F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

discreet (adj): 1-careful not to cause embarrassment or attract too much attention, especially by keeping something secret:
E.g.: The family made discreet enquiries about his background.
E.g.: They are very good assistants, very discreet – they wouldn’t go talking to the press.

discreetly (adv)

buffer (n):(EXTRA SUPPLY): an extra supply of materials that a company keeps in order to prevent a situation where none are available:
E.g.: “Just-in-time production” means that no buffer stocks are held in the factory.

recap (v): 1-to repeat the main points of an explanation or description:
E.g.: Finally, the teacher recapped the main points of the lesson.
E.g.: To recap, our main aim is to increase sales by 15 percent this year.

review (v): 1-to think or talk about something again, in order to make changes to it or to make a decision about it:
E.g.: The committee is reviewing the current arrangement/situation.
E.g.: Let’s review what has happened so far.

depreciated cost (n): 1-the value of an asset that is calculated by reducing its value when it was new by the total amount of depreciation:
E.g.: The deal allows the airline to value property assets on a market basis, rather than the depreciated cost.

depreciation (n): 1-the process of losing value
E.g.: During my first year in government employ the depreciation in legal-tender notes in which we were paid was very embarrassing.

endorse (v): 1-to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone:
E.g.: The Council is expected to endorse the committee’s recommendations.
E.g.: I fully endorse (= agree with) everything the Chairperson has said.
2- (GIVE PERMISSION)-to write something in order to give permission for something, especially your name on the back of a cheque, in order to make it payable (= able to be paid) to someone else

incumbent (adj): 1-义不容辞的; 2- officially having the named position:
E.g.: The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.

squander (v): 1-to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage:
E.g.: They’ll quite happily squander a whole year’s savings on two weeks in the sun.
E.g.: Ireland squandered several chances, including a penalty that cost them the game.

comparing apples to apples-An ‘apple to apple comparison’ means to compare something to something just like it; it’s based on the expression ‘comparing apples to oranges’, which means that you have made a comparison of something that is not like enough for a comparison to be made.
E.g.: If you don’t document your system configuration, you might not be comparing apples to apples.

如果不记录系统配置，则无法进行同类比较。