When Tottenham went to the top of the league early in the season, people said it wouldn't last. They have had to eat their words.赛季之初托特纳姆队名列联赛榜首，人们都说他们好景难长，现在他们不得不收回这句话。Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever.近乎持续的经济增长使许多欧洲公司误以为会好景长在。