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

• A new round of bank write-offs begins.
  银行开始了新一轮的坏账冲销。
• Targeted household debt write-offs in Las Vegas could be a better use of stimulus dollars.
  有针对性地核销拉斯维加斯家庭的债务，或许是对刺激经济的资金更加有效的利用。
• Low interest rates can stimulate consumption, limit the damage from falling housing prices and help banks to restore profit margins after their sub-prime write-offs.
  而低利率能刺激消费，缓和房价下跌的破坏力，帮助银行在冲减次级债损失后恢复利润率。
• On debt write-offs, more will be necessary than what has happened for Greece.
  未来还需勾销更多的债务，规模将超过已经勾销的希腊债务。
• 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。
• However, the banks have not yet made write-offs as large as the ABX might imply.
  然而，银行的减记规模尚未达到abx所暗示的水平。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 vehicle insurers say the lorries are complete write-offs.
  是的。车辆保险局说两辆货车完全没用了。