The administrative overheads of a business are low to the extent that everyone working in the business can be trusted to behave in a way that best promotes the interests of the firm.
如果企業中的每個人都在真誠地為提高企業利潤而工作,那么企業的管理費用就會降低到相應的程度。
新概念英語第四冊 Lesson 36 The cost of government

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從本句中提取的重要詞匯

extent [?k'st?nt] 詞頻2 詞根: ex
n. 程度;長度;廣大地域;扣押;
?? ex出+tent伸展;擴大→伸出去的范圍 → 范圍;程度
"It is difficult to assess the full extent of the damage."
損失情況難以全面估計。
近義:largeness, magnitude, size, bigness, limits, outreach
behave [b?'hev] 詞頻2 詞根: 占有
vi. 表現;舉止端正;自然反應; vt. 使守規矩;
?? be表示動作+have持有→[一個人]擁有的動作→舉動,舉止
"I would never have expected her to behave in such an underhand way."
我從未想到她的行為竟如此陰險。
近義:act, deal, demean, deport 反義:underact
firm [f?m] 詞根: firm
adj. 堅固的,堅牢的;堅定的,堅決的;嚴格的;確定的; vt.& vi. 使堅固;使堅實; n. 商號,商行;公司;企業;工作集體; adv. 堅定地,穩固地; vt. 使堅定,使牢固; vi. 變堅實,變穩固;
?? firm =firm,表示”堅定,堅固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
這家公司現在已與當地一家公司合并了。
近義:office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation 反義:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
everyone ['?vr?w?n] 詞頻2
pron. 每人,人人;
?? every每個的+one一個人→ pron.每人,人人
"The news astonished everyone."
這消息使大家十分驚訝。
近義:all, everybody
administrative [?d'ministr?tiv] 詞頻4
adj. 管理的,行政的;行政職位;非戰斗性行政勤務的;
"The administrative burden must be lifted from local government."
必須解除地方政府的行政負擔.
近義:manager, managerial, organisational, organizational, supervisory, management

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