141.Pac Man defense1 ：帕克曼防卫 17
An attempt to prevent a hostile takeover in which a targeted company bids to take over the hostile firm.
被定为兼并对象的公司通过出价回收敌对公司，从而阻止其恶意回收。
The out-throat 1980s made strategies like Pac Man defense essential to companies who wanted to survive a hostile takeover.
在角逐残酷无情的80年代，对于那些期望躲过恶意兼并的公司来讲，帕克曼防卫之类的策略方法太要紧了。
142.Paper profit ：纸上盈利
An unrealized profit due to appreciation2 in value of something owned but not yet sold.
对拥有些某种产品进行估价而计算出来的价值，由于产品没出手，收益尚未达成。
Jacks business showed a paper profit last year simply due to the appreciation.
由于评估了企业的所有些资产，去年杰克的买卖才有纸上盈利。
143.paradigm3 shift ：改组
A term by a CEO to inform his company that there will be major changes made.
公司总裁公告公司上下或有重大变化时所用的词。
The CEO of a major computer software manufacture announced a paradigm shift to his executives today.
一家大型软件生产厂家的总裁今天宣布要对其管理职员进行改组。
144.Peter Principle ：彼得原则
A statement that every employee in a hierarchy4 tends to rise to the level of his or her incompetence5.
一种觉得在等级森严的公司里，每一个员工都想升到其没办法胜任的地方的说法。
The term Peter Principle has become quite popular among the American work force.
在美国的劳动力大军里，常可听到彼得原则这个术语。
145.poison pill ：反兼并方法，毒丸
Any of various methods devised by a company to thwart6 a hostile takeover attempt, such as by issuing new stock or instituting a generous package of employee benefits, which would prove cosplaytly7 to a potential acquirer.
公司为挫败敌意兼并所采取的各式各样的办法，如发行新股票，为雇员拟定慷慨的福利计划。这会使潜在的兼并者感到代价昂贵而舍弃兼并。
146.power lunch ：事务餐
A business lunch where food is an afterthought to intense dealmaking and negotiation8.
在工作午餐上，忙于紧张的买卖和谈判而顾不上吃饭。
Were discussing the possibilities of a company merger9 over a power lunch this afternoon.
今天下午大家在事务餐上讨论了公司合并的可能性。
147.productivity ：生产力
A measure of ability to produce output from given input10
肯定投入得到产出的能力的衡量尺度。
Productivity at the XYZ company was up slightly this month over last.
XYZ公司本月的生产比上月略有提升。
148.quality control ：水平管理
Techniques used to eliminate defective11 products or to improve performance standards and practices.
使用技术以消除次品，或提升经营水平。
No company can afford to neglect quality control if they wish to remain competitive in the new global economy.
任何一家公司要想在新的全球经济中维持竞争优势，就不能不看重水平管理。
149.raw goods ：原材料产品
Materials gathered in original state from nature for use in production.
来自于自然，回收来用于生产的原始材料。
Knowledge and information are becoming the most valuable assets to a company while raw goods are becoming less and 18
less valuable.
常识和信息正成为公司最有价值的资产，而原材料产品的价值愈加低。
150.recession ：衰退
A period of no growth in the national economy for at least six months.
国民经济在至少6个月的时间里没任何增长。
A recession is characterized by a decreased demand for goods, increased unemployment, and decline in the gross national product.
衰退的特征是需要降低，失业增加，国民生产总值降低。
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