2013年商务英语中高级考试词汇例句解析51

　　peak [ pi:k ] (n.) highest point顶峰

　　[例] His business career has reached the peak.

　　[同义词] top, summit, pinnacle

　　pending (adj) not yet decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation 代定的

　　[例] The project of the merger till now is still pending and is supposed to reach an agreement next month.

　　penetrate [ 5penitreit ] (v.) get into a market(进入)市场

　　[例] Nowadays the sales advertising penetrates all aspects of the customers’ life.

　　penetration [ peni5treiFEn ] (n.) percentage of a target market that you reach进入市场

　　pension [ 5penFEn ] (n.) amount of money paid regularly after a person stops work, either because of or age or illness养老金

　　[例] Is ￡140 per week, plus a pension, better than ￡200 per week without?

　　[同义词] annuity

　　perform [ pE5fC:m ] (v.) do well or badly表现

　　[例] Sometimes employees don’t perform at the required standard because they don’t know what the standard is.

　　performance [ pE5fC:mEns ] (n.) action of doing something well or badly表现

　　[例] In the final analysis workers should feel that any criticisms made of their performance were fair and justified.

　　performance appraisal (n.) procedure for evaluating a person’s work based on how well or badly they have done their work绩效评价

　　[例] At the end of each year, they all have performance appraisals.

　　performance-related pay (n) pay given to employee according to his or her real performance in the job与业绩挂钩的发薪法

　　[例] It is fair to adopt a system of performance-related pay which will undoubtedly motivate our men.

　　periodical [ 7piEri5CdikEl ] (n.) a publication issued at regular intervals of more than one day期刊

　　[例] company periodicals

　　[同义词] journal, magazine

　　perishables (n) something, especially foodstuff, subject to decay or spoilage 易腐食品

　　[例] Milk and fresh fruits are perishables , so it is better to sell them on local market.

　　perk [ pE:k ] (n.) benefit given to a worker by his company in addition to salary - company car, private health insurance, etc额外津贴.

　　[例] The year-end perk does excite all the staff.

　　personnel [ 7pE:sE5nel ] (n.) people employed by a company员工

　　[例] Personnel management is directed mainly at the organization’s employees.

　　petty cash (n.) small amount of notes and coins available in an office to pay for small items零用现金

　　[例] Your company can withdraw no more than 10,000 USD monthly as petty cash from the bank.

　　phase out (n.) stop slowly or in controlled stages逐步停止或控制

　　[例] We have phased out perks at managerial level because they aren’t appropriate.