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避免“大而全”的重复建设avoid duplicate (duplicated, overlapping)
construction of "small and all inclusive projects"
逼上梁山be driven to drastic alternatives
比较经济学comparative economics
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(业)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 (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency
不准打白条No illegitimate promissory notes (IOUs)
步行天桥foot bridge
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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 (program)
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 (refers to village and township enterprises
which take root among farmers and grow like wold grass)
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 | 
