accessory apartment 附属房(个人独立住宅中供出租的多余房屋)

　　例：In other countries, accessory apartments are not just tolerated but encouratged.Britain and Germany, for instance, offer tax breaks to homeowners who rent out portions of their houses.

　　accident frequency rate 意外伤亡事故频率(按每百万工作小时计)

　　例：Steps are being taken to cut down the accident frequency rate.

　　accident report book 事故记录本

　　access fee 使用费

　　例：They have cut the access fee long-distance providers pay to local phone #panies.

　　acquire 购入,取得所有权

　　例: This is Cussons’ newly acquired factory in Poland.

　　acquisition 收购

　　例: The accelerated rate of globalisation has left #panies desperately seeking overseas acquisitions in order to remain #petitive.

　　across-the-board 全面,全体

　　例1: They have decided to increase prices by 4% across-the-board.

　　例2: To save money, identify current problems, and make the old #pany more dfficient, the new president ordered an across-the-board examination of expenditures and operational procedures in every department.