161.surplus ：过剩
A situation in which the supply of goods exceeds the demand, esp. at a given price.
特别是以一定价格销售的商品的供应超过需求的状况。
Smart consumers try to purchase items that are in surplus in order to get more for the same money.
精明的消费者在商品过剩时购买，以便用同样的钱购买更多的商品。
162.tax shelter ： 减免所得税
An investment in certain business, activities, etc. that legally entitles the
investor1 to avoid, reduce, or defer2 income taxes.
在某些行业、活动等方面的投资，投资者合法地享受减、免或缓交所得税。
Some business use tax shelters in an effort to reduce or defer their income tax.
一些公司采取合法减免所得税的手段来减少或迟交所得税。
163.tech angst ： 技术顾虑
The fear of automation among consumers.
“technological”和 “anxiety”的合成词。顾客对自动化产生的担心。
The tech angst of many people makes them reluctant to put their trust in automated4 teller5 machines.
许多人有技术顾虑，因而不愿使用自动提款机。
164.technological monopoly ： 技术垄断
A condition in which a company has exclusive rights to a patented product or process.
一公司对专利产品或制作方法享有专属权的状况。
AT & T has a technological monopoly over a number of products and processes in the communications world.
在通讯领域中，美国电话电报公司在一些产品和方法 享有技术垄断。
165.trade barriers ： 贸易壁垒
Tariffs6, quotas7, and other regulations used by one country to discourage the importation of certain goods.
一个国家为阻碍某些产品的进口所采用的关税、配额和其他规定。
The U.S. is poised8 to eliminate trade barriers with Mexico and other neighboring countries.
美国准备减少同墨西哥及其他邻近国家的贸易壁垒。
166.trade deficit9 ： 贸易赤字 20
An imbalance in which a nation’s imports exceed its exports.
一国进口超过其出口的不平衡状况。
No nation wants to run a continuous trade deficit with other countries.
没有一个国家愿意自己同他国的贸易处于持续的赤字状态。
167.trade imbalance ： 贸易不平衡
A condition in which a nation’s exports and imports and imports are not equal.
一国的出口和进口不持平的状况。
The subject of trade imbalance is an ongoing10 debate between the U.S. and Japan.
贸易不平衡是美日两国间长期争论的话题。
168.trickle-down economics ： 滴入式经济学
A theory that government financial incentives11 to big business will eventually benefit smaller businesses and general public.
一种经济理论，认为政府对大企业的财政补贴最终使小企业和大众受益。
President Bill Clinton dose not believe that trickle-down economics works for the benefit of the nation.
克林顿总统不相信滴入式经济学有益于国家。
169.trust ： 托拉斯
Several companies acting12 together to control production, pricing, and distribution of a product.
几家公司联合行动以控制一种新产品的生产、定价和销售。
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，反对公司组成意在控制产品价格和销售的托拉斯。
170.upward mobility13 ： 往上晋升
The movement of an individual to ever higher levels of responsibility in a company.
一个人在公司里上升到承担相应责任的较高职位。
It was no surprise to the other workers that the boss’s nephew enjoined14 such a great degree of upward mobility.
老板的侄子往上晋升如此之快，其他工人并不感意外。
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