2017年商务英语BEC高级口语辅导（3）

　　繁荣昌盛thriving and prosperous

　　爱不释手fondle admiringly

　　爱财如命skin a flea for its hide

　　爱屋及乌love me, love my dog/He that loves the tree loves the branch

　　安居乐业live and work in peace and contentment

　　白手起家build up from nothing

　　百里挑一one in hundred

　　百折不挠be indomitable

　　半途而废give up halfway leave sth. Unfinished

　　包罗万象all-embracing all-inclusive

　　饱经风霜weather-beaten

　　卑躬屈膝bow and scrape cringe

　　悲欢离合vicissitudes of life

　　背道而驰run counter to run in the opposite direction

　　本末倒置put the cart before the horse

　　笨鸟先飞the slow need to start early

　　必由之路the only way

　　闭关自守close the country to international intercourse

　　变本加厉be further intensified

　　变化无常chop and change fantasticality