| appropriate | v. 撥出（款項） | |
| 短語 | appropriate funds for education 撥款作教育基金 appropriate for 撥出（款項、房屋等）供……之用 | |
| 例 | Five thousand dollars has been appropriated for the investment. 已撥款5000元作為投資費用。 | |
| approve | v. ①贊成 ②滿意 ③批準(zhǔn)，通過 | |
| 例 | The resolution was approved 82 to 16 with 18 abstentions. 決議以82票對16票通過，18票棄權(quán)。 The managing director has approved the sales budget for next year. 總裁已批準(zhǔn)明年的銷售預(yù)算。 | |
| approval | n. ①正式批準(zhǔn) ②官方認(rèn)可 | |
| 短語 | on approval （貨物）供試用；包退包換 | |
| 例 | Do the plans meet with your approval? 你贊同這些方案嗎？ On approval goods must be returned within 14 days if they are not satisfactory. 如果不滿意，試用貨物須在14天內(nèi)退回。 | |
| aptitude | n. 天資，才能 | |
| 短語 | aptitude test 能力傾向測試（用于測試某人最適合什么樣的工作） | |
| 例 | She has an aptitude for figures. 她有數(shù)字方面的天賦。 Most school-leavers should take an aptitude test. 大多數(shù)中學(xué)畢業(yè)生都應(yīng)參加能力傾向測試。 | |
| arbitrage | n. 套匯，套利交易 | |
| 祥解 | 即幾乎同一時間在兩個市場買賣商品、證券、外匯等，從市場差價中獲取利潤。 注意：不與a(n)連用，無復(fù)數(shù)，僅與單數(shù)動詞連用。 | |
| 短語 | arbitrage of exchange 商品套利，套購商品 stock arbitrage 套購證券 | |
| 例 | The difference in prices between the two markets was reduced by arbitrage. 套利活動使兩個市場間的差價縮小。 |