Lesson 7 Flashcards
Accountant
/əˈkaʊntənt/ [countable]
someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes etc حسابدار
Capitalist
/ˈkæpɪtl-ɪst/ ●○○ noun [countable]
1 someone who supports capitalism → communist, socialist
2 someone who owns or controls a lot of money and lends it to businesses, banks etc to produce more wealth سرمایه دار
Contempt
/kənˈtempt/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]
1 a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect
contempt for اهانت،تحقیر
Crop
/krɒp $ krɑːp/ ●●● W3 noun [countable]
1 a plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as food
The main crops were oats and barley.
2 the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a season SYN harvest
crop of
Dedicate
/ˈdedɪkeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
1 to give all your attention and effort to one particular thing
dedicate yourself/your life to something
2 to say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it has been written, made, or performed for someone that you love or respect اختصاص دادن ،وقف کردن،فدا کردن
Ditch
/dɪtʃ/ ●●○ noun [countable]
a long narrow hole dug at the side of a field, road etc to hold or remove unwanted water راه اب،خندق،حفره
Enterprise
/ˈentəpraɪz $ -tər-/ ●●○ W3 noun
1 [countable] a company, organization, or business
2 [uncountable] the activity of starting and running businesses
→ free enterprise, private enterprise
3 [countable] a large and complicated project, especially one that is done with a group of other people SYN initiative
Company or business شرکت،بنگاه،موسسه بازرگانی
Finance
verb [transitive]
to provide money, especially a lot of money, to pay for something SYN fund
/ˈfaɪnæns, fəˈnæns $ fəˈnæns, ˈfaɪnæns/
1 [uncountable] the management of money by governments, large organizations etc
دارایی،سرمایه گذاری کردن
Indifferent
/ɪnˈdɪfərənt/ ●○○ adjective 1 not at all interested in someone or something indifferent to 2 not particularly good SYN mediocre بي علاقه،بی اثر
Irrigate
/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/ verb [transitive] 1 to supply land or crops with water irrigated land/farms/crops 2 technical to wash a wound with a flow of liquid —irrigation /ˌɪrəˈɡeɪʃən ابیاری کردن،اب رسانی کردن
Maximize
ˈmæksəmaɪz/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive]
1 to increase something such as profit or income as much as possible OPP minimize
بیشینه ساختن،به حد اعلی رساندن
Monetary
/ˈmʌnətəri $ ˈmɑːnəteri/ adjective [only before noun]
relating to money, especially all the money in a particular country پولی
Precaution
/prɪˈkɔːʃən $ -ˈkɒː-/ ●○○ noun [countable usually plural]
something you do in order to prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening
پیشبینی،احتیاط کردن،اقدام احتیاطی
As a precaution, you should put on a heavy coat
Preliminary
/prɪˈlɪmənəri $ -neri/ ●○○ AWL adjective [only before noun]
happening before something that is more important, often in order to prepare for it
the preliminary stages of the competition
مقدمه،اغازین،اولیه
Saturate
/ˈsætʃəreɪt/ verb [transitive]
1 formal to make something very wet SYN soak OPP dry خیس کردن،اغشتن