2014年BEC高級口語模擬輔導(dǎo)(一)

繁榮昌盛thriving and prosperous

愛不釋手fondle admiringly

愛財(cái)如命skin a flea for its hide

愛屋及烏love me, love my dog/He that loves the tree loves the branch

安居樂業(yè)live and work in peace and contentment

白手起家build up from nothing

百里挑一one in hundred

百折不撓be indomitable

半途而廢give up halfway leave sth. Unfinished

包羅萬象all-embracing all-inclusive

飽經(jīng)風(fēng)霜weather-beaten

卑躬屈膝bow and scrape cringe

悲歡離合vicissitudes of life

背道而馳run counter to run in the opposite direction

本末倒置put the cart before the horse

笨鳥先飛the slow need to start early

必由之路the only way

閉關(guān)自守close the country to international intercourse

變本加厲be further intensified

變化無常chop and change fantasticality