1.run a hotel/store/language school 經(jīng)營一家旅店/商店/語言學(xué)校

how to run a business 如何管理企業(yè)

Stop trying to run my life (= organize it) for me.

別老想操縱我的生活。

want more say in how the company is run.

想要在公司的經(jīng)營管理上擁有更多的發(fā)言權(quán)

a badly run company 經(jīng)營不善的公司

state-run industries 國家經(jīng)營的行業(yè)

例句：I did not know that my grandfather was the first foreigner to run a hotel in Qingdao and where that hotel had stood.

我不知道外祖父是第一個在青島開旅館的外國人，并且還有房子在那里。

2.break even 收支平衡

例句：Whatever you make, you have to sell a certain amount to break even.

不管你做什么，你都要賣出一定數(shù)額才能達(dá)到收支相抵。

3.call it a day 結(jié)束一天的工作；到此為止；停止

例句：After forty years in politics I think it's time for me to call it a day (= to retire).

從政四十年,我想現(xiàn)在也該退休了。

4.teeter on the brink/edge of sth 處在(災(zāi)難或危險)的邊緣；瀕臨

例句：Without these more fundamental changes, these populations will teeter on the brink of disaster year after year.

沒有這些更多的根本變革，這些人民將年復(fù)一年掙扎在災(zāi)害的邊緣。

5.manipulate (sb into sth/into doing sth) (暗中)控制,操縱,影響（貶義）

manipulate public opinion左右公眾輿論。

例句：Don't manipulate them into eating what you want them to eat, going where you want them to go, or doing what you want them to do under the guise of love.

別以愛為幌子操控他們吃你想讓他們吃的東西，去你想讓他們?nèi)サ牡胤剑蜃瞿阆胱屗麄冏龅氖隆?

6.advantage over sb 優(yōu)于某人

a big/great/definite advantage 大的/很大的/確定的優(yōu)勢

an unfair advantage不公平的有利因素(指有利于自己、但并不有利于對手)

have the advantage of … …是優(yōu)勢

be at an advantage (= have an advantage) 處于優(yōu)勢

例句：I somehow felt that I had one prominent advantage over these gentlemen, and that was, good character.

我總覺得自己有超過這兩位先生的顯著的優(yōu)點，那就是我的名聲好。