write-offs

英 [raɪt ɒfs]

美 [raɪt ɔːfs]

n.  报废车辆; 无所作为的一段时间; (债项的)注销，销记
write-off的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (发生事故后)报废的车辆
  Something such as a vehicle that is awrite-offhas been so badly damaged in an accident that it is not worth repairing.
  1. The car was a write-off, but everyone escaped unharmed.
     这辆车报废了，但人员全部安全逃离。
• N-COUNT (债务或花费的)注销，勾销
  Awrite-offis the decision by a company or government to accept that they will never recover a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on something.
  1. Mr James persuaded the banks to accept a large write-off of debt.
     詹姆斯先生说服银行同意注销一大笔债务。
• N-SING 失败的计划;白费的时间
  If you describe a plan or period of time as awrite-off, you mean that it has been a failure and you have achieved nothing.
  1. Today was really a bit of a write-off for me...
     今天对我来说真的有点儿白白浪费了。
  2. For him, the rest of the decade was a creative write-off.
     对他来说，这个十年所余下的时间是一段创作空白。

双语例句

• With fear of recession rising and banks reeling from huge credit write-offs, potential business school applicants need to appreciate that they may face a more competitive job market when they graduate.
  随着人们日益担心经济衰退，以及各银行因巨额信贷资产减记而步履蹒跚，商学院的潜在申请者应该认识到，他们毕业时也许会面对一个竞争更为激烈的就业市场。
• The last bonus cheques and general partners 'distributions for the speculative credit world have to go out at the end of the year, after which the real write-offs can be taken.
  金融界最后的奖金支票和投机信贷界普通合伙人的分成必须在年底发放出去，然后开始真正的资产冲销。
• Analyze company policies and assess compliance with the policies for minimizing inventory levels, reserves, and write-offs.
  分析公司政策，评价降低存货、计提准备和存货报废政策的遵循情况。
• Chinese banks will announce record profits for 2007 in coming weeks in contrast with their global counterparts, which have been forced into large write-offs in the wake of the credit crisis.
  未来数周中国各家银行将发布2007年创纪录的利润，这与其外国同行形成鲜明的对比在信贷危机之后，外国银行被迫进行了大笔减记。
• Instead of using an ADA ( Allowance for Doubtful Accounts) account, why can't we just subtract estimated future write-offs from the Accounts Receivable? I want to check out, please. Will you please have the bill ready for me?
  为何不能直接减除应收帐款所估计的备抵呆帐，而使用备抵科目？我想结帐出旅馆了。请把帐单给我准备好。
• As a result, a secretary sat on important correspondence for over a month, jeopardizing a client's tax write-offs.
  结果就是，一个秘书把一封重要信件放椅子上坐了一个多月，令客户本该注销的税金蒙受损失。
• The bank will be expected to make the largest write-offs.
  预计该行将进行史上最大一笔债务核销。
• And let us not forget the 2003 purchase of Household Finance& the US-based subprime powerhouse and source of significant write-offs.
  而且我们不要忘记2003年汇丰收购了HouseholdFinance&这家美国次级贷款巨头后来成了重大资产减记的源头。
• K.offices, and, perhaps most surprisingly for a company known for its lean direct-selling operation, inventory write-offs.
  而且这与它的直接销售部门的盈利和库存部门的盈利也有关系。
• A new round of bank write-offs begins.
  银行开始了新一轮的坏账冲销。