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　　earnings (n. pl) salaries, profits, dividends, interest received收入

　　[例] The meager earnings can hardly make a living for me.

　　economic (adj.) 1. providing enough money, profitable賺錢的,有利潤的

　　[例] This project doesn’t make economic sense.

　　2. referring to state of the national economy經濟的

　　[例] There is an economic crisis.

　　economic efficiency (n.) the ratio of outputs to inputs經濟效益

　　[例] The economic efficiency is higher this year than last year.

　　economic sanctions (n) measures taken to force a country to obey international law, by stopping or reducing trade with that country. 經濟制裁

　　[例] The UN decided to life the long-term economic sanctions on Iraq.

　　economical (adj.) money-saving節(jié)約的

　　[例] an economical car

　　[同義詞] thrifty

　　economics (n. pl) the study of macro and micro economics經濟學

　　economist (n.) person who specializes in the study of economics經濟學家

　　economise (v.) save money by spending less節(jié)約

　　economies (n. pl) savings積蓄

　　[例] We need to introduce some economies.

　　economy (n.) financial organization of a country經濟體制

　　[例] a free market economy

　　economy class the cheapest class of a air travel經濟艙

　　economy of scale 規(guī)模經濟

　　edge (n.) advantage優(yōu)勢

　　[例] a competitive edge

　　effective (adj.) able to produce the right results有效的，給人深刻印象的

　　[例] The new pricelist will become effective from January. ;an effective resume

　　[同義詞] efficient, effectual, efficacious

　　efficiency (n.) ability to do the right thing效率

　　[例] This machine has a good efficiency.

　　efficient (adj.) able to produce the right results quickly效率高的

　　[例] The new type of machine is efficient to produce products.

　　[同義詞] effective, effectual, efficacious

　　(be) eligible for qualified or entitled to be chosen有資格的

　　[例] They are eligible for the grant from the government.

　　embezzle (v) to take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust 挪用公款

　　[例] The GM is charged with embezzling funds from the company’s account.

　　employ (v.) take on or use a person as a paid worker雇傭

　　[例] During the year we employed an average of 65.

　　[同義詞] engage, hire

　　employee (n.) person taken on as a paid worker雇員

　　[同義詞] worker

　　employer (n.) person or organization that takes on paid workers雇主

　　[同義詞] boss, director

　　employment (n.) work, job (s)工作

　　enclose (v) to put something in an envelop, usually as well as a letter 附寄

　　[例] Enclosed is the receipt for the order.

　　endorse (v.) write one’s name on, to accept背書，認可

　　[例] Please cable us as soon as your application for import license has been endorsed.

　　[同義詞] approve, sanction, ratify

　　endorsement (n.) acceptance背書

　　[例] Our products have met with wide endorsement.

　　endow (v) to provide with property, income, or a source of income 資助，捐贈

　　[例] This research project is endowed by an international charity.

　　enduser (n.) person who actually uses a product or service最終用戶

　　[例] We should carry on a survey among our product’s end users to collect the feedback.

　　engage (v.) to take a person on as a paid worker; employ雇傭

　　[例] Congratulations, Chris! Our company engages you.

　　[同義詞] hire, employ, take on

　　end-product (n) the final article produced by the manufacturing process 制成品

　　[同義詞] finished goods

　　enter (v.) go into進入(市場)

　　[例] We entered the market in 1980.

　　enterprise (n.) a business organization企業(yè)

　　entitle (v.) to give a right to授權

　　[例] We feel we are entitled to make this request.

　　[同義詞] qualify, authorize, empower

　　entitlement (n.) a person’s right權利

　　[例] He has the entitlement to sell the house.

　　environmentally-friendly (adj) of activities , products, production processes, etc that do not harm the environment 環(huán)保的

　　[例] Our products are environmentally- friendly , so they are welcomed by our customers.

　　[同義詞] green

　　holiday entitlement (n.)the right to have holiday休假權利

　　[例] in the UK holiday entitlement generally ranges from three to six weeks per year

　　entrant (n.) one that enters a market市場進入者

　　[例] This firm is a new entrant showing tremendous potentials.

　　entrepreneur (n.) person who starts and runs a company/business企業(yè)家

　　[例] Entrepreneur needs special innovative spirit and acute business sense to win the final success.

　　entrepreneurial (adj.) have the very spirit of an entrepreneurial, such as creativeness and taking risk to run the enterprises etc. 企業(yè)家(精神)的

　　[例] entrepreneurial flair