商务英语：今日热词——小人物，小公司（非正式用语）
《财富》（中文版）
2011年09月29日
EXAMPLE: The office equipment store concentrated on a few large corporations with hundreds of employees and avoided the small fry with only a few employees.
这家办公设备商店只关注那些有成百上千名员工的大公司，避开只有数名员工的小公司。
这家办公设备商店只关注那些有成百上千名员工的大公司，避开只有数名员工的小公司。
今日单词：
| 单词 | countertrade |
| 中文释义 |
易货贸易 （名词） |
| 英文释义 |
(noun) A general term for any kind of trade arrangement in which products or services are used as whole or partial payment. |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: Being able to negotiate export agreements involving countertrade reduces our company's cash expenditures. 我们公司有能力磋商涉及易货贸易的出口协议，这样可以降低公司的现金支出。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | small fry |
| 中文释义 |
小人物，小公司（非正式用语） |
| 英文释义 |
(INFORMAL) Little, insignificant members of a group that includes much larger member (NOTE: "fry" in this sense means small or young "fish" of the type that live in large groups). |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: The office equipment store concentrated on a few large corporations with hundreds of employees and avoided the small fry with only a few employees. 这家办公设备商店只关注那些有成百上千名员工的大公司，避开只有数名员工的小公司。 |
