73.automation ：自动化
the replacement of human laborers with computers and self-regulating machines
用计算机和自动化控制的机器来代替人力。
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automation in factories will continue to eliminate more and more jobs into the 21 century.
到21 世纪，工厂的自动化将继续削减更多的就业机会。
74.balanced budget ：平衡预算
spending that is equal to revenue, esp. in government.
一个机构的开支和收入相等，特别指在政府方面
75.bankruptcy ：破产
the inability to pay one’s debts; legal insolvency
无力偿还债务，法律上的资不抵债。
many private companies are forced to declare bankruptcy when they begin to lose business to their competitors.
许多私营企业在经营上输给其竞争对手时，不得不宣布破产。
76.big business ：大公司
a term used to describe large corporations, as opposed to small individually or family-owned business.
大规模的股份有限责任公司，与私有或家庭经营的小型企业相反。
darren wants to get into big business some day.
77.black monday ：黑色星期一
october 19, 1987, when the dow jones industrial average fell a record 508 points in trading on the new york stock
exchange.
1987 年 10 月 19 日，纽约股票交易所道·琼斯工业股票平均指数狂跌创纪录的508 点。
78.blue chip stock ：热门股票，绩优股，蓝筹股
a term used to describe high-quality stocks of financially sound corporations
指财务上可靠的公司发行的高质量股票。
mr. jeppson has a portfolio of nothing but blue chip stocks.
杰普逊先生持有的有价证券里全部都是热门股票。
79.bond ：债券
a security issued by a corporation or public body and carrying a fixed rate of interest
由公司或政府机构发行的固有利率的有价债券。
what’s the interest rate on these bonds?
这些债券的利率是多少？
80.boom ：繁荣
a period of great economic activity and business expansion
(企业等)经济非常活跃，经营扩张的时期。
the soft drink business always booms in the summertime.
饮料业在夏天总是兴旺繁荣。
81.boondoggle ：无效的投资
a wasteful business venture
不见回报的经营投机
our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle.
我们在水软化器上的投资打了水漂。
82.bottom line ：最终结果
the final result or ultimate objective
最终的结果或目标
what’s the bottom line of your proposal?
你的建议要达到的最终目标是什么？