your deposit in our bank exceeds 50,000 USD, the monthly 20 USD account maintenance fees will be exempted.

　　deposit account account earning interest有息存款，儲蓄存款

　　[例] We require 7 days’ notice of withdrawal on this deposit account.

　　2. money paid in advance in order to reserve a product押金

　　depot (n.) warehouse倉庫

　　[例] The goods are temporally stored in the depot near the port.

　　depreciate (v.) reduce the value of assets in the accounts over a certain time貶值

　　[例] We depreciate business equipment over 5 years.

　　[同義詞] devalue, devaluate

　　depreciation (n.) reduction in the value of an asset貶值

　　[同義詞] devaluation, deflation

　　deregulate (v) to free an industry , an organization, etc from price control, especially by a government 撤消管制

　　[例] to deregulate the food market

　　deskilling (n) the losing of skills by workers through unemployment , lack of training , etc.失去技能

　　[例] The great depression caused many companies to lay off their workers which would result in deskilling of staff.

　　desktop (n.) desktop computer 臺式電腦

　　dispatch see: dispatch

　　devalue (v.) reduce the value of a currency against other currencies(貨幣)貶值

　　[例] The war inside the country severely hurts the consumers’ confidence and devalues its currency in the international financial market.

　　[同義詞] depreciate, devaluate

　　devaluation (n.) the deduction in the value of a currency against other currencies(貨幣)貶值

　　[同義詞] depreciation, deflation

　　differentiate (v.) to make something different or highlight the difference between two things區(qū)別

　　[例] It is hard to differentiate the one from the other.

　　[同義詞] distinguish, set apart,separate

　　differentiation (n.) making sure that a product has distinguishing features區(qū)別

　　[例] Line 1 and Line 2 have little differentiation.

　　price differential (n) the difference in prices charged for the same product in different shops, or for different products in a range 差價

　　[例] The price for this air-conditioner is the lowest in Shanghai, and if you can find lower price for it within 15 days, we will refund the price differential to you.

　　direct (v.) manage, be in charge of管理，指揮

　　[例] He directs our sales operation.

　　[同義詞] namage, control, run

　　director (n.) person appointed by shareholders to help manage a company 主管，董事

　　managing director UK [US Chief Executive Officer] 執(zhí)行總裁

　　direct flight flight without transfer 直航

　　direct mail (n.) selling a product by sending information through the post直接郵寄廣告

　　[例] We have to wait for 2 days if we send it by direct mail.

　　direct selling (n.) selling directly to a customer without going through any middlemen直銷

　　[例] Direct selling can save a lot of money.

　　directory (n.) reference book containing listings目錄

　　[例] a telephone directory, a trade directory

　　discount1. (n.) percentage reduction in a full price打折

　　[例] You can have 5% discount as a VIP customer.

　　2. (v.) reduce the full price打折

　　[同義詞] rebate

　　disintegration (n) the breaking up of a company or group of companies 解散

　　[例]At last , the merger of these two big companies comes to disintegration.

　　dismiss (v.) remove from employment, sack (inf)解雇

　　[例] You are dismissed for your poor performance and bad working attitude.

　　[同義詞] discharge

　　dismissal (n.) act of dismissing解雇

　　[例] These rules are formal-such as the procedure for dismissal.

　　[同義詞] discharge

　　dispatch 1. (n.) sending goods to a customer送貨

　　[例] dispatch department

　　2. (v.) send goods to customers送貨

　　display1. (n.) show/exhibition of goods展覽

　　[例] There was a display of the latest research at the trade fair in Frankfurt.

　　2. (v.) show, exhibit展覽

　　dispute1. (n.) a disagreement爭論

　　[例] We hope the matter in dispute will soon be settled.