161.surplus ：過剩

　　A situation in which the supply of goods exceeds the demand, esp. at a given price.

　　特別是以一定價格銷售的商品的供應超過需求的狀況。

　　Smart consumers try to purchase items that are in surplus in order to get more for the same money.

　　精明的消費者在商品過剩時購買，以便用同樣的錢購買更多的商品。

　　162.tax shelter ： 減免所得稅

　　An investment in certain business, activities, etc. that legally entitles the investor to avoid, reduce, or defer income taxes.

　　在某些行業、活動等方面的投資，投資者合法地享受減、免或緩交所得稅。

　　Some business use tax shelters in an effort to reduce or defer their income tax.

　　一些公司采取合法減免所得稅的手段來減少或遲交所得稅。

　　163.tech angst ： 技術顧慮

　　(A combination of “technological” and “anxiety”.) The fear of automation among consumers.

　　“technological”(技術的)和 “anxiety”(擔心)的合成詞。顧客對自動化產生的擔心。

　　The tech angst of many people makes them reluctant to put their trust in automated teller machines.

　　許多人有技術顧慮，因而不愿使用自動提款機。

　　164.technological monopoly ： 技術壟斷

　　A condition in which a company has exclusive rights to a patented product or process.

　　一公司對專利產品或制作方法享有專屬權的狀況。

　　AT & T has a technological monopoly over a number of products and processes in the communications world.

　　在通訊領域中，美國電話電報公司在一些產品和方法 享有技術壟斷。

　　165.trade barriers ： 貿易壁壘

　　Tariffs, quotas, and other regulations used by one country to discourage the importation of certain goods.

　　一個國家為阻礙某些產品的進口所采用的關稅、配額和其他規定。

　　The U.S. is poised to eliminate trade barriers with Mexico and other neighboring countries.

　　美國準備減少同墨西哥及其他鄰近國家的貿易壁壘。

　　166.trade deficit ： 貿易赤字

　　An imbalance in which a nation’s imports exceed its exports.

　　一國進口超過其出口的不平衡狀況。

　　No nation wants to run a continuous trade deficit with other countries.

　　沒有一個國家愿意自己同他國的貿易處于持續的赤字狀態。

　　167.trade imbalance ： 貿易不平衡

　　A condition in which a nation’s exports and imports and imports are not equal.

　　一國的出口和進口不持平的狀況。

　　The subject of trade imbalance is an ongoing debate between the U.S. and Japan.

　　貿易不平衡是美日兩國間長期爭論的話題。

　　168.trickle-down economics ： 滴入式經濟學

　　A theory that government financial incentives to big business will eventually benefit smaller businesses and general public.

　　一種經濟理論，認為政府對大企業的財政補貼最終使小企業和大眾受益。

　　President Bill Clinton dose not believe that trickle-down economics works for the benefit of the nation.

　　克林頓總統不相信滴入式經濟學有益于國家。

　　169.trust ： 托拉斯

　　Several companies acting together to control production, pricing, and distribution of a product.

　　幾家公司聯合行動以控制一種新產品的生產、定價和銷售。

　　The government has anti=trust laws that regulate against companies forming trusts in order to control product prices and distribution.

　　政府有反托拉斯法，反對公司組成意在控制產品價格和銷售的托拉斯。

　　170.upward mobility ： 往上晉升

　　The movement of an individual to ever higher levels of responsibility in a company.

　　一個人在公司里上升到承擔相應責任的較高職位。

　　It was no surprise to the other workers that the boss’s nephew enjoined such a great degree of upward mobility.

　　老板的侄子往上晉升如此之快，其他工人并不感意外。

　　171.white knight ： 公司的救星

　　A business that prevents a hostile takeover of another company by offering better terms.

　　一公司通過提出更優厚的條件來阻止另一公司被他人敵意兼并。

　　One of our affiliates acted as a white knight on our behalf and saved us from being the victims of a hostile takeover.

　　我們的一家分公司充當了我們公司的救星，使我們免遭敵意兼并。