中国特色的GRE词汇整理(2)

　　比上不足，比下有余worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short

　　of the best, but be better than the worst

　　闭门羹given cold-shoulder

　　边际报酬marginal return

　　边缘科学boundary science

　　变相涨价disguised inflation

　　便携式电脑portable computer; laptop; notebook computer

　　标书bidding documents

　　表演赛demonstration match

　　剥夺冠军strip the gold medal of somebody

　　博彩lottery industry

　　博士生Ph.D candidate

　　补缺选举by-election

　　补贴与反补贴措施subsidies and countervailing measures

　　布达拉宫Potala Palace

　　布雷顿森林体系Bretton Woods system

　　不败记录clean record, spotless record

　　不承诺放弃使用武器not undertake to renounce the use of force

　　不打不成交No discord, no concord.

　　不到长城非好汉He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.

　　不分上下的总统选举结果the neck-and-neck presidential election result

　　《不见不散》Be there or be square.

　　不可再生资源non-renewable resources

　　不良贷款non-performing loan

　　不夜城sleepless city, ever-bright city

　　不正之风bad practice; unhealthy tendency

　　不准打白条No illegitimate promissory notes

　　步行天桥foot bridge

　　C.

　　擦边球edge ball, touch ball

　　擦网球net ball

　　采取高姿态show magnanimity

　　采取市场多元化战略adopt the strategy of a multi-outlet market

　　菜篮子工程the shopping basket project

　　参政、议政participate in the management of State affairs

　　沧海桑田Seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields change into

　　seas--time brings great changes to the world.

　　What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields--the world is

　　changing all the time.

　　仓储式超市stockroom-style supermarket

　　草根工业grass root industry

　　层层转包和违法分保multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting

　　差额投票differential voting

　　差额选举competitive election

　　茶道sado

　　查房make/go the rounds of the wards

　　拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul

　　拆迁户households or units relocated due to building demolition

　　搀水股票water-down stocks

　　禅dhyana