vocabulary 1

practitioner: 从业者(尤指医师)

facility: （尤指工业或医疗方面的）机构

biographical: 生平，人生历程

geographical: 地理（学）的

arrangement: 约定。eg：the travel agents have an arrangement with the hotel.  旅行社和旅馆有约定。

workbench：（木工等的）工作台

inbox：收信信箱

accrediting body：鉴定机构

VAT：Value-Added Tax 增值税, 附加价值税

   英国购物网站上的价格多已含VAT，或并列两个价格，一个含VAT，一个不含VAT，如下面对一台录像机的标价：
     £525.00     £456.52 ex VAT，可见计算公式为：
     不含VAT价格X（1+15%）=含VAT价格
     对运出欧盟之外国家的订单，是免征VAT的。

tab: 页面的标签

How are you doing? = how are you; 你可以回答：great，how are you 

yeah, all right  行，好啊

No wonder: 难怪, 怪不得 eg: no wonder I don't feel full. 难怪我感觉没饱

you bet = certainly eg：Would you like this piece of pie? You bet! “你想吃这块馅饼吗？"“当然！"。

Prescribed Minimum Benefits: 法定最低福利

health care：医保
Shanghai ** Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd ：上海某医药公司
pharmacal 主要侧重与配制,调制，应该侧重于医院医师开处方方面
pharmaceutical 主要侧重与药物的制造，是制药方面的范畴
medicine 主要是在医院诊所、药品超市市场上提供给患者治疗疾病之所用，我们平时经常讲的吃药就是take medicine
drug 主要侧重于麻醉精神类药品和毒品
intricacy：错综复杂
compliance：顺从；听从
pertain to：属于
designate：指定，选定
Co-payment(或Copay): （保险）自付垫底费（定额手续费，共同负担费用）
"Statins" are a class of drugs that lower the level of cholesterol in the blood.
bulk rule upload/download: 大量上传下载
quote：报价
heterogeneous system：异质的系统
regulatory body: 管理机构
capitation: 按人頭計算, 人均
scheme：In the world of medical insurance the word scheme is nearly synonymous with the word “policy”。A medical scheme is fundamentally an medical

insurance package, much like a medical insurance policy. The biggest difference between a medical scheme and a medical policy is that a medical scheme is

made up of a group of participating members. Fundamentally, it is group medical insurance policy. That is, each member of the scheme contributes money, on a

scheduled payment plan, into what we might call a pool. When any contributing member of that pool needs medical or dental care the monies needed to pay for

those services is drawn from that pool.
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Provider=Practitioner (PRA)= 在DS的系统里就是一些医生
preferential：优先的
consolidate：整合，To join in a merger or union
physician：a medical doctor distinct from surgery。内科医生而非外科医生
diabetologist：糖尿病专家
principal：主被保人
dependent：家属（连带被保人）

come up with：想出。eg:He come up with good idea for the product promotion.

fail-over: 故障恢复（例如cluster技术）

what if: 如果...怎么办 eg:what if the database crashes?

portability: (计算机)（软件）可移植性
Let's kick things off with a brainstorming session：kick off. 足球比赛的开球。

in case of: 如果。eg: We'll call you in case of any change.如果有变动我们会通知您的

rather A than B：宁愿A也不愿B。eg: rather die than surrender. 宁愿死也不愿投降
A rather than B: 是A而不是B。eg: We go by air, rather than by boat.搭乘的是飞机而不是轮船