10天掌握100个专八难度高级表达|Day3|booms and busts了解

be swamped with 使……应接不暇；使……人满为患

e.g. Headquarters was swamped by an avalancheof applications for battle assignments. 请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部。

cripple sth. 严重破坏，削弱……

cripple growth/ confidence

in hindsight/ with hindsight/ with the benefit of hindsight 事后看来

booms and busts 经济繁荣或萧条

be accompanied by/ A and B accompany one another A与B如影随形

so much so that… 以至于……

e.g. The twins look alike— so much so that even their parents sometimes confuse them.

= The twins are so identical that even their parents sometimes confuse them.

an expanding body of… 越来越多的……

eat away at 蚕食；使……逐渐丧失

be an invitation to… 招致某种后果

e.g. invite trouble 自找麻烦

Unlocked doors are an open invitation to burglars. 门不上锁会引贼入室。

be ravaged by… 实到……摧残

 e.g. the continued ravages of covid-19 新冠疫情的持续肆虐