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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A depreciation method which allows faster write-offs than the straight line method.
  以比直线折旧法更快的速度注销固定资产的成本。
• 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。
• 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。
• In an industry with long periods of high profitability, followed by massive write-offs, the ideal employment contract for the employee has high bonuses for short-term performance.
  在一个长期拥有高收益率、继而会出现巨额账面减记的行业中，雇员理想的雇佣合同会为短期业绩提供高额奖金。
• 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。
• 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。