新詞新譯(二)

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B超 type-B ultrasonic
    八寶飯 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
    把關(guān) guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
    拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
    巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
    《巴黎航空公約》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant
    巴黎證券交易所 Paris Bourse
    八面玲瓏 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
    霸權(quán)主義 hegemonism
    吧臺 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
    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來形容非體力勞動者,如老師、公務(wù)員等。"白領(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
    白色農(nóng)業(yè) white agriculture