practitioner 开业者，从业者praction(practice) + er

celebrity a famous person= luminary, VIP

proxy 代理人

anecdote 轶事 (à anecdotal)

notoriety 恶名 (ß notorious)

counterpart 对应人，对等物

Who’s George Bush’s counterpart in China?^ counterculture, counterbalance

peer 同等的人 凝视，窥视(~ peep)

subordinate 下级 下级的<> superior

tactics 战术，技巧v.s. strategy (战略，策略)marketing strategy v.s. selling tactics

nuance a subtle difference in meaning

benchmarking 类比分析

punctual 准时的，守时的 (à punctuality)

absenteeism 旷工absent à absentee à absenteeism

flextime 弹性工作时间flex(flexible) + time

harass 骚扰 (à harassment)Mary said that Gary had sexually harassed her.

redundancy 冗余，冗员network redundancy

downsize 裁员 (~ lay off)

ballot 投票 (= vote)

impartial 不偏不倚的 (<> partial)

lobby 大堂(n.) 游说(v.)

shortlist (BE)

a list of applicants who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen à (v.)

equilibrium 平衡，均衡

questionnaire 调查表，问卷

quantitative 定量的 (<> qualitative)

contingency 偶然性，偶然事件

incur 招致incur debts/hatred/dangerv.s. occur, concur, recur

ethical 伦理的，符合伦理的~ ethics, <> unethical

dubious 疑惑的，可疑的 (~ doubt)People were dubious about the result.

manifestation 显示，证明 (ß manifest)

subtitle 字幕，副标题 (sub + title)^ subsidiary, submarine, subway (BE: underground, tube), suburb(~ downtown, uptown, outskirts)

dubbing 配音录制

vogue 时尚 ^ chic

bizarre 奇异的v.s. weird (怪异的)

mediocre 平庸的

dietitian 饮食学家 (~ diet)

connoisseur 行家，鉴赏家^ entrée, a la carte