厄尔尼诺现象 El Nino phenomenon 恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation 恶性循环 vicious circle (把…当成)耳旁风Like water off (on) a duck’s back 二板市场. 创业板市场 growth enterprise board. second board. hi-tech board 二次创业 start a new undertakinge 二级市场secondary market 二进宫 to enter the palace a second time (people with a past criminal record again commits a crime, and is convicted and put into a correctional institution) 二流选手 scrub, second-rater 二手房 second-hand house 二元经济 dual economy 发案率 incidence (of criminal cases) 发烧友 fancier. zealot. enthusiastic fan 发展不平衡 disparate development 发展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance. / Development is the absolute need. 法治国家 a country under the rule of law 法制国家 a state with an adequate legal system 翻两番 quadruple 反败为胜 bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire 反不正当竞争法 Law of the People s Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means 反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government 防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system) 防洪工程 flood-prevention project 房管 real estate management 访谈式竞选 （候选人在电视访谈节目中亮相进行的竞选）talk-show campaign 放高球 lob 放下架子 to relinguish haungty airs. to get off one s high horse. throw off one s airs 放行单 release permit 飞毛腿（导弹）Scud missile 飞行药检 spot check 非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL) 费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes 分拆上市 A subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market. 分流 reposition of redundant personnel 分期付款 installment payment 分税制 system of tax distribution （产品）分销 subunderwriting, distribution 粉领族 pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc) 风险投资 venture capital. risk investment 疯牛病 mad cow disease. bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE) 锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash 封闭式基金 close-ended fund 封杀出局 force out “封圣” canonization of "Saints" 福利彩票 welfare lotteries 福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system 浮动工资 floating wages. fluctuating wages 扶贫 poverty alleviation 覆盖率 coverage rate 复式住宅duplex apartment. compound apartment (a type of residential housing that maximizes usable space by increasing the number of the storey building