appreciate (v.) 1. be thankful for感激

[例] I appreciated your help.

2. understand理解

[例] I appreciate your problems.

3.increase in value增值

[例] My shares have appreciated by 10%.

apprentice (n.) young person who is learning a skill学徒

[例] Don’t listen to him. Jack is only an apprentice.

[同义词] learner, beginner

apprenticeship (n.) period of time spent learning a skill学徒年限，学徒身份

[例] Jack served an apprenticeship with a carpenter.

appropriate (v.) to put an amount of money aside for a special purpose拨出(款项)

[例] They appropriated $10,000 for bribery.

approve (v.) agree to pass officially批准

[例] They Board approved the new plan.

[同义词] accept

approval(n.) agreement批准

aptitude (n.) natural ability (to do a task)天资

[例] She had a high aptitude for business.

arbitrage(n.) the purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy套利

[例] He made big fortune by arbitrage.

arbitration (n.) process of settling a dispute仲裁

[例] We shall have to resort to arbitration.

[同义词] judgement, adjudication

area (n.) region区域

[例] His sales area is the North East.

[同义词] district, region, territory

arrears (n.) money which is owed and has not been paid on time到期未付帐

[例] The payment in arrears amounts to$100.

[同义词] arrearage, debt, liabilities

arrival notice (n.) a note sent by a carrier to the receiver( consignee) saying that goods have arrived 到货通知[例] After your receipt of the arrival notice from the carrier---COSCO, please arrange the picking-up of the goods at the dock.

artifical person (n.) a company considered as having a separate legal identity from the people who work for it, although some of these people will represent the will of the company 法人

[例] The company is regarded legally as an artifical person.

[同义词] fictitious person, juristic person

as per (adv) according to根据

[例] As per your request that is made in your last mail, we are writing to confirm our point concerning the price.

asap as soon as possible 及早

[例] After the cargo reaches your dock,please inform us by fax or email asap.