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

• Turnover, for example, does not adequately allow for banks and some financial services companies, while profits will be distorted by write-offs.
  比如，营业额不能充分反映银行以及某些金融服务企业的经营情况，而利润会因减记而遭到扭曲。
• 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。
• 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。
• A new round of bank write-offs begins.
  银行开始了新一轮的坏账冲销。
• This reflects concern that some of these institutions will soon unveil further credit write-offs.
  这反映出了人们的担心，即一些机构近期将宣布更多的信贷冲销。
• Sure enough, the cuts in US household debt from 130 per cent of disposable incomes to 110 per cent have largely occurred through default ( bank write-offs) with a modest benefit from growing incomes.
  当然，美国家庭债务与可支配收入的比率从130%降至110%，主要是通过违约（银行减记）实现的，收入增长也起到了一定的作用。
• Moreover, the more the burden of adjustment is forced on to crisis-hit countries via falling prices and wages, the greater the real burden of debt and the bigger the required write-offs.
  此外，价格和工资下降给遭受危机国家带来的调整压力越大，真正的债务压力就越大，需要勾销的债务就越多。
• But if history is a guide, investors need not worry about unexpected goodwill write-offs this year.
  但如果历史能够作为参照的话，投资者便不必担心今年会发生什么出乎意料的商誉核销。
• 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。
• 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。