liability n. 1 责任, 义务 2 倾向 3 债务, 负债, 与assets 相对
[例] The business failed because its assets were not so great as its liabilities. 这家商行因资不抵债而倒闭。
[反义] asset n. 资产, 有用的东西
detach vt. 1 分开, 分离 2 分遣, 派遣(军队)
[例] Men were detached to defend the pass. 已经派遣了人员去防守关隘。
engage vt. 使忙碌, 雇佣, 预定, 使从事于, 使参加
vi. 答应,从事, 交战, [机]接合, 啮合
[例] That's all I can engage for. 我所能担保的仅此而已。
The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging a large professional element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders.
这种变化是符合新时代的工业需要的，它将职业化元素引入企业，防止了那种在老式家族企业中经常出现的第一代创始人之后的两三代人中工作效率下降，从而妨害公司前途的现象发生。
Such large, impersonal manipulation of capital and industry greatly increased the numbers and importance of shareholders as a class , an element in national life representing irresponsible wealth detached from the land and the duties of the landowners; and almost equally detached from the responsible management of business.
这种大规模的、非个人性质的资金运作大大增加了股东这一社会阶层的人数和重要性，而股东阶层在社会生活中象征着财富与土地及土地拥有者的责任分离开来；同时，财富也和企业经营管理责任分离开来。（quicklearner）
这种变化是通过雇佣大量专业人士来满足新时期的技术需求，并防止效益下降有损资产。效益下降是在干劲勃勃的创立者之后继承家业的第二、第三代中普遍存在的情况。
这种大量客观地操纵资金和产业极大地提升了股东的数量和重要性，使其成为一个阶级，一个国民生活中的组成部分，它代表着无责任富裕，这种财富从土地和地主的义务中分离，而且几乎公平地从企业管理中分离。
posted on 2008-05-20 19:00
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