Vocabulary: B.董事会与公司高管
from 巴菲特致股东的信：投资者和公司高管教程
- 很x17 | Chapter Rank #47very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 容易x5 | Chapter Rank #145easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
- 丢掉x1 | Chapter Rank #628to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
- 饭碗x1 | Chapter Rank #629rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living
- 而x20 | Chapter Rank #40and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 不是x9 | Chapter Rank #88no; is not; notfault; blame
- 这样x14 | Chapter Rank #63this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 比如说x3 | Chapter Rank #252for example
- 应聘x1 | Chapter Rank #630to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position
- 秘书x2 | Chapter Rank #377secretary
- 被x24 | Chapter Rank #26quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 要求x3 | Chapter Rank #253to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 具有x9 | Chapter Rank #89to have; to possess
- 一分钟x1 | Chapter Rank #631
- 打x4 | Chapter Rank #188(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- 字x2 | Chapter Rank #378letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 结果x7 | Chapter Rank #115to bear fruitoutcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
- 只能x2 | Chapter Rank #379can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 她x1 | Chapter Rank #632she
- 立刻x2 | Chapter Rank #380immediately; at once; right away
- 失去x1 | Chapter Rank #633to lose
- 这里x2 | Chapter Rank #381here
- 这个x10 | Chapter Rank #82(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 职位x3 | Chapter Rank #254position; post; job
- 有x28 | Chapter Rank #20to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 清晰x1 | Chapter Rank #634clear; distinct
- 标准x4 | Chapter Rank #189standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
- 测量x1 | Chapter Rank #635survey; to measure; to gauge; to determine
- 如果x32 | Chapter Rank #17if; in case; in the event that
- 你x18 | Chapter Rank #46you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 达标x1 | Chapter Rank #636to reach a set standard
- 就x30 | Chapter Rank #19(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 出局x1 | Chapter Rank #637(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket); (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition; (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
- 类似x3 | Chapter Rank #255similar; analogous
- 情况x23 | Chapter Rank #29circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 例如x4 | Chapter Rank #190for example; for instance; such as
- 新x1 | Chapter Rank #638abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xinnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 销售x4 | Chapter Rank #191to sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc)
- 人员x1 | Chapter Rank #639staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 达到x2 | Chapter Rank #382to reach; to achieve; to attain
- 目标x3 | Chapter Rank #256target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 也x38 | Chapter Rank #14surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 解聘x1 | Chapter Rank #640to dismiss an employee; to sack
- 没有x23 | Chapter Rank #30haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 任何借口x1 | Chapter Rank #641
- 替代x1 | Chapter Rank #642to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
- 订单x1 | Chapter Rank #643(purchase) order
- 碌碌无为x1 | Chapter Rank #644unaccomplished; mediocre; feckless
- 经常x4 | Chapter Rank #192frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 蒙混过关x1 | Chapter Rank #645to get away with it; to slip through; to bluff one's way out; Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1]