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Trade-off：A  situation that involves reducing or forgoing one or more desirable outcomes in exchange for increasing or obtaining other. （互换交...

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Keep something afloat： to make something free or out of difficulty, especially financial difficulty: （使…免于受损、使…正常运转） 例句：In the e...

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Natural wastage：a reduction in the number of people who work for an organization that is achieved by not replacing those people who leave. （...

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From the floor：(of a speech or question) delivered by an individual member at a meeting, not by a representative on the platform. （由与会者发出的&#...

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Work with the grain：Idiomatic. to do something in an easy and natural way.  （直译：延着纹理脉络做某件事，意译：与…相契合、顺应…事情，反义表达：go against the gr...

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Private equity：private equity is a source of investment capital from high net worth individuals and institutions for the purpose of investin...

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Down the line：a. At a future point or end. （将来、最终）b. All the way, throughout. （自始自终、从头到尾） 例句a：That’s why you will need to adopt strate...

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Paying over the odds：to pay more for something than it is really worth. （溢价购买、支付价格超过物品本身价值） 例句：It may be easier to raise the capital when bu...

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Pressure groups：organised groups that does not put up candidates for election, but seeks to influence government policy or legislation. （影响执...

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Passing the bulk：to blame someone or make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with or to shift the responsibility for someth...

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