八面玲瓏 be slick(in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
霸權(quán)主義 hegemonism
吧臺(tái) bar counter
把握大局 grasp the overall situation
八字沒一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
八卦(娛樂) gossip
拔河(游戲) tug-of-war
擺花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance, do for show
白金漢宮 Buckingham Palace
拜金主義 money worship
白領(lǐng)犯罪 white-collar crime
白領(lǐng)工人 white-collar worker
白領(lǐng)工人 White collar (早在1928年,人們開始用white-collar來形容非體力勞動(dòng)者,如老師、公務(wù)員等?!鞍最I(lǐng)”顧名思義,表示其職業(yè)要求著裝整齊、清潔。)
百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
百年老店 century-old shop
白皮書 white paper
白熱化 white heat
擦邊球 edge ball, touch ball
擦網(wǎng)球 net ball
財(cái)產(chǎn)稅 property tax; estate (or capital) duty
采購團(tuán) purchasing mission
采光 lighting
裁減冗員 cut down on overstaffing; lay off redundant staff
采景 choose a location (for movie, TV drama, etc.)
裁軍 disarmament
彩擴(kuò) color film processing
菜籃子工程 vegetable basket program; non-staple food project
財(cái)力明顯增強(qiáng) financial strength grew noticeably
菜鳥,新手 green hand
采暖 heating
彩票 lottery ticket
采取措施后 ex-post
采取措施前 ex-ante
智能型產(chǎn)品 smart product (eg: Germany is leading the way in producing and marketing smart products.)
汽車牌照 number plate (British English)/license plate (US English)
銷售網(wǎng)絡(luò) distribution network (eg: To enter the US market, we need a company with an extensive distribution network.)
電視/廣播廣告 spot ad (eg: Spot ads are the most expensive and usually the most effective. )
平面廣告 print ad (eg: The designers specialty is creating breathtaking print ads.)
品牌知名度 brand awareness (eg: To increase brand awareness, we will have to advertise on TV to reach the largest possible audience.)