outline
【1】纲要,大略
接用of。
【例】Perhaps you’d like to give us an outline of your proposals.
或许,你们愿意给我们一份建议的大纲吧!
【2】概述
【例】To outline your requirements for the coming season would be of material assistance to us in adjusting our stocks to the requirements of all the customers of ours.
贵方大致提出下个季节的需要,这对于我们安排货源满足所有客户的需要有巨大的帮助。
outlook
前景,展望
经常用单数形式,后面可接用for。
【例】There is a bad outlook for trade [business].
贸易(业务)的前景不好。
output
产量,产出
【例】We have not only reduced production costs, but (we have) succeeded considerably increasing our output.
我们不仅降低了生产成本,而且大大提高了产量。