Asian crises of the late 1990s 90年代末亚洲金融危机
例:As Asian crises of the late 1990s illustrated, U.S.firms entering international business transactionsneed to be cautious of foreign governments.
as is 按现状出售,概不保证,亦作as seen.
例:The goods are to be sold as is .
asking price 索要价,要价
例:Always negotiate, never pay the full asking price.
asleep at the switch 玩忽职守,坐失良机
例:Interest rates dropped significantly for a month before climbing back to higher levels, but ourfinance manager was asleep at the switch and failed to renegotiate our loans.
as of 自......起,等于as from
例:I would like to inform you that as of September 6, 2001,the new name for our company will beSunrise.
as per 按照,依据
例:The client requested that we send our report to him on a computer disc, so we wrote a shortnote to him saying"as per your request, we are sending you our report on disc," and elclosed itwith the disc.
aspirational group 带领性消费群体,领导性消费群体
例:Our emulates certain reference groups(aspirational groups) whereas one is actually a member ofother groups.
as seen 看货买卖,现场交易(货物按买者所见现状出售,卖方不保证质量)
例: If you buy at a car auction you take the vehicle as seen.
Assembly line 装配线
e.g. He first worked on the shop floor on the assembly line. 他先是在工厂的装配线上工作。
e.g. I hope that all the training programs they run for the staff on the assembly line might havebegun to have an effect. 希望那些为工作在装配线上的员工提供的专业培训，如今已经开始发挥作用。
