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故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#1
AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch
A股市场 A share market
爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign
“爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
爱心工程 Loving Care Project
艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
安家费 settling-in allowance
按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
安静地铁 low-noise subway (The vibration control technique will be applied to Subway Line 4, making for a low-noise commute in Beijing. 减振技术将用于地铁4号线,打造北京安静地铁。)
安乐死 euthanasia
安理会 Security Council
安全岛 safety strip
安全第一,预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full
安慰奖 consolation prize
暗箱操作 black case work
按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#2
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按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
安第斯集团峰会(拉美国家) Andean Summit
(手机)按键 keypad
按键音 keypad tone
按揭贷款 mortgage loan
按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house
有计划按比例发展  planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way
安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project
按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance
暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly
安全行车 safe driving
奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit
澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region
奥委会 Olympic Committee
澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul
奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult
奥运火炬护跑手 escort runner
奥运人家 Olympic homestays (The “Olympic homestays” program offers foreign visitors a chance to experience Beijing citizens’ real lives. “奥运人家”项目为外国游客提供机会,让他们充分体验地道的北京市民生活。)
奥运圣火采集仪式 Olympic flame lighting ceremony
奥运特许商品 Olympic merchandise; franchised goods for Olympic Game
奥运中心区 Olympic Common Domain (The Olympic Common Domain is set to open to the public free of charge Friday, the Beijing Times reported Wednesday. But tickets are needed to visit the Olympic venues, such as the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube and the National Indoor Stadium. Prior to the reopening, the OCD return such facilities as security check roofs to the national Olympic committee. 《京华时报》8日报道,奥林匹克公园中心区拟于周五向游客免费开放,但鸟巢、水立方、国家体育馆等奥运场馆仍需购票游览,票价尚未确定。据悉,此次开放前中心区将向奥组委归还安检棚等临时物资。)
奥运专用车道 olympic driveway, special driveway for Beijing Olympic vehicles (Workers began to mark the special driveways for Beijing Olympic vehicles with five Olympic rings Saturday night. 周六晚,北京奥运专用车道施划工作正式展开,地面标识为奥运五环图案。)
《阿Q正传》 The True Story of Ah Q
立法委员会 Legislative Council

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#3
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自主创新 self-dependent innovation(Self-dependent innovation and international cooperation will help Chinese large passenger aircraft soar around the world, President of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (Comac) Jin Zhuanglong has said during the ongoing 49th Paris Air Show.中国商用飞机有限责任公司总经理金壮龙在第49届巴黎航展上说,通过自主创新和国际合作,中国大型航空公司将能够走向世界。) (2011-07-27)

成人礼 coming-of-age ceremony(High school graduates, dressed in the traditional Han costumes, take part in a coming-of-age ceremony in Jinan, East China's Shandong province on June 19, 2011.2011年6月19日,身穿汉服的高中毕业生在山东省济南市参加了成人礼。) (2011-07-26)

电影预告片 movie trailer(In Wei Nan's opinion, movie trailers play a dominant role in all the means of encouraging people to see a movie.在魏楠看来,电影预告片是促使观众去看电影的最主要的一个手段。) (2011-07-25)

高姐 high-speed train attendant(High-speed train attendants ready for service: The crew on the rail route were selected from numerous applicants and have undergone rigorous training.“高铁”开通在即,“高姐”整装待命:高铁线路上的乘务员都是从无数应聘者中海选出来的,而且已经经过了严格训练。) (2011-07-22)

就业歧视 employment discrimination(Beijing will launch a series of measures to increase employment opportunities for this year's college graduates and to fight any illegal job agencies and employment discrimination.北京将采取一系列措施为应届大学毕业生增加就业机会,同时打击一切非法职业介绍机构和就业歧视。) (2011-07-21)

品牌忠诚度 brand loyalty(Youth, self-reliance and brand loyalty are the defining characteristics of luxury outbound travelers in China.我国豪华出境游游客的定义性特征为年轻、自主、品牌忠诚度高。) (2011-07-20)

自证其罪 self-incrimination(The prohibition of illegal evidence extraction and self-incrimination has already been included in the current Criminal Procedure Law.现行的《刑事诉讼法》已将非法取证和自证其罪列入禁止范围。) (2011-07-18)

高档食品 upmarket food (Recently, the owner of CP Lotus and Super Brand Mall announced the launch of its first upmarket food retail brand, Bazaar by Lotus, in Shanghai's Xintiandi, the fashion hub and one of the most famous locations in the city.近日,卜蜂莲花和正大广场宣布在上海新天地创立首个高档食品零售品牌Bazaar by Lotus(莲花集市)。新天地是上海的时尚中心,也是上海最著名的景点之一。) (2011-07-14)

网络间谍 cyber spy(American cyber-security experts failed to provide sufficient evidence when accusing Chinese cyber spies of trying to break into computers belonging to China specialists and defense contractors in the United States, a Chinese cyber expert told Xinhua on Thursday.中国一位网络专家本周四接受新华社采访时表示,在指控中国网络间谍试图入侵在美中国专家和国防承包商的电脑时,美国网络安全专家未能提供足够的证据。) (2011-07-13)

独立候选人 independent candidate(China said Wednesday that there is no such a thing as an "independent candidate," as it's not recognized by law, amid ongoing elections starting this year of lawmakers at the county and township legislatures.全国人大周三表示,没有所谓的“独立候选人”,“独立候选人”没有法律依据。全国县乡两级人大换届选举将在今年展开。) (2011-07-11)

生育旅游 birth tourism(Thanks to the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, children born on US soil automatically become US citizens, regardless of where their parents hail from. Hence the phenomenon of US birth tourism, which appears to be a growing trend.美国《宪法》第十四条修正案规定,不论他们的父母来自哪个国家,在美国国土上出生的小孩都会自动成为美国公民。由此引出了赴美国“生育旅游”的现象,而且这一现象似乎有增长的趋势。) (2011-07-08)

危房 dilapidated house(China plans to renovate 2.65 million dilapidated houses for poor rural households in the central and western regions this year, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) said Monday.住房和城乡建设部周一称,我国计划今年完成中西部265万农村贫困户危房的改造。) (2011-07-07)

高科技作弊 hi-tech cheating(China targets hi-tech cheating before Gaokao exam: As millions of Chinese students are doing some last-minute cramming for the upcoming national college entrance examinations, authorities have launched a crackdown on sales of high-tech devices that might be used to cheat on the tests.我国在高考前严打高科技作弊:数百万考生在为即将到来的高考进行最后的冲刺,而政府部门已开展了一项打击售卖高科技高考作弊工具的行动。) (2011-07-06)

公路隧道 highway tunnel(China begins construction of world's highest highway tunnel--Construction of a tunnel that will traverse Trola Mountain in southwestern Sichuan Province began on Wednesday.中国开始建设世界最高公路隧道将横贯四川省西南部雀儿山的隧道工程周三开工建设。) (2011-07-05)

咸潮入侵 saltwater intrusion(The city's tap water supply will not be undermined by the lingering drought and the consequent intrusion of saltwater, a local official from the water authority has said.当地水务局的官员称,上海市的自来水供应不会受到持续干旱和随之而来的咸潮入侵的影响。)

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#4
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B超 type-B ultrasonic
八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
罢工 down tools (Workers are set to down tools in protest against employer's refusal to budge on wage demands. 由于雇主在工资问题上拒不让步,工人们准备进行罢工。)
八卦 gossip, gossipy.Originally the name of an eight-side diagram derived from the famous Chinese classic “Ching”(Book of Changes), it is now often used to describe gossip or gossipy people.
八卦网站 gossip site ("Everything that I type, everything that I do, some gossip site makes it news," she added. 她补充说:“我写的一切,我所做的一切,一些八卦网站都把它们编成了新闻。”)
把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant
巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse
把妹达人 pickup artist (Studies show that China's 180 million single men and women, particularly those aged 25 to 45, are finding it increasingly difficult to find partners. To boost their chances, more are turning for help from pickup artists to master the art of seduction. 研究显示,中国有1.8亿单身男女,其中,年龄在25到45岁之间的单身人士发现找伴侣越来越难。为了给自己赢得更多机会,越来越多的人开始向把妹达人请教,学习“勾引”人的艺术。)
八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
霸权主义 hegemonism
吧台 bar counter
把握大局 grasp the overall situation
八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
八卦(娱乐) gossip
拔河(游戏) tug-of-war
摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance, do for show
白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace
拜金女 material girl (Ma Nuo, 22, a model from Beijing, has won plaudits for her stylish appearance, but is equally derided for her material girl image. 来自北京的模特马诺只有22岁,却因其时尚的外表赚足了众人的眼球。但同时她也成为人们所嘲笑的“拜金女郎”。)
拜金主义 money worship
白领犯罪 white-collar crime
白领工人 white-collar worker

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#5
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白领工人 White collar (早在1928年,人们开始用white-collar来形容非体力劳动者,如老师、公务员等。“白领”顾名思义,表示其职业要求着装整齐、清洁。)
百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
百年老店 century-old shop
白皮书 white paper
白热化 white heat
白色农业 white agriculture
白色污染 white pollution
摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
百般拖延 do everything to postpone
拜把兄弟 sworn brothers
白炽灯 incandescent bulb
摆架子 put on airs
白马王子 Prince Charming
拜年 pay a New Year's visit
摆平 straighten sth out; sort out
摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances
白人至上主义者 white supremacist (Two US men have been arrested and charged for plotting a "killing spree" against African-Americans and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the US attorney's office in Tennessee said Monday. Daniel Cowart, 20, and Paul Schlesselman, 18, were self-described white supremacists. They planned to kill 88 people, including 14 who would be beheaded. 美国田纳西州联邦检察官27日说,他们破获了一起谋杀民主党总统候选人奥巴马和袭击更多非洲裔人的阴谋,并逮捕和起诉了两名行凶未遂者。据称,这两人分别是现年20岁的考瓦特和18岁的舍莱索曼。他们自称 "白人至上主义者",原计划打死88名黑人,并斩首其中14人,将刺杀奥巴马作为"最后行动"。)
白色行情表 white sheet
白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"
白手起家 starting from scratch
白雪公主 Snow White
半边天 half the sky
班车 shuttle bus
半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#6
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板儿寸 crew cut
办公室恋情 office romance (31% workers in the US said they married the person they dated at work, according to a survey of 8,038 workers released by CareerBuilder.com. The office romance survey also said more men (14%) than women (5%) reported they would like to date a colleague. 美国CareerBuilder.com网站公布的调查结果显示,31%的人和同事约会并喜结连理,调查对象为8038名成年全职职员。这项关于办公室恋情的调查还显示,14%的男性乐意与同事约会,但仅有5%的女性持相同态度。)
办公室设备 office equipment
办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)
半官方贸易 semi-official trade
颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
半决赛 semifinal
半决赛四强 four semifinalists
半拉子工程 uncompleted project
板楼,板式楼 slab-type apartment building
斑马线 zebra crossing
班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
办年货 do New Year's shopping
搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
版权法 copyright law
版权贸易 copyright business
版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
伴生矿 associated minerals
版税率 royalty rate
半托 day care (for kids)
半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work
伴宴人员 escort
搬运工人 transport worker
伴飞卫星 accompanying satellite (Chinese scientists Sunday successfully directed the accompanying satellite BX-1 to begin circling the Shenzhou-7 spaceship, on an elliptical track of 4km multiplying 8km. 5日,在中国科学家监控下,神舟七号伴飞卫星顺利实现了在4×8公里椭圆轨道上环绕神七飞行的目标。)
帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#7
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绑架老板 bossnapping, locking up the boss.(Staff at French plants run by Sony, 3M and Caterpillar have held managers inside the factories overnight to demand better layoff terms, a new form of labor action dubbed "bossnapping" by the media.索尼、3M、卡特彼勒公司法国分厂的工人为争取更好的解聘条件,曾分别将公司经理锁在厂里过夜,这被媒体称为"绑架老板"。)
傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag
办公室里闲聊 chat around the water cooler; water cooler chat
棒球运动记者 scribe
办丧事 conduct a funeral
版税收入 royalty income (Guo Jingming topped the list of China's millionaire authors of 2008 released Monday for the 2nd year with a RMB13m royalty income, followed by Zheng Yuanjie with RMB11m and Yang Hongying with RMB9.8m. 2008中国作家富豪榜周一新鲜出炉,郭敬明以1300万元的版税收入蝉联冠军,郑渊洁以1100万、杨红樱以980万的身家分列富豪榜第二、三位。)
包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
保持清醒头脑,增强忧患意识和历史责任感 remain sober-minded, become more aware of potential problems and enhance our sense of historical responsibility
保兑银行 confirming bank
暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
报复性关税 retaliatory duty
包干到户 work contracted to household
包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
曝光 make public; expose
保护关税 protective duty/tariff
保护价格 protective price
保护伞 protective umbrella
保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
保护主义 protectionism
包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
报价单 quotation of prices

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#8
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保健按摩 therapeutic massage
保健操 health exercises
保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission
保健品 health care products
保健食品 health-care food
报界 the press
包揽 clean sweep (Japanese athletes took the chance to perform in front of their home crowd dazzling spectators with a clean sweep of the 70m ski-jumping event. 日本运动员包揽了70米跳台滑雪比赛的所有奖牌,令国人一饱眼福。)
爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
暴力拆迁 forced relocation (But forced relocation will be used if necessary so that the self-interests of a handful of people will not hurt the interests of the majority, said Zhang Qiong, deputy director of the State Council Legislative Affairs Office. 国务院法制办副主任张穹说,如果必要的话还是会采取强制拆迁的方式,这样才不会因为少数人的利益而影响到大多数人的利益。)
暴力分拣 rough handling (The State Post Bureau has fined the Shanghai Jinqiao division of Shentong Express 10,000 yuan ($1,520) for rough handling of parcels. It is the first time the bureau has imposed such a punishment against a courier for rough handling. 国家邮政局已对上海浦东金桥申通快递有限公司做出罚款1万元的行政处罚。这是国家管理部门针对“暴力分拣”问题开出的首例罚单。)
暴力片 splatter film
保龄球 bowling
保龄球馆 bowling alley
包容性增长 inclusive growth (The theme of the meeting is "Developing Human Resources, Vigorously Promoting Employment and Realizing Inclusive Growth". 这次会议的主题是“开发人力资源、大力促进就业、实现包容性增长”。)
保释 on bail
保税仓库 bonded warehouse
保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
保息股票 guaranteed stock
报销 apply for reimbursement
包销人 underwriter
包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
保障措施 supporting measures
保障性住房 indemnificatory housing (China has allocated more than 60 billion yuan ($8.85 billion) to build 5.8 million indemnificatory apartments to curb the skyrocketing housing prices, said Jiang Weixin, minister of housing and urban-rural development, at the 2010 China Mayors Forum on Saturday. 住房和城乡建设部部长姜伟新周六在2010中国市长论坛上表示,中央已下拨600多亿元(88.5亿美元)建造580万套保障性住房,以遏制飞涨的房价。)

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#9
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保证金账户 margin account
保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
包装精美 delicately packed
包装业 package industry
保安员 security staff
包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
保持共产党员先进性 keep CPC members progressive, innovative and forward-thinking
保持国有股 keep the State-held shares
保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)
包干到户 work contracted to households
包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
包工包料 contract for labor and materials
包工头 baogongtou, labor contractor (Huang Jiakun, a "bao gong tou" (labour contractor), who has been residing in Shanghai for 10 years became agitated when discussing the unpaid wages problem.)
报关员 declarant
报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project
保健品 health supplements
保健食品 health-care food
暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
爆料 tip-off
保留为自然耕地 reserve as natural farmland
保理业务 factoring business
保税港区 bonded port area (The State Council has officially approved the Qianhai Bay Bonded Port Area in Shenzhen recently. 日前,国务院正式批复同意设立深圳前海湾保税港区。)

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#10
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保险费 insurance premium
保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
保险索赔 insurance claim
保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats
保证基金 guaranteed fund
保证金 margins, collateral
保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas
保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings
包装食品 packaged foods
包子 steamed bun
八荣八耻 Eight Honors & Eight Disgraces (坚持以热爱祖国为荣、以危害祖国为耻,以服务人民为荣、以背离人民为耻,以崇尚科学为荣、以愚昧无知为耻,以辛勤劳动为荣、以好逸恶劳为耻,以团结互助为荣、以损人利己为耻,以诚实守信为荣、以见利忘义为耻,以遵纪守法为荣、以违法乱纪为耻,以艰苦奋斗为荣、以骄奢淫逸为耻。Love, do not harm the motherland. Serve, don't disserve the people. Uphold science; don't be ignorant and unenlightened. Work hard; don't be lazy and hate work. Be united and help each other; don't gain benefits at the expense of others. Be honest and trustworthy, not profit-mongering at the expense of your values. Be disciplined and law-abiding instead of chaotic and lawless. Know plain living and hard struggle, do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures.)
霸王条款 inequality / imparity clause
被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
背黑锅 become a scapegoat
备件 spare parts
被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call
北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)
北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing
《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
背投屏幕 rear projection screen
备用资金 reserve fund
北约 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-- established in April 1949--it has 15 member states and a headquarters in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
背包旅行者 backpacker

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被叫通话 incoming call
北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank
被迫退出(比赛) sideline (Recently signed Los Angeles Lakers guard Sun Yue will be sidelined indefinitely as a result of testing positive for mononucleosis. 孙悦刚刚签约洛杉矶湖人队,就因单核细胞增多症测试呈阳性,恐将无缘近期的比赛。)
备用轮胎 spare tire (A cat survived a 2.5-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. 一只猫趴在主人卡车的备用轮胎上,车子开了2个半小时后竟安然无恙。)
被摘牌的公司 delisted company
被指控接受贿赂 be accused of accepting bribes
本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip
本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches
笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
本票 cashier's cheque
奔三 push toward 30s ("I'm really worried," she said. "My daughter is pushing toward her 30s. She has a busy job and a limited number of acquaintances. I really hope she can get married before 28 and have a baby before 30.” 一位母亲说:“我真着急。女儿都奔三了,她工作很忙,交往圈子又小。我特别希望她能在28岁前结婚,30岁之前生孩子。”)
本土电影 homegrown film (Chinese authorities have ordered the 2D version of "Avatar" pulled from screens across the country, reportedly, part of the reason is to reduce competition for China's homegrown films. 中国已经下令在全国停映2D版《阿凡达》,据说部分原因是为了帮助本土电影减少竞争压力。)
本土化 localilzation
本土疫苗 homegrown vaccine (China on Thursday granted approval to its first home-grown H1N1 flu vaccine, which producer Sinovac says is effective after only one dose, as the country braces for a feared winter outbreak. 为了应对可能出现的冬季甲型流感大爆发,周四时中国批准了第一批本土H1N1流感疫苗,该疫苗的生产者北京科兴生物制品公司说这种疫苗只需注射一次就能起到防护作用。)
奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life
本本主义 bookishness; book worship
《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica
蹦迪 disco dancing
蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping
必胜 be bound to win
闭关政策 closed-door policy
比基尼 bikini
比较文学 comparative literature
比较经济学 comparative economics

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闭卷 closed-book exam
闭路电视 close-circuit television
闭门羹 given a cold shoulder
比上不足,比下有余 "worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst"
逼上梁山 be driven to do something
避税 tax avoidance
避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
毕业设计 graduation design
毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
便当 brown bag
边防证 frontier pass
边际效益 marginal benefit
边境检查 border inspection (International delegations arriving in Shanghai for the upcoming World Expo would be entitled to special passage for swift border inspection as the metropolis gears up for the final run-up to the international event. 在世博会的最后准备阶段,上海将为陆续抵达的外国参展团提供专用通道实行快速边境检查。)
便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
变相涨价 disguised inflation
便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
变形金刚 Transformers ("Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" opened to Chinese audiences at 0:00 Wednesday, smashing first-day box office records in many theatres across the capital. 24日零点,《变形金刚2》在中国"卷土重来",上映首日便打破北京多家影院首映当日票房纪录。)
变性人 transgender (Thomas Beatie, a transgender man of Oregon, gets pregnant by artificial insemination. 来自俄勒冈的变性男子托马斯贝蒂通过人工受精方式怀孕。)
便衣警察 police in plain clothes
边远地区 remote and border areas
边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline
边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
变废为宝 make waste profitable

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边际报酬 marginal return
边际薪酬 marginal salaries
便利店 convenience store
便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
表面文章 lip service; surface formality
标准普通话 standard mandarin
标本兼治 address both the symptoms and root cause
表见代理,禁止反言的代理 agency by estoppel (注:Legally binding agency relationship that may arise where, in fact, no formal agency agreement is in effect. A principal may give an appearance of agency relationship by, for example, furnishing his or her firm's call cards or other stationery to the agent. In such cases, the existence of an agency may be presumed, and the principal may be bound by the acts of the agent performed on the principal's behalf. Also called presumption of agency. 例:这桩案子可能就涉及到民法上的表见代理,在民法上表见代理不一定需要代理人的授权。This case may possibly be related to an agency by estoppel where authority from an agent is not necessary in civil law. )
标书 bidding documents
表演赛 demonstration match
别跟自己过不去 Don't be too hard on yourself.
冰雕 ice sculpture
病毒性感染 viral infection
兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
并网发电 combined to the grid
冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"
病毒性感冒 viral influenza
秉公办案 handle cases impartially
秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
《伯尔尼公约》(有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约) Berne Convention

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#14
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伯乐 good judge of talent (the name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses)
薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
博士后 post-doctoral
博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
博彩(业) lottery industry
剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody
播客 podcast
博客圈 blogosphere
薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
博士生 Ph.D candidate
BP 机 beeper, pager
B to B (B2B) business to business
B to C (B2C) business to consumer
不安全性行为 unprotected sex
不败记录 clean record, spotless record
步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
补偿贸易 compensatory trade
不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force
不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "
布达拉宫 the Potala Palace
不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.
不得转让 not negotiable
不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result
不感冒 have no interest

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不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
不管部部长 minister without portfolio
不怀恶意的谎言 white lie      
不记名投票 secret ballot
《不见不散》 Be there or be square.
不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
不可抗力 force majeure
不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
不可再生资源 non-renewable resources
布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System
不良贷款 non-performing loan
不买账 not take it; not go for it
不眠之夜 white night 
不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
补缺选举 by-election
不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.
不速之客 gate-crasher
补习班 tutoring center (Macao's Education and Youth Affairs Bureau has ordered two local privatetutoring centers to be temporarily shut down as it received reports of a sexual abuse cases involving the two centers and young boys, the Macao Post Daily reported on Friday. 据《澳门邮报》周五报道,澳门教育暨青年局下令暂时关闭两家当地的私立补习班,因为该局收到有关这两家补习班对男生进行性虐待的报告。)
不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
步行街 pedestrian street
步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"
不以物喜,不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

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不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
部长级会议 ministerial meeting
不折腾 avoid self-inflicted setbacks; don't get sidetracked; buzheteng
不正当竞争 unfair competition
不正当竞选 illicit competition
不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency
步兵师 infantry division
不倒翁 tumbler; never-fall doll
补钙 calcium supplement
不扩散核武器条约 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; NPT
不锈钢 stainless steel


To be continued

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#17
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新词新译 Chinese Term
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擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball"
擦网球 net ball
财产税 property tax; estate (or capital) duty
采购团 purchasing mission
采光 lighting
裁减冗员 cut down on overstaffing ; lay off redundant staff
采景 choose a location (for movie, TV drama, etc.)
裁军 disarmament
彩扩 color film processing
菜篮子工程 vegetable basket program; non-staple food project
财力明显增强 financial strength grew noticeably
菜鸟,新手 green hand
采暖 heating
彩票 lottery ticket
采取措施后 ex post
采取措施前 ex ante
采取高姿态 show high-profile; exercise forbearance; be tolerant
才疏学浅 be wanting in ability and shallow in knowledge
财务报表 financial statement
财务代理人 fiscal agent
财务公开 keep the public informed of the financial affairs
财务焦虑 financial worries ( The guide is meant to help people identify any serious health concerns related to financial worries and develop coping skills. 该指南旨在帮助问题人群发现由财务焦虑引起的严重健康问题,并提供应对技能。)
裁员 job cut (The latest job cut, which aims to further reduce the company's costs by enhancing efficiency and help maintain its competitive edges amid the global economic slowdown, will be completed by the end of March, said Lenovo. 联想集团25日宣布,将在其位于中国的全球职能部门中削减450个岗位。联想称,此次裁员目的是在全球经济放缓的环境下,进一步提升整体运作效率,并保持公司竞争力。裁员将于3月底完成。)
财政包干 fiscal responsibility system
财政赤字 financial deficit

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财政纪律 financial and economic discipline
财政年度 fiscal year
财政收入 fiscal revenue
财政税收 revenue tax;fiscal levy;fiscal taxation;financial taxation
财政、信贷双紧方针 policy of tightening control over expenditure and credit
才子佳人 gifted scholars and beautiful ladies
财产性收入 property income
踩高跷 Stilt walk
(手机)彩铃 polyphonic ringtone
采煤沉陷区 sinkholes in coal mining areas
彩排 dress rehearsal
彩票;刮刮卡 scratchcard
彩屏 color screen
财团 consortium (Manchester City are likely to cancel the contracts of their trio of Thai players following a takeover by a United Arab Emirates consortium, the club's representative said Thursday. 曼城俱乐部驻泰国代表16日说,随着俱乐部被阿联酋财团收购,此前俱乐部和3名泰国球员签订的合同可能被废除。)
财务丑闻 accounting scandal
彩信 multimedia message
财政性科技投入 government investment in science and technology
财政支持 financial support
参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine
惨淡经营 work hard and carefully to keep one's business going
参股 equity participation. (Insiders say Huiyuan will give up overall sales but get funding through feasible ways such as equity participation.行业人士估计汇源不会再次选择整体出售,参股等方式更加可行。)
参股公司 joint -stock company
参股者 equity participant
残疾人特奥会 The Special Olympic Games for the disabled
餐巾纸 napkin

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掺水文凭 diploma obtained by using unfair or unlawful means
餐饮业 catering industry
参与国际分工 participate in the international division of labor
参与意识  desire to participate; sense of participation
参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs
参政党 parties participating in the management of state affairs; parties participating in the government decision-making process
餐桌转盘 Lazy Susan
残奥会 Paralympic Games
仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket
藏书票 book labels identifying a collector (or collection)
舱外航天服 extra vehicular activity suits (Chinese only spent 4 years in developing its own EVA (extra vehicular activity) suits. Putting on the suit will take about 14 hours. 我国用4年时间研制出了自己的舱外航天服。航天服的拆包、组装、测试、穿着,整个过程要持续14个小时。)
参照国际通行做法 follow standard international practices
操办 make arrangements
草根工业 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like wold grass)
草药 herbal medicine
操纵比赛 game-rigging (The Ministry of Public Security set up a special task force to investigate alleged game-rigging in September 2006, when rumors of under-table deals and fixing ran rife. 2006年9月,有关幕后交易和非法操纵的流言四起,为此公安部设立了一支特别工作组,负责调查此事。)
操纵股票市场 manipulate the stock market
操作系统 operating system
侧记 sidelights
层层转包和违法分包 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting
茶道 sado
差额拨款 balance allocation
差额投票 differentail voting
差额选举 competitive election
查房 make/go the rounds of the wards

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查封 close down
插杠子 poke one's nose into someone's businesses
茶话会 tea forum; tea party
插件 plug-in unit
茶艺 tea ceremony
插嘴 interrupt; chip in
拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul
差旅费 expenses for business trips
拆迁补偿费 compensation for demolition
拆迁费用 removal expense
拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition
拆台 let someone down; cut the ground from under someone's feet
禅 dhyana
产假 maternity leave
产粮大省 granary province
产品更新换代 upgrade of products
产品构成 product composition
产品积压 overstocked products; accumulation of inventories; stock pile; excessive inventory
产品结构 product mix
产品科技含量 technological element of a product
产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
产权划转和产权变动 the transfer of and changes in property rights of enterprises
产权明晰、权责明确、政企分开、科学管理 "clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management "
产权制度、产权关系 property relations; property order
产权转让 transference of title of property

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搀水股票 water-down stocks -- ordinary stocks that can be bought by persons inside a stock company or a business at a cost lower than their face value
产销两旺 both production and marketing thrive
产销直接挂钩 directly link production with marketing
产业不景气 industrial depression
产业的升级换代 upgrading of industies
产业结构升级 upgrading of an industrial structure
产业升级 upgrade industries
产业政策 industrial policy
掺杂兑假 mix in fake or inferior components
唱对台戏 put on a rival show
长二捆 LM-2E
偿付能力 solvency
唱高调 mouth high-sounding words
常规裁军 conventional disarmament
常规武器 conventional weapon
长江后浪推前浪, 一代更比一代强 As in the Yangtze River, the waves behind ride on the ones before: The new generation excels the old.
长江三峡和黄河小浪底水利枢纽工程 the key water projects at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River and at Xiaolangdi on the Yellow River
长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta
长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River
唱名表决 roll-call vote
场内交易人 floor trader
长跑 a long-distance running
敞蓬轿车 open-topped limousine
长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 "long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe "
长期国债 long-term government bonds

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常设国际法庭 permanent international tribunal
唱双簧 play a duet----collaborate; echo each other
畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project
长途电话 long-distance calls
场外证券市场 over-the-counter market
常委会 standing committee
常务董事 managing director; executive director
常务理事 executive member of the council
长线产品 product in excessive supply
畅销货 best selling lines (All these articles are best selling lines. 所有这些产品都是我们的畅销货。)
倡议书 initial written proposal
长治久安 a long period of stability; prolonged political stability; lasting political stability
常驻代表 permanent representative
常驻记者 resident correspondent
常驻联合国代表 permanent representative to the United Nation
常驻使节 permanent envoy
长期建设国债 long-term treasury bonds for construction
长途航班 long-haul flight (As the economic crisis forces carriers to look for savings, Air France has become the 1st airline to introduce surcharges for the seats next to emergency exits or at the front of rows, where long legs can be stretched out. The £40 will first be applied to s, according to an Air France spokesman. 受经济危机影响,法国航空公司为缩减开支将在业内率先加收乘客伸腿费。据悉,法航将提高紧急出口旁边和第一排座位的机票价格,理由是这些座位可提供更大的伸腿空间。法航一发言人称,为额外伸腿空间支付的费用为40英镑,计划首先在长途航班上收取。)
产权和资产出让 property right and asset transfer
产权界定 delimitation of property rights
产权收益 income from property
超编人员 exceed personnel
超大城市 megacity behemoth (By then eight cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Wuhan, will have populations of more than 10 million with some already megacity behemoths. 到那时,北京、上海、成都、重庆、广州、深圳、天津、武汉这八个城市将成为人口超过一千万的超大城市,而其中有些城市已经成为超大城市。)
超导元素 superconducting elements
超短波 ultrashort wave

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超负荷运转 overloaded operation
超高速巨型计算机 giant, ultra-high-speed computer
超国民待遇 super-preferential policies (Early on in its reform and opening to foreign enterprise, China launched super-preferential tax policies for international companies in a bid to propel its economic growth, and the internationals were exempt from some taxes. 在对外资企业开放的早期,我国就在税收方面对外企实行“超国民待遇”,以促进经济发展。外资企业得以免除部分税费。)
炒汇 speculate in foreign currency
超级巨型油轮 ultra large crude carrier
炒金热 stock-market fever
炒买炒卖 speculation
超期羁押 detention beyond the legally prescribed time limits
超前教育 superior education
超前精神 a surpassing spirit
超前消费 pre-mature consumption; overconsume; excessive consumption
超前意识 superior consciousness
超生人口 exrta birth (The capital is urging parents who have broken family planning policies to register their extra births before Nov 1. 北京市正敦促违反计划生育政策的父母在11月1日前为超生人口登记。)
超生游击队 (sarcastic) people who give more births than birth quota allows
超文本传送协议 hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
潮汐电站 tidal power stations
超现实主义 surrealism
超载过牧 overgraze
超支户 household (or family) living perpetually in debt
炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news)
炒作 hype (Don't take media reports on the new movie seriously. Some reports are just hype. 看有关这部新片的报道可别当真,有些纯粹是炒作。)
朝鲜半岛核问题 the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula
查票 ticket checking
车船使用税 vehicle and vessel tax (Thirty-year-old Chen Xiaoyu asked the office on Tuesday to refund part of the vehicle and vessel tax he has paid this year because he, like all other Beijing drivers, is not able to drive one day each week as a result of the car limitation policy in the capital - the so-called "no-car day". 30岁的陈晓宇(音译)周二请(税务)局退还今年他所缴纳的部分车船使用税,因为他和所有其他北京驾车者一样,每周都有一天因为首都的“无车日”车辆限行政策而不能开车。)
车船使用税 vehicle and vessel tax (Thirty-year-old Chen Xiaoyu asked the office on Tuesday to refund part of the vehicle and vessel tax he has paid this year because he, like all other Beijing drivers, is not able to drive one day each week as a result of the car limitation policy in the capital - the so-called "no-car day". 30岁的陈晓宇(音译)周二请(税务)局退还今年他所缴纳的部分车船使用税,因为他和所有其他北京驾车者一样,每周都有一天因为首都的“无车日”车辆限行政策而不能开车。)

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#24
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扯后腿 hold (or pull) somebody back; be a drag on somebody
车牌摇号 license-plate lottery (Starting on Friday, car registration will be allocated by a license-plate lottery system. 从周五开始,车辆登记将采用车牌摇号的方式进行。)
扯皮 shirk; pass the buck
撤侨 evacuation of nationals (China on Saturday decided to hasten evacuation of its nationals from Libya, as Chinese aviation authorities prepare 15 planes per day during the next two weeks to carry home citizens stranded in the northern African country. 我国于上周六决定加快从利比亚撤侨。在未来两周,中国民航将每天派出15架飞机接运滞留在利比亚的中国同胞回国。)
彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary political force
撤销原案 rescind the case
撤销职务 annul one's position; dismiss ... from; be stripped of; remove... from
车展 auto show (Ford plans to introduce its Edge sports utility vehicle (SUV) at the upcoming Beijing Auto Show this month in a bid to tap fast-growing demand for SUVs among Chinese customers. 福特公司计划在本月的北京车展上展出Edge 越野车(SUV),以便开发中国消费者快速增长的SUV车型需求。)
撤职 remove from the post (The chief of the coal mine was removed from his post in the wake of a fatal gas blast . 由于煤矿发生瓦斯爆炸事故,煤矿矿长被撤职。)
车间主任 Workshop Manager
车辆购置税 vehicle purchase tax
晨练 morning exercise
沉没成本 sunk cost
趁热打铁 make hay while the sun shines; strike while the iron is hot
尘云 dust clouds
城镇居民人均可支配收入 urban per capita disposable income
城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system
惩办主义 doctrine of punishment
承包经营权 contract for the managerial right
承包经营权 contract for the managerial right
成本分摊 sharing costs
成本价` cost price
成本效益 cost-effectiveness
成本效益分析 cost-efficiency analysis
成分指数 component index

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#25
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承购包销 underwrite
成活率 survival rate
城际高铁 intercity high-speed rail (The intercity high-speed rail line connecting Nanchang and Jiujiang in East China's Jiangxi province began operation on Monday, as part of the long-term plan of the railway network in China. The new train service would cover the 135-km journey in 45 minutes. 连接江西省南昌市和九江市的城际高铁本周一开始运行,这是我国铁路运输长期规划项目之一。新城际高铁将把135公里路程的运行时间缩短至45分钟。)
城际列车 inter-city train
成吉思汗 Genghis Khan
承建 contract to build
程控电话 computerized telephone
程控交换台 program-controlled telephone switchboard
惩前毖后,治病救人 learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones, and to cure the sickness to save the patient
成人礼 coming-of-age ceremony (High school graduates, dressed in the traditional Han costumes, take part in a coming-of-age ceremony in Jinan, East China's Shandong province on June 19, 2011. 2011年6月19日,身穿汉服的高中毕业生在山东省济南市参加了成人礼。)
成人中等职业技术教育 adult secondary vocational and technical education
成人中等专科学校 secondary specialized (technical) school for adults
橙色预警 orange alert (The National Meteorological Center issued an orange alert, saying snow and sleet will sweep across central, eastern and southern regions from Friday night through Saturday. 中央气象台发布暴雪橙色预警,预计周五晚到周六我国中部、东部、南部地区将有新一轮强降雪。)
城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning
城市合作银行 urban cooperative bank
城市基础设施建设 the city's infrastructure construction
城市建设 urban construction
城市景观 townscape
城市经济学 urban economics
城市竞争力 urban competitiveness ("The pattern of urban competitiveness in the world is changing dramatically, and Chinese cities are rapidly upgrading their rankings," Ni Pengfei, a CASS professor, said at a press briefing in Beijing. 中国社科院的教授倪鹏飞在北京的一个新闻发布会上说:“全球城市竞争力格局正在发生剧烈变化,中国城市的排名正迅速提高。”)
城市居民自治 self-governance by urban residents
城市居民最低生活保障 subsistence allowances for the urban poor
城市恐惧症 urbiphobia
城市垃圾 city refuse
城市绿地 urban open space; urban green land

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#26
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城市绿化 urban landscaping
城市美容师 urban environmental worker
城市热岛效应 urban heat island effect (According to the latest statistics from the China Meteorological Administration, about one-fourth of the temperature rise caused by climate warming can be blamed on the "urban heat island effect." 根据中国气象局的最新统计,在气候变化导致的气温上升中,大约有1/4是由城市热岛效应导致的。)
城市生活无着的流浪乞讨人员的救助管理办法 Measures for Assisting Vagrants and Beggars with No Means of Support in Cities
城市运动会 municipal athletics meet
成事在天,谋事在人 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven; Man proposes, God disposes
成套引进 package import
成为国际共识 become a consensus of the international community
乘务员 vehicular attendant; conductor
城乡低收入居民 low-income residents in both town and country
城乡电网改造 projects for upgrading urban and rural power grids
城乡特殊困难群众 urban and rural residents with special difficulties
成药 patent medicine
成药 patent medicine
城镇职工医疗保险制度改革 medical insurance for urban workers
城镇职工基本医疗保险制度 basic medical insurance system for urban working people
城镇住房公积金  urban housing provident fund
承办单位 organizer
承包 contract with
成份指数 component index
成吉思汗 Genghis Khan
成名歌曲 break-out song, break-out single
承前启后,继往开来 inherit the past and forge ahead into the future
成人高考 the national higher education exams for self-taught adults
成人用品店 adult shop

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#27
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成人中等专科学校 secondary specialized /technical school for adults
城市低保对象 urban residents entitled to basic living allowances
城市固定资产投资 urban fixed-asset investment
城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning
城市和国有企业厂办大集体 collectively owned factories operated by state-owned enterprises and cities
城市户口 permanent urban residence certificate
城市流浪乞讨人员 urban vagrants and beggars
城市中年雅皮士 muppie (一批中年专业人士,附庸风雅,矫揉造作cutesification,崇尚竟品至上boutiqueification,攀比银行存款bankification等摆阔作风,由middle-aged urban yuppie缩合而成)
城乡结合部 rural-urban fringe zone
城乡信用社 credit cooperatives in both urban and rural areas
承销商 underwriter
诚信企业 high-integrity enterprise; enterprise of integrity
成组技术 group technology
车牌号 license plate number
车险 auto insurance
吃饱穿暖 eat their fill and dress warmly; have enough to eat and wear; have adequate food and clothing
持币待购 wait to buy with cash in hand
赤潮 red tide (which appear on the ocean)
吃饭财政 payroll finance; mouth-feeding budget-----a large proportion of the budget has been earmarked for paying salaries of government functionaries
吃干醋 be jealous ; be green with envy
吃皇粮 receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government
吃劳保 live on labor insurance allowance
吃老本 live on one's own fat; bask in one's past glory; rest on one's laurels, eat on one's own principals, live off one's past gains or achievements
痴迷者 addict
吃偏饭 enjoy special privilege

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#28
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赤贫人口 people living in absolute poverty; destitute population
持平 hold the line
吃闲饭 stay idle
吃香 be very popular; be most welcome; be in great demand
吃小亏占大便宜 lose a little but gain much; take small losses for the sake of big gains
持续、稳定、协调发展 sustained, stable and coordinated development
吃大锅饭 "egalitarian practice of ""everybody eating from the same big pot"" "
吃豆腐 take advantage of
充电 recharge one's batteries; update one's knowledge; brush up (on)
充电电池 rechargeable batteries
冲动性购买 impulse buying; impulse shopping
充分调动积极性和创造性 give full play to the initiative and creativity
充分利用两个市场,两种资源 fully utilize both domestic and international markets and resources
重复建设 redundant project; duplication of similar projects
重复生产 duplication of production
重复引进 introduction of redundant technical facilities; importation of redundant technical facilities
冲剂 dissolved medicines; instant herbal medicines
冲击波(电脑病毒) Blaster
冲浪艇 surfboat
宠物医院 pet clinic
宠物专线 pets-only airline (Pet Airways, an American-based airline, plans to begin service on July 14 as the country's first pets-only airline.美国第一家只服务"宠物旅客"的航空公司宠物航空公司计划于7月14日开始运营。)
冲销账目 write off accounts
崇洋媚外 worship things foreign and fawn on foreign countries
冲账 strike a balance; counter-balance accounts; reverse an entry
充值卡 rechargeable card

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#29
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充值卡 prepaid phone card
筹备委员会 preparatory committee
抽调 transfer a portion
筹划指导委员会 steering committee
抽检 spot check
抽奖 lucky draw
臭老九 stinking ninth category (of class enemies next to landlords, reactionaries and even spies, etc. , a term of abuse by ultra-Leftists for teachers and other educated people in the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution)
抽杀成功 hit through
抽样调查 sample survey
筹资 raised capital/proceeds
筹资渠道 fundraising channels
储备基金 reserve funds
储币待购 save for purchases
初步候选人 preliminary candidate
除草剂 weed killer
出场费 appearance fee (The British singer earns an enormous sum of money as he demands an appearance fee of £1000 for a single appearance. 这位英伦歌手收入不菲,他一次出场费就高达1000英镑。)
出风头 show off;in the limelight
出国热 craze for going abroad
出家 pravrajana; cloister
出境签证 exit visa
出境游 outbound tourism; outbound travel
出口创汇型产业 export-oriented industry
出口创汇型企业 foreign exchange-earning enterprise
出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports
出口管制 export control (Hi-tech export control is among the topics, including anti-protectionism and intellectual property rights, to be discussed between Chinese and US trade officials during Obama's visit, said Yao Jian, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce at a briefing yesterday in Beijing. 商务部发言人姚坚昨天在北京举行的吹风会上表示,奥巴马访华期间,中美商务官员的会晤议题包括(对华)高技术出口管制、反贸易保护主义、以及保护知识产权等。)

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#30
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出口加工区 export processing zone; area for processing export products
出口卖方信贷 seller's credit on exports
出口退税机制 export tax rebate system
出口退税率 export rebate rate
出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate
出口押汇 bill purchased (B/P); outward documentary bill
出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities originally produced for exports
处理存货 sell-off
处理价格 bargain price; reduced price
处理品 items for disposal
出笼 release a bad publication, plan, etc.
触摸屏 touchscreen
出难题偏题 raise out-of-the-way and catchy questions
处女作 maiden work (In 1994, he got a bank loan for his maiden work. 他1994年为自己的处女作拿到了一笔银行贷款。)
出气筒 punching bag
出勤率 attendance rate
出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go
除"四害" eliminate the four pests---rats, bedbugs, flies and mosquitoes
出台 unveil fresh policy
出线资格 finals berth (Ecuador had to win their home game knowing it would be difficult to beat a confident Chile side who secured their finals berth with an impressive 4-2 away win over Colombia, joining the already qualified Brazil and Paraguay. 厄瓜多尔必须在这场主场比赛中获胜,并深知击败自信的智利队困难重重。智利队在之前以精彩的4比2的比分客场战胜哥伦比亚队,已取得出线资格。此前获得出线资格的(南美球队)还有巴西和巴拉圭。)
出行调查 trip survey
除烟叶外,取消农业特产税 all taxes on special agricultural products will be repealed except for tobacco
储运 storage and transport
出租业务 leasing
传媒 media

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#31
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传染病防治法 law on the prevention and control of infectious diseases
传染性疾病 communicable disease
穿梭外交 shuttle diplomacy
传统产业 conventional industries
船务公司 shipping service company
传销 pyramid-selling; multi-level marketing
穿小鞋 make it hot for; make trouble for
穿新鞋走老路 wearing new shoes to walk on the old path; change in form but not in content; put old wine in new wineskins
穿针引线 act as go-between
穿帮 goof, mistake (Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Gimli attempts to smash the ring with an axe which is completely destroyed, breaking into several pieces. In the next shot the pieces are missing and, when he pledges his axe to Frodo several minutes later, the axe is suddenly intact. In fact, he snatches the axe of the dwarf next to him to attack the ring.)
创建卫生城市 build an advanced clean city
创刊号 inaugural issue (The official English-language journal of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games launched its inaugural issue on Monday as the southern city headed into the last 60 days before the opening of the Games. 本周一,在距离广州亚运会开幕倒计时60天之际,广州2010年亚运会的英文官方会刊创刊号正式发行。)
窗口行业 service trade
创利 generate profit
创业板 Growth Enterprise Board (Investors can apply to open accounts to trade stocks on the Growth Enterprise Board beginning on Wednesday. 创业板开户报名工作15日开始启动。)
创业精神 enterprising spirit; pioneering spirit
创业者 start-up
创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park
创意 new idea or concept
创新型国家 innovation-oriented country
创作型歌手 singer-composer
传染病 communicable disease; infectious disease
(歌手的)出道歌曲 first / debut single
垂直管理 vertical management
垂直贸易 vertical trade

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#32
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吹风会 (advanced) briefing
出境游客 outbound tourist
出口信贷 export credit
纯净水 purified water
春困 spring fever (Drinking tea is a good way to prevent spring fever.喝茶是预防春困的好办法。)
春运 (passenger ) transport during the Spring Festival
春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program
《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals
春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival
处世之道 philosophy of life
初为人母 first-time mother; new mother
次大陆 subcontinent
磁卡电话 magnetic card telephone
慈善餐会 giveaway buffet (L.A. launches annual Thanksgiving giveaway buffetLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hosted the city's annual Thanksgiving giveaway Tuesday as similar charity events took place throughout the city, two days ahead of the official holiday. 洛杉矶举办一年一度的感恩节慈善餐会洛杉矶市长安东尼奥维拉莱果萨本周二主持了该市一年一度的感恩节慈善餐会,类似的慈善活动在距离感恩节正式到来还有两天的时候就在全城开展起来了。)
此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence.
次级抵押贷款 subprime mortgage
辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
次级债券 subordinated bond
次区域合作 sub-regional cooperation
次生地质灾害 secondary geological disaster
次新股 sub-new stock
磁悬浮列车 Maglev train (magnetically levitated train), magnetic suspension train
从零开始 start from scratch
从群众中来,到群众中去 from the masses, to the masses
从众心理 group psychology

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#33
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从众行为 the behavior of blindly conforming to the norm
从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy
凑份子 club together
粗放经营 extensive management
粗放型 extensive form
粗加工产品 rough-wrought product
促进对外贸易多元化 diversify our trading partners; promote the diversification of foreign trade
促进经济发展和社会全面进步 promote economic development and social progress in an all-around way
促进区域协调发展 promoting the coordinated development of all regions
促销 promote sales; promotion
粗放经营 extensive operation
粗放式管理 extensive management
催泪弹 tear gas
促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy
促进文化市场健康发展 facilitate the sound development of the markets for cultural products
粗口 four-letter word
存储能力 storage capacity
“村村通广播电视”工程 project “extend radio and TV coverage to every village”
存量资本 stock of capital
村办企业 village-run enterprise
存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits
存款单 certificates of deposits
存款准备金制度 reserve against deposit system
存款准备金率 ratio of deposits, deposit-reserve ratio
村民委员会 villagers committee

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#34
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大案要案 major cases
打白条 issue IOU
大包大揽 take on all things
打包贷款 packing credit
打包儿 use doggy bags to take food home
大包干 all-round responsibility system
打保票 vouch for somebody; guarantee something
达标活动 target hitting activities
大病统筹 comprehensive arrangement for serious disease
大部制 Super-Ministry System
大包大揽 belly-worship
大酬宾 give a large discount to one's customers or guests
打出王牌 play one's trump card
大出血 make a big markdown
搭错车 follow a wrong train; join in a wrong group; follow a wrong example; wrong act because of wrong judgement or rash imitation
大而全 large and comprehensive; large and all-inclusive
打翻身战 fight to change for the better
打工 do work for others
大规模杀伤性武器 weapons of mass destruction
大锅饭 egalitarian practice of everyone taking food from the same big pot
打黑 crack down on evil forces
大轰动 blockbuster
大环境 the social, political and economic environment; the overall situation
大换血 an overall renewal of the membership of an organization
打击报复 conduct reprisals; retaliate

故乡的云 : 2011-07-28#35
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打击非法投机活动 strike out at speculation; crack down on speculation
打假 crack down on fake products
打假办 Office of Cracking down on Fake Products
大检察官 principal public procurator
大减价 markdown sales
大贱卖 big offering
大奖赛 prize-giving competition
打卡机 punch machine
打开天窗说亮话 put all cards on the table; speak frankly; let's not mince matters
大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizons; be an eye-opener
打口碟 cracked CD
大款 tycoon
大力扣杀 hammer
大龄青年 single youngsters who have exceeded the lawful marriage age (In China the age status of this group of people is around thirty in age. To be a short term, it is also called overage youth)
大路货 1.cheap goods; 2. popular goods of fine quality
大麻 marijuana, usually smoked or eaten to induce euphoria. (A British study shows the IQ of workers who tried to juggle messages and work fell by 10% - the equivalent to missing a whole night's sleep and more than double the 4% fall seen after smoking marijuana. 英国近日一项研究发现,在工作中经常发短信的人智商会降低10%,相当于一整夜没睡觉,而抽大麻后智商也只会下降4%。)
大满贯 grand slam
大排档 large stall; sidewalk snack booth
大片 big-budget movie (A slew of big-budget movies managed to lure moviegoers into theaters in the US and Canada during the Christmas holidays, despite a sluggish economy and bad weather. 尽管经济萧条、天气不好,一些大片还是在圣诞节期间把美国和加拿大的影迷们拉进了电影院。)
打破僵局 break the deadlock
打破垄断 breakup of monopoly
打破“三铁” break the Three Irons: iron armchairs(life-time posts), iron rice bowl(life-time employment) and iron wages (guaranteed pay)
大气候 state policies and principles; overall atmosphere
大人物 great man; big potato; very important person (VIP)
大撒把 totally laissez-faire

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大撒把 totally laissez-faire
大胜 white wash
大事化小,小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
搭售 conditional sale; tie-in sale
打顺手 "find one's touch, get into gear, settle into a groove"
打私 combat smuggling
搭送 额外奉送 throw in
大腕 top notch, big shot
大碗茶 stall tea
大卫教 ranch Davidian
打问号 have some question or doubt
打小报告 secretly report on a colleague; rat on a fellow worker
打小报告的人 squealer
大小人 kidult. The Chinese term which translates literally “adult-aged child” derives from the English word “kidult,” a portmanteau of “kid” and “adult.” The term refers to middleaged people who refuse to be denied the freedom and pleasure of youth by doing or buying things designed for children.
答谢宴会 return banquet
大型电视系列片,长篇电视连续剧 maxi-series
大型廉价商店 warehouse store
大学扩招 enrollment expansion; scale expansion (The past years have witnessed a frenzied expansion of colleges and universities. Many schools, however, have just focused on scale expansion, but neglected quality improvement. 过去几年,高校掀起了一阵扩招的热潮。然而,许多学校只关注于规模的扩大,却忽视了教学质量的改善。)
大学生创业 university students' innovative undertaking
大要案 major and serious criminal cases
打游击 work in unfixed places; work as a seasonal laborer
大藏经 Tripitaka
大闸蟹 hairy crab (Hairy crabs are one of the most sought-after ingredients at this time of year and those caught in Yangcheng Lake in Jiangsu province are considered to be among the tastiest. 在这个时节,大闸蟹是大家争相购买的食材,而江苏阳澄湖中捕捞的大闸蟹则被认为是最美味的。)
大昭寺 Jokhang Temple.
大众传媒 mass media (of communications)

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大众脸 Miss/Mr Average (Meet Miss Average from around the world as computer works out the most common face in each country -- More than 100 women of 41 different nationalities and ethnicities were photographed in cities all over the world in an effort to find common regional features. 摄影师拍数千照片,合成世界各地女性大众脸在寻找不同地区“大众脸”的活动中,摄影师分别在全球41个不同国家和地区拍摄了100位女性的照片。)
大专生 junior college student
大专文凭 associate degree
大做文章 make a big fuss about something
打补丁(电脑) patch installing
达成共识 reach a consensus
大法官 chief justice
打拐 cracking down on the abduction of women and children
大会特邀代表 specially-invited delegate to the congress
待岗 "await job assignment, post-waiting"
代沟 generation gap
代驾 designated driver (Beijing, which registered 4.7 million motor vehicles by the end of 2010, has a need for about 3,000 designated drivers a day, according to the estimates of business insiders. 截止2010年底,北京已注册机动车数量为470万辆。据业内人士估计,北京每天的代驾司机需求量为3000名。)
代课老师 supply teacher (Mrs. Yang is our supply teacher today because our English teacher caught a cold last night. 我们英语老师昨晚感冒了,杨老师今天来代课。)
贷款额度 lending quota (China's biggest banks are close to reaching annual lending quotas and plan to stop expanding their loan books to avoid exceeding the limits, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. 据四位知情人士透露,我国几家大银行的年度贷款额度已接近用完,计划停止发放新贷款以避免超出限额。)
代理服务 agency service
代码 code
代培 train on contract; train special personnel for other work units in return for payment guaranteed by a contract
代销 market on commission
代销店 commission agent
带薪产假 paid maternity leave
带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits
带薪假期 paid holiday
带薪年假 paid annual leave (The holiday will last from May 1 to 7, 3 days of which are legal national holidays followed by a 2-day weekend and a 2-day paid annual leave. 5月1日至7日放假,其中3天为国家法定节日,2天为周末,2天为带薪年假。)
贷学金(助学贷款) student loan
待业 job-waiting

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待业人员 job-waiting people
代孕 surrogate births(Japanese obstetricians adopted a ban against surrogate births in 1983. 1983年日本产科界通过了一项禁止代孕的规定。)
呆帐 dead account
代职 function in an acting capacity
逮捕证 arrest warrant
待机模式 standby mode
代金券 credit voucher, voucher
待机时间 standby time (In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hoursmore than 10 daysof standby time. 此外,iPhone的特性还有长达250小时超过10天的待机时间。)
贷款利率 lending rate
贷款限额 credit ceilings (Commercial banks' credit ceilings will be abolished to channel more lending to priority projects, rural areas, smaller enterprises and technical innovation. 商业银行的贷款限额将被取消,以便向优先项目、农村地区、小型企业、技术革新项目等发放更多贷款。)
贷款质量 loan quality
代理书记 Acting Secretary (Acting Secretary of Commerce Robert L. Mallett today announced 18 inaugural appointments to two new public advisory committees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.)
上/下班打卡 punch in (out)
蛋白质工程 protein engineering
单边主义 unilateralism
弹道导弹 ballistic missile
单刀赴会 start a solo run
单方面撕毁协定 unilaterally tear up an agreement or a treaty
淡季 dead or slack season
单亲 single parent
单身贵族 the single
单亲家庭 single-parent family
淡水恶化 freshwater degradation
单挑;单干 do something by oneself; work on one's own
单位行贿 corporate bribery (Huang Guangyu, once China's richest man and a home appliance tycoon, stood trial on Thursday in Beijing for illegal business dealing, insider trading and corporate bribery. 曾经的中国首富、家电业巨头黄光裕上周四在北京以非法经营、内幕交易、单位行贿等罪名受审。)

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单向收费 One-way charge system
单循环制 single round-robin system
单一经济 one sided economy; single product economy
单一种植 single cropping
党报 party organ
党代会 congress of party representatives
党风 Party style
党风建设 construction of the Party conduct
挡箭牌 excuse; pretext
当前用户 active user
党群关系 Party-masses relationship
党外人士 non-Party personage; public figure outside the Party
党务公开 Open Management of Party Affairs
党性 Party spirit
党政机关 Party and government organizations
党总支 Party general branch
当作耳旁风 turn a deaf ear to something
党的三代中央领导集体 three generations of central collective leadership of the CPC
单行线 single line
单眼皮 single eyelid
单一票制 flat fare
淡妆 light makeup
盗版VCD pirated VCD
导播 instructor in broadcasting
倒春寒 unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring

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盗打 (电话) free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means
导弹发射场 missile launching site; missile site
导弹护卫舰 (guided) missile destroyer
道德法庭 court of ethics
道德银行 morality bank (Targeting a generation of students considered spoiled and selfish, a Chinese college runs a "morality bank" to encourage good deeds. 针对被惯坏和自私的一代学生,中国一所大学开办了“道德银行”来鼓励好人好事行为。)
倒挂销售 sell at a price lower than the purchasing price
倒汇 speculate in foreign currency
倒计时 countdown
捣浆糊(北方方言,和稀泥) give the runaround; run wild; act restlessly
倒买倒卖 profiteering
悼念仪式 memorial service (Addressing over 6,000 people who gathered in Oslo's Spektrum arena for the memorial service, Norwegian King Harald V told the nation of 5 million people that Norway would surmount its pain. 在悼念活动上,挪威国王哈拉尔五世向围聚在奥斯陆斯佩克特姆音乐堂的6000多民众发表讲话,对500万国民表示,挪威会战胜这次痛苦。)
倒票 speculative reselling of tickets
倒爷 profiteer
盗用公款 embezzlement
道路交通安全法 the law on road traffic safety
到位 in place
大排量车 high-emission car (China will raise the consumption tax on high-emission cars and cut tax on low-emission ones from September 1, in an effort to save energy and fight pollution. 为节能和减少污染,我国将从9月1日起提高大排量车的消费税税率,同时降低小排量车消费税税率。)
打破企业垄断 to break business monopolies
“大三通”(两岸) the three direct links (The mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits President, Chen Yunlin, held talks with the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman, Chiang Pin-kung, in Taipei Tuesday morning for their first summit in Taiwan. Chen and Chiang signed agreements on 4 issues concerning direct sea transport, increased chartered flights, direct postal service and food safety cooperation at 2 pm Tuesday, which means the realization of "the three direct links" of post, trade and transport services. 4日上午,海协会会长陈云林和海基会董事长江丙坤在台北举行会谈,这是两会最高领导人首次在台湾举行会谈,极具历史意义。下午2时左右,双方就两岸海运直航、空运直航、直接通邮、食品安全等四大议题签署协议,这意味着两岸将正式实现直接通邮、通商、通航的"大三通"。)
打折店 discount store
德才兼备 have both political integrity and ability; people who possess both political integrity and professional ability
德高望重 be of high integrity and prestige; enjoy high prestige and command universal respect; be of noble character and enjoys high prestige
德智体美劳 "all around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labour education "
等额选举 single-candidate election
登革热 Dengue Fever

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等价交换 equal-value exchange
等距离外交 equidistant diplomacy
等外品 "off-grade goods, rejects"
邓小平理论 Deng Xiaoping Theory
邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts
登月舱 lunar module
登记失业率 registered jobless rate
地磁暴 geomagnetic storm (caused by the activities of the sunspot)
低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach)
地对地导弹 surface-to-surface ballistic missile
地对空导弹 surface-to-air ballistic missile
敌对势力 hostile forces
第二产业 secondary industry
第二课堂 the second classroom; practical training besides lecturing in the classroom
第二上市 secondary listing
第二学位 second Bachelor's degree
地方保护主义 regional protectionism
地方财政包干制 system where local authorities take full responsibility for their finances
地方财政 finance of local administration; local public finance; local finance
地沟油 swill-cooked dirty oil (The "illegal cooking oil" is usually made from discarded kitchen waste that has been refined, the report said, adding that the oil, which contains a highly toxic and carcinogenic substance called "aflatoxin", can cause cancer. 该报告称,“地沟油”通常使用餐厨垃圾提炼而成,成分中含有的黄曲霉素毒性很强,可致癌。)
低谷 all-time low; at a low ebb
低级市 prefecture-level city
地级市 prefecture-level city
低价住房 low-cost housing
抵抗全球经济衰退 combat the global economic slump

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低空飞行 low-altitude flying
底夸克 bottom quark
第六感觉 the sixth sense
抵免 offset
地面塌陷 earth's surface sinking (More than 10 cases of the earth's surface sinking have been reported in the Jinshazhou housing estate since construction of the Guangzhou-Wuhan express railway began. 自武广高速铁路开工建设以来,金沙洲住宅区已上报十余起地面塌陷事故。)
地勤人员 ground crew
地球村 global village
地球末日 geocide
地球日 Earth Day (April 22)
地球资源卫星 earth resources satellite
地区霸权主义 regional hegemonism
地区差异 regional disparity
地热 ground-source heat ("I would choose to use solar film to power air-conditioners in the Bird's Nest instead of the currentground-source heat pump," said Ding Gao, an engineer of the landmark building. 地标式建筑“鸟巢”的一位工程师丁高说:“我不会选择目前使用的地热井装置,而会使用太阳膜来为鸟巢的空调设备提供电力。”)
地热资源 geothermal resources
滴入式经济 trickle-down economy
第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector
第三代移动电话(3G手机) third-generation mobile; 3G mobile
地市级城市 prefecture-level city
低水平重复建设 low-level redundant development
第四产业 the fourth industry
迪斯尼乐园 Disney Land
地下出版物 underground publications
地下核试验 underground nuclear test
地下经济 underground economy
地下钱庄 illegal private bank

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地效飞机 land-effect plane
第一发球权 first inning
第一发球员 first server
第一夫人 First Lady (First Lady Michelle Obama told People Magazine that the family wants to have a Portuguese water dog. 美国第一夫人米歇尔奥巴马在接受《人物》杂志采访时称,奥巴马一家已选定了白宫"第一狗"的种类葡萄牙水犬。)
第一轮投票 first round of voting
第一生产力 primary productive force
第一手材料 material at first hand; first-hand material
第一双打 first pair
地震 earthquake, quake
地震棚 earthquake shelter-tents (used as emergency shelter after an earthquake)
点播 request the broadcasting (or telecasting)
点播节目 phone-in program
点钞费 counting fee (A depositor surnamed Cao went to a Beijing branch of the Agricultural Bank of China last week to deposit 300 yuan in 1-yuan coins. To her astonishment, the bank charged her 6 yuan as “counting fee.” 市民曹女士上周去农业银行北京某支行存了300个一元硬币到个人账户上,令她吃惊的是,银行竟然要向她收取了6元的“点钞费”。)
电大 college courses broadcast on television
垫付 "advancement, payment on account"
电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number
电话会议 teleconference
电话会议呼叫 Conference calling
电话勒索 telephone extortionist. (Many Chinese-American business owners in California have been targeted by a telephone extortionist. 加州爆发专门针对华人商铺的电话勒索潮。)
电话留言机 answering machine
电话窃听 phone hacking (The disclosure that the News of the World phone hacking involved victims of crime began earlier this week with the revelation that Milly Dowler’s mobile phone voicemails had been intercepted in the days following her disappearance. 《世界新闻报》涉及犯罪受害者的电话窃听事件是在本周早些时候曝光的,有报道揭露,一位名叫米莉道勒的女孩的手机留言在她失踪后数天内被拦截。)
电话亭 telephone booth (Almost 30 percent of Shenzhen's telephone booths and 861 newsstands have been removed in the city in the weeks leading up to the 26th World University Games. 距第26届世界大学生运动会开幕还有数周之际,深圳已清除了市内近30%的电话亭和861个报刊亭。)
点击欺诈 click fraud (Being accused of click fraud - charging them for non-existent clicks, a spokesperson for the social networking company Facebook admits Sunday there is a problem and says a fix is coming.著名社交网站Facebook存在点击欺诈的消息传出后,该公司发言人布兰顿麦克科米克周日承认Facebook确实存在该问题,公司将尽快修正,并给予受点击欺诈的广告主补偿。)
电老虎 electricity guzzler; big power consumer
点面结合 integrate point and sphere

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点名册 roll book
电脑病毒 computer virus
电脑犯罪 computer crime
电脑校对机 electronic-brain collator
电脑空间 cyberspace
电脑聊天 cyberchat
电脑盲 computer illiterate
电脑迷 mouse potato
点球 penalty kick
电视电影 made-for-television movie (A total of 28 Primetime Emmy Awards, especially those involving made-for-television movies and miniseries that were previously excluded from the live broadcast, will be presented live by CBS television during the Sept. 20 event, according to a report on the Dailynews website. 《每日新闻》网站报道称,美国哥伦比亚电视台将于9月20日现场直播黄金时段节目艾美奖颁奖典礼。艾美奖所有28个奖项都将现场直播,其中还包括原本不在此列的电视电影奖和电视系列短剧奖。)
电视发射台 television transmitting station
电视会议 video conference
电视迷 couch potato
电视网 television network
电视选秀 selective TV trials (“We received notification from the administration that we cannot make selective TV trials with mass involvement of individuals in the year 2012", Li Hao, deputy editor-in-chief and spokesman of the channel, confirmed to China Daily on Sunday. 湖南卫视副总编辑、新闻发言人李浩上周日向《中国日报》证实,“我们已接到(广电总局)通知,明年将不举办群众参与的选拔类电视活动。”)
电视真人秀 television reality shows (Television reality shows are losing their audience appeal in China, according to a market research.一项市场调查表明,在中国,电视真人秀逐渐失去了对观众的吸引力。)
电视直销 TV home shopping
电信运营商 telecom operators
电信诈骗 e-crime (A crackdown on "e-crime" has revealed gangs are having the greatest success among older people and women, an official from the Ministry of Public Security said Monday. 周一,公安部通报打击电信诈骗犯罪专项行动阶段成果,其中显示受害者多为中老年人和女性。)
电影版权费 movie royalties (A spokesperson for the China Film Copyright Association (CFCA), told China Daily on Tuesday that the association's members will share 90 percent of the royalties collected and the association will keep the remaining 10 percent as management fees. 中国著作权协会一位发言人本周二在接受《中国日报》采访时表示,收取的电影版权费中,90%将归该协会的成员所有,剩下的10%将作为管理费使用。)
电影网络院线 Internet-based cinema (Jia Yuemin, vice president of letv.com which initiated the alliance, said that the Internet-based cinema would ensure netizens authorized copies of films and provide high definition viewing at a reasonable price. 联盟发起方、乐视网副总裁贾跃民表示,电影网络院线将确保网友观看到正版电影,提供高清播放,而且价格合理。)
电影预告片 movie trailer (In Wei Nan's opinion, movie trailers play a dominant role in all the means of encouraging people to see a movie. 在魏楠看来,电影预告片是促使观众去看电影的最主要的一个手段。)
电影展映 film panorama (The French Film Panorama is coming back to China in April with an extended program and the largest ever artist delegation. 法国电影展映将于四月份再度在中国举行,此次影展还会有其它形式的表演项目,到访的艺术家代表团也是有史以来规模最大的。)
电源电网 power generating facilities and power grids
电子报刊 electronic press

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电子宠物 electronic pet
电子出版 electronic publishing
电子词典 electronic dictionary
电子耳 electronic ears
点子公司 consulting company
电子公告牌 Bulletin Board System (BBS)
电子货币 electronic currency; electronic money
电子垃圾 e-waste (Recyclers which engage in e-waste recycling business without certificates could face fines ranging from 50,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan, according to the regulation. 根据该条例,无证经营电子垃圾回收业的人将被处以罚款,罚金从5万到50万元不等。)
电子商务认证 e-business certification
电子商务平台 e-commerce platform
电子商务 electronic commerce; e-business; e-commerce
电子数据交换业务 electronic data interchange service
电子物流配送 e-distribution
电子银行 electronic bank
电子邮件 e-mail
电子阅读器 e-book reader (Chinese hi-tech firm Hanwang Technology said it expected shipments of its e-book readers to increase 400 percent this year, as demand for the portable reading device grows both domestically and overseas. 中国高科技公司汉王科技公司表示,由于国内外对电子阅读器的需求量都在增加,他们预计今年该公司电子阅读器的发运量将增长400%。)
点击量 pageview
电视派生剧 TV spin-off (Robert Pattinson is in negotiations with bosses at Summit Entertainment regarding the TV spin-off, according to Contactmusic. 据英国媒体Contactmusic的消息,罗伯特帕丁森正在与顶峰娱乐公司的老总们就拍摄电视派生剧进行协商。)
电视电话会议 videophone conference
电视/广播广告 spot ad (Spot ads are the most expensive and usually the most effective. )
点心 dim sum
电子客票 e-ticket
电子眼 road camera (Traffic police have to put up signs telling drivers where road cameras have been installed. 公安部新修订的道路安全规定要求交通部门公布电子眼设置的地点。)
电子游戏,电玩 video game (Doctors who spend at least 3 hours a week playing video games make about 37% fewer mistakes in laparoscopic surgery and perform the task 27% faster than their counterparts who don't, according to a US study. Researchers said playing video games can improve doctors' hand-eye coordination and agility. 美国一项最新研究显示,如果医生每周至少玩3小时电子游戏,他们做腹腔镜手术出错率将减少37%,而且速度也能提高27%。研究人员称,玩电子游戏可以提高医生的手眼协调能力,并增加手指的灵活度。)
电子政务 e-government

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(解决争端)调查结果 findings
吊带衫 sun-top, tank-top
掉价 fall in price; degrade oneself
吊球 drop shot
吊胃口 tempt (someone with something); stimulate someone's desire
吊销执照 revoke one's license
吊销执照 revoke license (Musician Gao Xiaosong, who was caught drunken driving, had his license revoked on Monday. 因醉驾被捕的音乐人高晓松本周一被吊销驾照。)
钓鱼工程 angling engineering projects
钓鱼台国宾馆 Diaoyutai State Guesthouse
调动一切积极因素 mobilize all positive factors
吊唁簿 condolence books (China's missions abroad were ordered to observe the order of three-day national mourning for the tens of thousands of people killed in the powerful Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, and condolence books are to be opened in the Foreign Ministry and Chinese embassies and consulates around the world.)
钓鱼岛 Diaoyu Islands
低调处理 downplay
低端产品 low-end product
跌幅 range of a price drop
跌眼镜 have people drop glasses (make unexpected mistakes so as to shock people with wonder and have them drop their glasses)
低焦油香烟 low-tar cigarette
低密度住宅 low-density residential buildings
定编 personnel allocation
定调子 set the tone
定额计酬 quota remuneration
盯防 man-mark (Maradona played 4-3-3, which allowed Messi greater freedom and caused confusion for Nigeria because they were unable to track him or man-mark him. 马拉多纳摆出了4-3-3阵形,使梅西在场上拥有了更大的自由,并且使尼日利亚队手忙脚乱,因为他们没办法跟上他的脚步,或者对他进行盯防。)
定岗 determine posts
定价机制 pricing mechanism (Reform of the natural gas pricing mechanism has been on the Central Government's agenda for a long time. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has said that it will implement pricing reform for some natural resource. 天然气定价机制改革在很久以前就已经被提上了中央政府的日程。国家发展和改革委员会已宣布将对一部分自然资源实施定价改革。)
丁克一族 DINKS (Double Income No Kids)

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顶梁柱 backbone; main support
定锚婴儿 anchor baby (A Republican congressman says the new Congress will hold a series of hearings on the issue of "anchor babies" as it works to end the controversial practice of awarding automatic citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. 一位共和党议员表示,(中期选举后)新成立的国会将举行有关“定锚婴儿”的一系列听证会,以结束有关非法移民的子女自动获得公民权这一做法的争议。)
定期存款 time deposit; fixed deposit; fixed account
定向培训 target training; job-oriented training
定向生 targeted-area student
定向增发 additional stock issue tailed for...
定向招生 enroll students who are pre-assigned to specific posts or areas
定心丸 mind relief
钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project
定价机制 pricing mechanism
钉子户 Nail household
丢车保帅 give up a pawn to save a chariot; sacrifice something minor to save something major
底线 bottom line
底薪 base pay (Base pay is the fixed compensation paid to an employee for performing specific job responsibilities. It is typically paid as a salary, hourly or piece rate.)
低腰露臀裤 hiphuggers
第一产业 primary industry
东道国 host country
动感 dynamic
动感电影,多维电影 multidimensional movie (3D or 4D etc.)
东盟 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
东盟地区论坛 ASEAN Regional Forum
东盟自由贸易区 ASEAN Free Trade Area
东南亚国家联盟 ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations)
动迁户 households to be relocated
董事会 board of directors

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"东突"恐怖分子 East Turkistan terrorist
“东突”恐怖分子 “Eastern Turkistan” terrorist
“东突”恐怖组织 “Eastern Turkistan” terrorist organization
动土仪式 ground-breaking ceremony (Construction work on the Shanghai Disneyland theme park began Friday, company sources said. A ground-breaking ceremony was held in the morning. Cost for the project is estimated at 24.5 billion yuan ($3.7 billion). 据迪斯尼公司的消息,上海迪斯尼乐园于周五开工,当天早上举行了动土仪式。该工程预计要花费245亿元(合37亿美元)。)
东西对话 East-West dialogue
冻雨 freezing rain (Icy weather and freezing rain continue to batter five regions across South China. The wild weather has caused chaos to power facilities and expressways, and disrupted local residents' lives. 冰冷天气和冻雨将继续侵袭南方的五个地区。极端天气已经引起电力设施和高速公路的混乱,扰乱了当地居民的生活。)
动车组 bullet train (Bullet trains, with bullet-shaped locomotives, are designed based on aerodynamic theories, allowing the train to run at a high speed. China launched its first batch of homemade bullet trains on April 18, which can run at 200 kilometers per hour.)
豆腐渣工程 jerry-built project
斗牛士 bullfighter
豆腐脑 jellied bean curd
逗留 sojourn (The 50 Chinese children from quake-hit area had a wonderful summer sojourn in Hungary for seeking solace and mental recovery. 来自地震灾区的50名儿童今夏在匈牙利度过了愉快暑假,心智创伤得到恢复。)
都市圈 metropolis circle (The Yangtze River delta area metropolis circle is expected to take over the Tokyo metropolis circle as the world's largest one around 2018, according to a report released in Shanghai Tuesday. 9月23日在上海发表的《2007中国都市圈评价报告》显示,到2018年左右,长三角都市圈将有望赶上东京都市圈,成为世界上的第一大都市圈。)
独家代理 exclusive agency
度假外交 holiday-making diplomacy
独家新闻 scoop
独立董事 independent director
独立关税区 separate customs territory
独立国家联合体(独联体) the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
独立核算工业企业 independent accounting enterprise
独立候选人 independent candidate (China said Wednesday that there is no such a thing as an "independent candidate," as it's not recognized by law, amid ongoing elections starting this year of lawmakers at the county and township legislatures. 全国人大周三表示,没有所谓的“独立候选人”,“独立候选人”没有法律依据。全国县乡两级人大换届选举将在今年展开。)
独立自主自办的原则 principle of independence and self-governance
杜鲁门主义 Truman Doctrine
毒骡 drug mule (More Chinese women duped to bedrug mules--Foreign drug traffickers are duping an increasing number of Chinese women, especially young victims, into carrying drugs into China, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) has said. 更多的中国妇女受骗成“毒骡”海关总署表示,越来越多的中国妇女,特别是年轻女子,受外国毒贩的诱骗后将毒品带进中国。)
独苗 the only son or daughter; the only child
独生子女 the only child in one's family

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毒枭 drug trafficker
独资经营 single-investor enterprise; sole proprietorship enterprise; sole investment enterprise
断档 severed shelf; sold out
断电 power outage (Unusually cold weather and the resulting soaring energy consumption for heating have caused power outages and shortages of natural gas in parts of central and eastern China. 异常寒冷的天气和随之而来热能消耗的剧增导致华中和华东部分地区断电和天然气的短缺。)
断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man)
断码 short in size
短期放款 money at call and short notice
短期债务 floating debt
端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival
短线产品 products in short supply; goods in short supply
短信 short messages; text messages
短信博士 texting PhD (A postgraduate in the UK has been awarded what is thought to be the country's first texting PhD . Dr Caroline Tagg, 33, spent three-and-a-half years tapping out an 80000-word thesis about SMS texts and its language at Birmingham University. 英国一名女研究生因研究手机短信日前被授予博士学位,她被认为是该国第一位"短信博士"。此人名叫卡洛琳塔格,今年33岁,她花了3年半时间在伯明翰大学做短信研究,并写出了8万字的论文。)
短暂停留 brief stopover (French President Nicolas Sarkozy will make a brief stopover in Beijing to meet his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Thursday. 法国总统尼古拉萨科齐周四将在北京短暂停留会晤中国国家主席胡锦涛。)
断章取义 quote one's words out of context
短期工作实习 internship
短租房 short-term housing, short-term apartment (Despite the quickly-approaching Olympic Games, the cost for short-term housing near the Bird's Nest during the Games has plummeted as much as 50%, with room for negotiation, according to statistics. An oversupply of short-term apartments and the red-hot hotel reservation service are the major reasons for the sharp decrease, a real estate agent said. 数据显示,随着奥运会的临近,"鸟巢"附近的奥运短租房月租价格不但没有上升,反而大幅度下降,跌幅普遍达到50%,且价格还可以再商量。房产中介称,目前这种短租房的租金价格大幅下跌是因为供大于求,而酒店预订则相对火热。)
对冲基金 hedge fund
对等开放 reciprocal opening
对方付费电话 collect call
对...毫无顾忌 make no bones about ...
对话和合作 dialogue and co-operation
对奖活动 raffle
对讲机 talkie and walkie
对抗性矛盾 antagonistic contradiction
对口味 suit one's taste

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对口支援 partner assistance (The new partner assistance model in Xinjiang has been copied from the Wenchuan earthquake recovery model. Xinjiang will receive more than 10 billion yuan in economic aid next year from its 19 partners. 即将实施的对新疆的对口支援模式借鉴了汶川灾后重建的模式。新疆明年将收到19个援建省市提供的超过100亿元经济援助。)
对内搞活,对外开放 revitalize domestic economy, open up to the outside world
对牛弹琴 play the harp( (lute) to a cow; cast pearls before a swine
对外经济技术交流 economic and technological exchanges with the outside world
对外招商 attract foreign investment
兑现承诺 make good on the promise
队长袖标(足球) skipper's armband
对种粮农民实行直接补贴 directly subsidize grain producers
对中西部地区适当倾斜 appropriately directed to the central and western areas of the country
对抗或强制 confrontation or coercion
对人民币重新估值 revaluation of the Renminbi
独立董事制度 the independent director system
独立学院(大学中的) independent college
蹲点 (of cadres) stay at a selected grass-roots spot (for investigation and study)
蹲点跑面 gain experience in selected spots and then spread it over the whole area
敦煌石窟 Dunhuang Grottoes
多边贸易谈判 multilateral trade negotiation
多边贸易谈判 multilateral trade talks
多边贸易体制 the multilateral trading system
多边政策 multilateralism
夺标 win the championship
多层次资本市场体系 the multi-layer capital market system
多重国籍 plural nationality; multiple nationality
多党合作制 multi-party cooperation in exercising state power
多党合作和政治协商制度 the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation

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多碟DVD multidisc DVD player
多功能汽车 multi-purpose vehicle (MPV)
多功能性(农业) multifunctionality
夺冠 take the crown
多(跨)国公司 multinational companies
多国维持和平部队 multinational peach-keeping force
多极化 multi-polarization
多极时代 multi-polar times
多极世界 multi-polar world
多极性 multi-polarized
多劳多得 more pay for more work
躲猫猫 hide-and-seek game (An inquiry team including 5 people representative of China's netizens arrived at the Jinning Public Security Bureau, Yunnan, Friday morning for an investigation into Li Qiaoming's dying "hide-and-seek" game in prison. 周五上午,5位网民代表组成的一个调查组赴云南晋宁公安局,调查李乔明所谓狱中"躲猫猫"致死真相。)
多媒体 multimedia
多媒体短信服务 MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
多年积累的深层次问题 long-standing and deep-seated problems
多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS)
多头市场 bull market
多头账户 long account
多头执法 duplicate law enforcement
多退少补 refund for any overpayment or a supplemental payment for any deficiency
多元化 pluralism
多元社会 pluralistic society
多元文化社会 multi-cultural society
多仔丸 fertility drugs (Statistics show China is facing an unprecedented wave of multiple births, and this means a significant number of women are choosing to take fertility drugs or use other methods to increase their number of fetuses. 有数据显示,中国正迎来一个前所未有的多胞胎生育高峰,这意味着相当数量的女性选择服用多仔丸或采用其他方法来增加胎儿数量。)
多种经济成分 diverse sectors of the economy

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多种经营 diversified economy
多边贸易 multilateral trade
多予少取放活政策 the policy of giving more, taking less and loosening control
多种所有制经济共同发展 allow diverse forms of ownership to develop side by side
杜莎夫人蜡像馆 Madame Tussauds
渎职 dereliction of duty

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厄尔尼诺现象 El Nino phenomenon
恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation
恶性循环 vicious circle
恶意营销 smear campaign (A highly publicized incident about milk products that caused baby girls to develop breasts may have been a smear campaign by a competitor. 之前被广泛报道的奶粉致女婴乳房过早发育事件也许是来自竞争对手的恶意营销手段。)
鳄鱼的眼泪 crocodile tears
恶作剧 mischief; leg-pull
伤痕文学 scar literature; the literature of the wounded
恶搞 spoof
恩格尔系数 Engel's coefficient--the proportion of expense on food to the consumption expense
二把手 second in command
二百五 a stupid person
二板市场 growth enterprise board; second board market; hi-tech board
二传手 second transmitter
二次创业 start a new undertaking
二次加工能力 the capacity to reprocess
二次能源 secondary energy sources; second energy
二次污染 secondary pollution
二道贩子 two-way merchants
二房东 "middlemen" landlord (Agents purposefully driving up rents while acting as"middlemen" landlords or encouraging landlords to increase the prices are the main reasons for the increases, the Guangzhou-based 21st Century Business Herald reported on Tuesday. 广州的《21世纪经济报道》周二报道说,中介充当“二房东”蓄意抬高房租或鼓励房东提价是此次房租暴涨的主要原因。)
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)"
2008夏季奥运会 2008 summer Olympics
二流选手 "scrub, second-rater"
(把…当成)耳旁风 Like water off (on) a duck's back
二手房 second-hand house
儿童不宜片 X-rated movie; R-rated film (violence and adult content)
儿童心理学 kidology
二元经济 dual economy
二恶英 dioxin (Irish officials confirmed Tuesday that cattle at 3 farms which ate tainted food have tested positive for dioxin - the cancer-causing chemical that has contaminated its pork industry. 爱尔兰政府官员周二表示,该国3家养牛场的牛体内同样含有致癌化学物质二恶英,原因是牛食用了受污染的饲料。)
二手烟 secondhand smoke

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发案率 incidence (of criminal cases)
发标 bid; tender
发飙 have a cow (My boss had a cow at the meeting this morning.我老板今天早上开会的时候发飙了。)
法定货币(由法律规定的可以用于支付债款而且贷方必须接受的有效货币) legal tender
发动机排量 engine capacity (Taxes on vehicles with an engine capacity smaller than 1.6 liters - which account for 58 percent of Chinese cars - will be either reduced slightly or unchanged. 对占现有乘用车总量58%左右、发动机排量在1.6升及以下的车辆,征税幅度将小幅降低或保持不变。)
法律面前人人平等 All are equal before the law; All people are equal before the law
法律硕士 Master of Law
发明奖 invention award
法人 legal person
法人代表 legal representative
法人股 corporate shares
发散思维 divergent thinking
发烧门诊 fever clinic
发烧友 fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan
法塔赫 Fatah
发屋 hairdressing salon
发行价格 issue price
发行建设国债 issue construction treasury bonds
发源地 womb
发展不平衡 disparate development
发展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance. / Development is the absolute need.
法制观念和公民意识 legal awareness and understanding of the obligations of the citizens
法治国家 a country under the rule of law
法制国家 a state with an adequate legal system
法制化管理 law-based control

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发挥自身优势 give full play to one’s advantages
发卡行 issuing bank
法轮功分子 Falun Gong practitioner
法律漏洞 legal loophole
反败为胜 "bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire"
翻版 reprint; reproduction; mirror image
反补贴税,反倾销税 countervailing duty
反不正当竞争法 Law of the People's Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means
反弹道导弹条约 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM)
反弹道导弹体系 anti-ballistic missile system
贩毒集团 drug cartel
反对党 opposition party
反腐倡廉 fight corruption and build a clean government
翻盖式移动电话 flip phone
返工忧郁症 back-to-work blues (As the capital's residents shake off their hangovers following the holiday celebrations, some of the city's experts are chiming in with advice on how to beat the back-to-work blues. 当人们从节日庆祝的宿醉中清醒过来,返回到工作当中的时候,一些专家也开始为人们应对返工忧郁症支招了。)
返回式卫星 return satellite
翻建 renovate; rebuild on an old foundation
反恐部队 counter-terrorism unit (US officials said the CIA tracked bin Laden to his location, then elite troops from Navy SEAL Team Six, a top military counter-terrorism unit, flew to the hideout in four helicopters. 美国高官表示,中情局追踪到了拉登藏身之地,之后顶级军事反恐部队“海军海豹突击队”的精英部队搭乘四架直升机飞往该地。)
反垃圾邮件业 anti-spam industry
翻老帐 bring up old scores again
翻两番 quadruple
翻拍 re-shoot ( In China, "the four masterpieces of literature" are deeply rooted in the hearts of Chinese people. At the end of last century, these works were filmed as TV series and welcomed by audiences. Now TV producers are set to re-shoot the plays. 在中国,“四大文学名著”深深植根于人们的心中。上世纪末,这些作品已被拍成电视剧,受到观众喜爱。而如今,电视制作者又致力于对名著进行翻拍。)
翻牌公司 government-body-turned company
反聘 rehire after retirement
反倾销措施 anti-dumping measures

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反倾销调查 anti-dumping investigations
士通轮胎 Firestone tires
繁体字 complex characters
反分裂国家法 anti-secession law
防暴枪 baton gun
防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system)
方便食品 instant food; convenience food
防病毒软件 anti-virus software
房产估价师 real estate evaluator
房产库存 housing inventories (Experts expect China's skyrocketing home prices to gradually ease, as housing inventories have begun to pile up as a result of slumping transactions in the property market. 专家认为,随着房地产市场成交量下降,房产库存开始不断累积,中国高昂的房价有望逐渐松动。)
房产证 property ownership certificate
房产置换 buy or exchange houses
防尘口罩 anti-dust masks (An online vendor at Tmall.com, said they usually receive 100 to 200 orders for anti-dust masks a day. 淘宝商城的一位店主说,他们每天能收到100200个防尘口罩的订单。)
房虫儿 real estate speculator
防弹背心 bulletproof vest
防盗门 burglarproof door; antitheft door
防腐剂 preservative (The Coca-Cola products that tested positive for a banned preservative in Taiwan have been recalled, and the Coca-Cola Co said its products on the Chinese mainland are completely safe to drink. 可口可乐公司的一款饮料在台湾被检测出含有违禁防腐剂,可口可乐公司已经将其召回,并且声称此款饮料在中国内地完全安全,可以放心饮用。)
房改 housing system reform
放高球 lob
房管 real estate management
防洪工程 flood-prevention project; flood control project
防护林 shelter forest belt; shelter forest
防护林带 shelter belts
防滑刹车系统 anti-skid brake system (ABS)
防火隔离带 firebreak (Extensive firebreaks have been made along North China's woody borderlines with Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to prevent wildfires from spreading across borders, said the Chinese fire departments Wednesday. 消防部门本周三表示,为抵御外火烧过边界,我国已分别在北部的中俄和中朝边境线开设了大面积的森林防火隔离带。)

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防火墙 firewall
房价调控 housing prices control
防空部队 air defense force
放款 extend loan
放疗 radiation treatment
仿冒 counterfeit
房奴 mortgage slave (Such high housing prices have rendered me a mortgage slave.这么高的房价已将我沦为房奴。)
防窃听电话 eavesdropping proof telephone
房权证 property right certificate
仿人机器人 humanoid robot (The robot family presented by Japan New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) includes humanoid robot HRP-2, interface robot ApriPoco, cleaning robot, porter robot, and two mobility-assisting robot suits. 日本新能源产业技术综合开发机构展出的机器人大家庭包括仿人机器人HRP-2、人机界面机器人ApriPoco、清洁机器人、机器人搬运工以及两个协助行动的机器人套装。)
防沙治沙 prevent and control the spreading desert
放射性污染 radioactive contamination
防身术 personal defense skill
防守反击(足球用语) counterattack
防暑降温补贴 high temperature subsidy (Beijing government doubled thehigh temperature subsidy. 北京市政府将防暑降温补贴的数额增加了一倍。)
访谈 interview and discuss
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
防伪标志 anti-fake label
防卫作战能力 defense capabilities and combat effectiveness
防伪标志 fake-proof mark; counter-forgery mark
访问学者 visiting scholar
房屋中介 letting agent (Jin Yusong, the vice-general manager of letting agent Beijing Lianjia, said "We have thousands of clients and it is impossible to check what time they go home at night or what they do inside the house." 北京链家房屋中介公司的副总经理说,"链家拥有数以千计的客户,他们不可能挨个查每个人什么时候回家,或是在家里做什么。")
放下架子 get off one's high horse; throw off one's airs
放心店 trustworthy shop
放心肉 quality-assured meat

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放行单 release permit
防汛抗旱 flood control and drought relief
放眼全球 expand one's horizons to include the whole world
仿真机 replicating machine
仿真枪 imitation gun (Beijing police Wednesday seized 316 imitation guns, most of which had been sold via the Internet, Xinhua reported. 据新华社报道,北京警方本周三(16日)缴获了316支仿真枪,其中大部分是通过网络售出的。)
翻盖手机 flip phone / clamshell phone
房地产商 real estate developer (London has planned £1b for the athletes' village for the 2012 Olympic Games, part of which will be provided by an Australian real estate developer. However, the current financial crisis has caused a shortfall in funding. The British government has to provide £95m to avoid disruption to the construction of the village. 2012年伦敦奥运村计划投资10亿英镑,其中部分将由一家澳大利亚房地产商承担。然而受金融危机影响,这笔资金迟迟无法到位,英国政府只得紧急伸出援手,拿出9500万英镑,确保有足够经费建设奥运村。)
房地产市场 real estate market
防范和化解金融风险 take precautions against and reduce financial risks
放鸽子 stand up
防砍服 anti-stab shirt, slash-resistant shirt (Because of several crimes through stabbings in Japan lately, a Japanese company has developed a shirt that protects its wearer against stabbing which sells much better than usual days. The slash-resistant shirt costs about RMB 4000-6000, which varies from different sizes. 由于日本国内近期接二连三地发生砍人事件,该国一家护身用具公司生产的"防砍服"销量暴增。衣服的价格依尺寸大小,一套约合4000至6000元不等。)
房屋空置率 housing vacancy rate
返回舱 re-entry module
返回式科学与技术试验卫星 recoverable experimental science satellite
反恐军事演习 anti-terrorism military exercise
反倾销诉讼 anti-dumping charge
反弹 rebound (Wall Street rebounded Tuesday from the worst tumble since October. The Dow Jones rose 270.00, or 3.31%, to 8419.09. 遭遇10月以来最大跌幅后,纽约股市12月2日强劲反弹。道琼斯指数涨270点,收于8419.09点,涨幅为3.31%。)
发扬成绩 build on our achievements
发展和管理网络文化 to develop and manage Internet culture
发展模式 mode of growth
法制环境 legal environment
肥差 plum job (All students are eager to land a plum job after graduation. 学生们都渴望毕业后能谋得一份肥差。)
非常规能源 non-conventional energy
非常设机构 ad hoc organizations
废除领导干部终身制 abolish de facto life-long tenure of leading cadres

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非党人士 non-Party personage
非典病例 SARS case
废电池 used batteries
非典定点医院 SARS-designated hospital
非典型性肺炎(严重急性呼吸道综合症 ) atypical pneumonia; severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
非典疫区 SARS-affected area
非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL)
非法闯入 trespassing (It is unclear why the woman entered the bear habitat, but police issued her a citation for trespassing. 当地警方以"非法闯入"罪对该女子提出指控,她跳池的原因正在调查之中。)
非法拘留 unwarranted custody; unlawful detention
非法贸易 illicit trading
非法取证 illegal collection of evidence (Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday continued to read a draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law, suggesting more detailed stipulations to stemillegal collection of evidence. 全国人大常委会周二再次审议刑事诉讼法修正案草案,建议增加更多阻止非法取证行为的细节规定。)
费改税 tax-for-fee
费改税改革 tax-for-fees reform
非公有制经济 the non-public sectors of the economy
非关税贸易壁垒 non-tariff trade barriers
非国有工业企业 non-state industrial enterprises
非婚生子女 love child; illegitimate child; child born out of wedlock
非军事区 demilitarized zone (DMZ)
非劳动收入 income not from work; passive income
非流通股份 non-tradable stocks
飞毛腿(导弹) Scud missile
非贸易收汇 foreign exchange earnings through non-trade channels
非配额产品 quota-free products
废热发电厂 co-generation power plant (Singapore-listed Chinese hot-rolled steel coil manufacturer Delong Holdings said it has completed the construction of its first co-generation power plant in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint. 新加坡上市的中国热轧钢圈生产商德龙控股有限公司宣布它已经建成了该公司的首个废热发电厂,以减少碳足迹。)
非商标(非专利)产品 generic products

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飞天奖 Flying Goddess Awarda kind of award for excellent Chinese TV programs
废物的循环使用 recycling of waste
飞行药检 spot check
非银行金融机构 non-bank financial institutions
非银行金融机构 non-bank financial institutions
非再生资源 non-renewable resources
非战争军事行动 non-combat military operations (Chinese President Hu Jintao has praised the military and armed police for their contributions in non-combat military operations, referring to activities such as disaster relief work. 国家主席胡锦涛赞扬了全军和武警部队在抢险救灾等非战争军事行动中的贡献。)
非洲、加勒比和太平洋国家集团(洛美协定) ACP(African, Caribbean and Pacific Group)
非主流 alternative
非自住业主 non-owner-occupier (The government's efforts to tighten credit and mortgage requirements for non-owner-occupiers have not bitten deeply so far. This year's spring real estate fair at the Beijing World Trade Center sold property worth 2.9 billion yuan, according to reports. 目前政府在收紧信贷和对非自住业主房贷的政策方面还不是太严格。据报道,今年在国贸举办的北京春季房展成交的房产共价值29亿元。)
诽谤 smear (Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been ordered to appear in court Wednesday in connection with an alleged smear campaign that targeted President Nicolas Sarkozy. 因涉嫌诽谤总统萨科齐,法国前总理德维尔潘19日被传唤参加法庭审讯。)
(经济中的)非公有制成分 non-public sector of the economy
废旧资源回收利用 recovery and recycling of used resources
封口费 hush money (60 people have been punished for collecting hush money from a Shanxi coal mine after a fatal accident, 28 of whom were fake journalists, according to the General Administration of Press and Publication. Four journalists involved were expelled from the profession and 14 executives removed from their posts or dismissed. The vast majority of the RMB319300 hush money has been paid back. 近日,新闻出版总署对山西某煤矿"封口费"事件中的60名涉案人员给予处罚通报,假记者约占一半。其中,有4名记者被清除出记者队伍,还有14名媒体责任人被免职、解聘。涉案金额31.93万元,绝大部分已追回。)
非流通股 non-tradable share
废票 invalid ticket
废物综合利用 comprehensive utilization of waste materials
废止妨碍市场公平竞争和排斥外地产品和服务的各种规定 eliminate all such regulations obstructing fair market competition and external goods and services
非职务发明 non-service invention
分包商 subcontractor
分餐制 individual serving (portion)
分拆上市 a subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market.
分红 distribute dividends; receive dividends
份礼 apportioned gift
分裂主义 splittism; separatism

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粉领 Pink-collar (源于美国,最先见于《时代周刊》,一般指从事于教育、文书、售货等行业的女性。在中国,也有人用粉领代表全职的优越家庭环境内的家庭主妇。)
粉领族 "pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc)"
分流 reposition of redundant personnel
分期付款 installment payment
分歧和矛盾 differences and contradictions
分散主义 decentralism
分时计价系统 time-of-use pricing system (The first is the tiered electric pricing system, and the other is time-of-use pricing system. The two systems are completely different. 一种是阶梯计价系统,另一种是分时计价系统。两种系统完全不同。)
分数线 grade cut-off point; minimum passing score; borderline
分税制 tax distribution system
分摊买单 go Dutch (The Dutch are notorious for their thriftiness, maybe that’s why we say “go Dutch” when we split the bill 荷兰人非常节俭,这可能解释了“go Dutch”分摊买单这个短语的由来。)
(产品)分销 "subunderwriting, distribution"
分销 subunderwriting; distribution
分业经营 divided operation; divided management
分组讨论 panel discussion (State leaders joined panel discussions with the country's political advisors yesterday, calling for concerted efforts to pull through the global financial crisis, which is unfolding its impact on the country's economy. 昨天,国家领导人与政协委员一同参加了政协会议的分组讨论,并呼吁大家齐心协力应对已经给中国经济造成影响的全球经济危机。)
分段票制 sectional fare
封闭式管理 closed-off management (Closed-off management, which has been implemented in some Beijing villages where migrant residents outnumber permanent residents, will be further promoted across the capital after the move received approval from both the country's top police official and the city's Party chief. 近日在北京一些流动人口数量超过常住人口数量的“倒挂村”实施的封闭式管理得到了公安部领到和北京市党委书记的认可,此举将会在首都进一步推广实施。)
封闭式基金 close-ended fund
封顶 seal the top; sealing-top
丰富民主形式 Develop diverse forms of democracy
奉公守法 abide by the law and social discipline
锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash
疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
封杀出局 force out
封圣 canonization of Saints
丰收 bumper harvest (Consumers will still face moderate grain price hikes this year, despite the country seeing a bumper harvest, a senior agricultural official said on Thursday. 农业部一位高级官员周四表示,虽然今年我国粮食会丰收,但消费者还是要面临粮价适度上涨的局面。)

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丰收工程 Good Harvest Program
封锁禁运 blockade and embargo
封锁消息 block the passage of information; news embargo; news blackout
风险防范机制 a risk prevention mechanism
风险基金 VC funds
风险投资 venture capital; risk investment
风险意识 risk awareness
风险准备金 loan loss provision, provisions of risk
凤凰男 ugly duckling (This tag refers to a man who was born in a poor family, but who worked hard and finally found a good job in a big city. He used to be an ugly duckling, but through his hard work he becomes a swan. But in English, "ugly duckling" usually refers to the least handsome/beautiful child in a family.) (来源:21世纪英文报第753期 中山大学陈萌整理)
风险控制机制 the mechanisms for risk management
风险投资机制 the mechanism for venture capital investments
丰胸手术 breast augmentation surgery
佛经 Buddhist scriptures
扶持政策 supportive policy
复出 return,come back. (So far no plans to return after the four year leave have been made.日后是否复出,目前暂无计划。)
浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages
浮动价格 floating price
复读机 repeater
复读生 return students--students reattending classes after failing the college entrance examination
富二代 affluent 2nd generation (The rapidly expanding affluent 2nd generation is seeking to define their identity and quality of life via luxuries.越来越多的"富二代"开始加入奢侈品消费者行列,以显其社会地位和生活品质。)
覆盖率 coverage rate
复关 rejoin the GATT (General Agreement on Tariff and Trade)
富贵病 rich man's disease (which calls for a long period of rest and expensive diet)
伏旱 summer drought (Soaring temperatures and little rainfall have worsened the drought in the Ningxia Hui and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions, as well as the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou and Hunan. 高温和少雨天气使宁夏回族自治区、内蒙古自治区,以及甘肃、贵州和湖南等省的旱情进一步加剧。)
富豪榜 rich list (Hoogewerf, meanwhile, admitted that China's super rich may be even more plentiful than his list suggests. The rich list reflects the changes in China's economy and also people's attitude and knowledge about wealth. 胡润同时承认,中国富豪的实际人数可能比富豪榜所列的还要多。这份富豪榜反映出了中国经济、以及人们对财富的态度和认识的变化。)

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复合型人才 interdisciplinary talent
附加税 extra duties; surtax; supertax; tax surcharge
附加意外险 supplemental accident insurance
附加值 added value
附加值高、创汇高、技术含量高、能源和原材料消耗低的产品 product that yields high added value, earns foreign exchange and is produced with advanced technology and an efficient use of energy and materials
副检察长 deputy chief procurator
妇科检查 gynecological examinations (Beijing Yirenping Center (BYC), a public welfare organization, proposed that gynecological examinations be removed from the physical exams for civil service recruitment. 北京益仁平中心建议取消公务员录用考试体检中的妇科检查项目。)
福利彩票 welfare lottery
福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system
福利院 welfare house; charity house
富民政策 policy to enrich people
父母之命, 媒妁之言 dictates of parents and words of matchmakers
妇女联合会 women's federation
扶贫 poverty alleviation
扶贫办公室 Poverty Relief Office
扶贫攻坚计划 poverty-relief program
扶贫基金 relief subsidies
父亲产假 paternity leave (The Spanish parliament recently passed a new law extending paternity leave from the present 15 days to 4 weeks starting from 2011. 西班牙议会通过了延长父亲产假的提案,西班牙男子自2011年起将可享受为期4周的"父亲产假"。)
父亲假 paternity leave (South Korea is set to allow up to five days of paternity leave starting next year, an attempt to raise the country's low birth rate, the labor ministry said Thursday. 韩国劳动部周四称,韩国将从明年开始将“父亲假”延至五天,此举是为了提高韩国的低生育率。)
辐射防护 radiation protection
《浮士德》 Faust
复式计帐 duplex apartment; compound apartment
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)
附属中学 attached middle school
浮屠 stupa; pagoda

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服务行业 catering industry
服务器 server
服务特色;卖点 selling point
服务外包 service outsourcing (Nanjing's booming service outsourcing industry would provide about 10,000 jobs to college graduates this year, Wang Shouwen, the city's vice mayor, said at a press conference of the third China International Service Outsourcing Cooperation Conference (CISOCC) on Thursday morning. 南京市副市长王受文上周四在第三届中国国际服务外包合作大会的新闻发布会上表示,正在蓬勃发展的南京服务外包行业今年将为大学毕业生提供约1万个工作岗位。)
妇幼保健院 maternal and child care service centre
负隅顽抗 put up a last-ditch resistance
复员 be discharged from active military service
附赠曲目 bonus track (Nineteen months after Heath Ledger's sudden passing, his directorial debut of Modest Mouse's music video for "King Rat" has been released online at WeAreTheMasses.com. The song is a bonus track from their 2007 album, "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank." 在希斯莱杰突然辞世十九个月后,他的导演处女作为谦逊耗子乐团的单曲《鼠王》执导的音乐录影带在WeAreTheMasses.com网站在线发布。这首歌是该乐团2007年推出的唱片《出师未捷身先死》的附赠曲目。)
负增长 negative growth
负债经营 managing an enterprise with a loan
复制文化 copy culture (When a massive downpour hit Beijing on June 23, it took just a few minutes for a photograph taken by micro-blogger Yang Di to be forwarded thousands of times on the Internet. Yang's story is just one example of the “copy culture” that is becoming more prevalent among micro-bloggers. 6月23日北京遭遇强降雨,杨迪(音译)通过微博发布的一张照片在几分钟内被转发数千次。杨先生的故事仅仅是“复制文化”在微博领域日益流行的一个例子。)
辅助生殖 assisted reproduction (The city's biggest assisted reproduction center has closed its doors to new patients to prevent hopeless waiting by prospective parents. 城内最大的辅助生殖中心已经停止接收新患者,以防止让那些想做父母的人无望地等待。)
辅助自杀 assisted suicide (Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland provided the helper doesn't personally benefit from a patient's death. 辅助自杀在瑞士是合法的,前提是辅助者不从病人的死亡中获取私利。)
父子党 father-son party
腐败官员 corrupt officials
复出 comeback (Retired film actress Brigitte Lin said Saturday in New York that she would consider a comeback if invited by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai. 息影多年的香港女明星林青霞4日在纽约表示,若王家卫出马邀请她复出,她可以考虑。)
浮动汇率 floating exchange rate
复课 to resume classes (More than 500 students from Beichun Middle School, whose 1300 schoolmates and teachers were killed or missing in the earthquake, resumed classes Monday. 周一,北川中学500多名学生复课。在汶川地震中,该校有1300名师生遇难或失踪。)
夫妻相 husband-wife looks
福娃 Fuwa
服务型政府 service-oriented government

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改革开放 reform and opening-up; reform and opening to the outside world
改革开放的总设计师  chief architect of the reform and opening up policy
改革开放和社会主义现代化建设 reform and opening and in the modernization drive
改革试点 pilot reform; reform experimentation; pilot restructuring enterprise
盖洛普民意调查 Gallup Poll
盖帽了 great; excellent; wonderful
改名潮 name-change boom. (Taiwan has seen a name-change boom amid the current economic crunch, local media reported Monday. 据台湾媒体23日报道,经济不景气,当地人最近兴起"改名潮"以求转运。)
概念车 concept car
概念商品 concept goods
改善农民进城就业环境 improve the employment environment for rural workers in cities
改善农牧民生产生活条件 improve the living and production conditions of farmers and herdsmen
改善缺医少药的状况 alleviate the shortage of medical services and medicines
改制上市 (of an enterprise)get listed on the stock market after being re-organized according the modern corporate system
改革开放和现代化建设的全过程 the entire process of reform, opening-up and modernization
干部队伍革命化、年轻化、知识化、专业化 make the ranks of cadres more revolutionary, younger in average age, better educated and professionally more competent
干部下放 arrange for cadres to go to work at grassroots units or participate in physical labor
感到不妙 I smell a rat.
尴尬,困境,糟糕 pretty pass
甘居下游 be resigned to backwardness
感情投资 investment in human relationships
赶时髦 follow the fashion; want to be in the swim of things
干细胞 stem cell
感谢款待的信 a bread and butter letter (a letter sent as thanks for being treated well as someone's guest)
干预 intervene (China will impose severe penalties on officials who intervene in government statistical work and manipulate or fake data, said a draft law revision submitted to the top legislature Monday. 全国人大常委会22日审议统计法修订草案,草案规定领导干部如干预统计工作,自行修改统计资料或要求统计机构、人员伪造统计资料等,将受严厉惩罚。)
赶超先进 surpass the advanced

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港澳台 Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
港人治港 Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong
岗位津贴 post allowance
岗位培训 on-the-job training 
岗位责任制  work post responsibility
港务局 port office; harbor authority
高保真音乐 hi-fi music
高材生 top student
高层次、全方位的对话 high-level and all-directional dialogue
高产优质 high yield and high quality
告吹 fizzle out; fall through; fail
高档食品 upmarket food (Recently, the owner of CP Lotus and Super Brand Mall announced the launch of its first upmarket food retail brand, Bazaar by Lotus, in Shanghai's Xintiandi, the fashion hub and one of the most famous locations in the city. 近日,卜蜂莲花和正大广场宣布在上海新天地创立首个高档食品零售品牌Bazaar by Lotus(莲花集市)。新天地是上海的时尚中心,也是上海最著名的景点之一。)
高等教育“211工程” the “211” Project for higher education
高等教育自学考试 self-study higher education examination
高度自治 high degree of autonomy
高端产品 high-end product
高发季节 high-occurrence season (Li noted that autumns and winters werehigh-occurrence seasons for the flu, and urged the authorities to improve disease prevention and treatment in order to stop the disease from fast spreading across the country. 李指出,秋冬季是流感的高发季节,他敦促权威部门改进疾病防御和治疗能力,阻止疾病在全国迅速传播。)
高发期 high-incidence season
高分低能 high scores and low abilities
高峰 peak time
高峰论坛 summit forum
高干 high-ranking official; senior cadre
高杠杆交易机构 highly-leveraged institutions(HLI)
高跟鞋赛跑 High heel running (Julia Plecher, an 18-year-old girl from Berlin, outsprinted 99 rivals to won the city’s 100m high heel running. 18岁来自的朱莉娅普莱榭淘汰了99名选手赢得了该城市的高跟鞋赛跑冠军。)
高官会 Senior Officials Meeting (SOM)

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搞花架子 do something superficial
搞活国营大中型企业 invigorate large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises
告急 be in an emergency; report an emergency; ask for emergency help
高级报纸/严肃报纸 quality paper
高级检察官 senior public procurator
高级经理人员 high-level managerial personnel; senior personnel
高级商务师 certified business executive; senior business engineer; high-level economist; senior commercialist
高级设备 sophisticated equipment
高技术产业化 apply high technology to production
高架公路 elevated highway; overhead road
高架轻轨 elevated railway
高姐 high-speed train attendant (High-speed train attendants ready for service: The crew on the rail route were selected from numerous applicants and have undergone rigorous training. “高铁”开通在即,“高姐”整装待命:高铁线路上的乘务员都是从无数应聘者中海选出来的,而且已经经过了严格训练。)
高精尖技术 high-grade, high-precision, advanced technology
高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜,全面贯彻“三个代表”重要思想 hold high the banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and carry out the important thoughts of "Three Represents"
高考 college (or university) entrance examination
高考状元 top scorer (The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Thursday decided not to accept He Chuanyang, Chongqing's top liberal arts scorer who illegally changed his ethnic background for extra points in the national college entrance exam, after Peking University rejected him earlier.继北大放弃录取重庆民族身份造假高考文科状元何川洋后,香港大学2日也正式决定不予录取。)
高科技板块 high-tech sector
高科技作弊 hi-tech cheating (China targets hi-tech cheating before Gaokao exam: As millions of Chinese students are doing some last-minute cramming for the upcoming national college entrance examinations, authorities have launched a crackdown on sales of high-tech devices that might be used to cheat on the tests. 我国在高考前严打高科技作弊:数百万考生在为即将到来的高考进行最后的冲刺,而政府部门已开展了一项打击售卖高科技高考作弊工具的行动。)
高龄津贴 old age allowance (Residents older than 80 will get a unified old age allowance across China, a move indicating the government aims to end different allowance policies toward the elderly in different regions, the China Economic Weekly reported Tuesday. 《中国经济周刊》周二报道说,全国80岁以上的居民将享受统一的高龄津贴。政府此举旨在结束各地区高龄津贴政策不一致的状况。)
高难度动作 stunner, stunt
高清晰度 high definition
高清晰度电视 high definition TV
高手 master hand, expert
(精通电脑和网络的)高手 geek
高危人群 high-risk group

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高温死亡 heat death (The prolonged extreme weather has baked many regions in the country since July, with the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Shandong and Shaanxi provinces and Chongqing municipality reporting the highest number of weather-related deaths. 自七月份以来我国的许多地区都出现了持续的极端炎热天气,内蒙古自治区、山东省、陕西省和重庆市成为高温死亡报告最多的地区。)
高消费 high consumption
高效节能 energy-efficient
高校扩招后首批毕业生 college graduates who were the first to be enrolled under the college expansion of 1999
高校扩招计划 college expansion plan
告小状 secretly report on somebody; rat on somebody
高新技术产业开发区 high-tech industrial development zone
高新技术产业化 industrial application of new and high technologies
高压手段 high-pressure tactics
高原反应,高山反应 altitude stress; altitude sickness
高知 high-level intellectual
高指标 high target
高职院校 higher vocational school (China's higher vocational schools enroll more than 3 million students annually-- China currently has about 1,184 schools of higher vocational education, which enroll more than 3.1 million students annually, Vice Minister of Education Lu Xin said. 中国高职院校每年招收300多万学生教育部副部长鲁昕说,中国目前有约1184所高职教育机构,每年招收学生310多万。)
高档公寓 high-end flat (A group of 53 rich people from Yuncheng, Shanxi, arrived in Beijing Saturday on a charter flight to buy houses, the first of its kind in China. The group, consisting of private company bosses, coal mine owners and professors, target villas and high-end flats priced at RMB3m-10m and have ordered 3 villas after they visited the first site. 周六,由53名私企老板、煤矿主和大学教授等组成的山西运城购房团包机抵京,将集中选购300万-1000万元的别墅和高档公寓。据了解,包专机进京团购房屋在全国尚属首次。购房团在看完第一个楼盘后,就预订了3套别墅。)
高净值 high net worth (In Britain, the number of women of "high net worth" status (classified as those with onshore liquid assets of more than £200,000) overtook men in 2005 - with 448,100 rich women compared to 429,300 men.)
高考移民 NCEE migrant (The term 'NCEE migrant' refers to students who covertly leave their hometowns and immigrate to other places a few days before the NCEE in order to get bonus points or be in a less competitive environment. When found out, they are penalized for undermining the fairness of the NCEE. "高考移民"是指基于获取加分和规避竞争等目的,高考前从就学地点迁往其它地点报名参加考试的学生,这些人因破坏高考的公平性,成绩往往不被认可。)
高清晰度的卫星图片 high-resolution satellite photo
高素质新型军事人才 high- caliber military personnel
高温湿热 hot and humid (Beijing's hot and humid weather should not be an excuse for any athletes on competition results, representative from German delegation said Tuesday. 德国代表团的相关人士5日表示,北京的高温湿热天气不应成为运动员奥运成绩的借口。)
高温预警 high temperature alert (The orange high temperature alert was issued Monday in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Shanghai, predicting scorching temperatures above 35℃ from Monday to Wednesday. 浙江、江苏、安徽、江西和上海周一发布了橙色高温预警,预计周一到周三将出现35℃以上高温。)
高压线 high-voltage wire (A 15 year-old teenager in Chongqing was electrocuted when he tried to steal some high-voltage wire with a kitchen knife. 近日,重庆一名15岁的少年拿着菜刀去偷高压线时,被当场电死。)
高致病性禽流感 highly pathogenic bird flu
个案 individual case (involving special circumstances)
各大菜系 major styles of cooking
个股 individual share

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各行各业 every walk of life
隔行扫描 interlacing scan
各尽所能 let each person do his best; from each according to his ability
各就各位 On your marks!
隔离病房 isolation ward
(公路)隔离带 median strip
格列佛游记 Gulliver's Travels
革命老区 old revolutionary base areas
革命气派 revolutionary mettle
革命伤残军人 disabled revolutionary servicemen
鸽派 dove faction
个人成就感 sense of personal achievement
个人储蓄账户 personal savings account (按照新的银行账户规定,结算功能应从个人储蓄账户中分离出去。According to a new bank account regulation, clearing functions shall be separated from personal savings accounts.)
个人购房贷款 individual housing loan
个人结算账户 personal clearing account (开立个人结算账户不会增加储户的费用。Opening personal clearing accounts will not mean extra costs for depositors.)
个人理财计划 personal financing plan
各人民团体 mass organizations
个人收入应税申报制度 the system of the declaration of individual incomes for tax payment
个人收入调节税 individual (personal) income regulation tax
个人数字助理 PDA (personal digital assistant)
个人所得税 personal income tax
个人信用制度 individual credit rating system
个人演唱会 solo concert
个人银行卡账户 personal bank card account (个人银行卡账户将被纳入结算账户管理。Personal bank card accounts will start to be treated as clearing accounts.)
个人质押贷款 personal pledged loan

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各人自扫门前雪, 莫管他人瓦上霜 hoe one's own potatoes
个体户,个体经营 privately or individually-owned business
个体经济 private economy
根本政治制度 fundamental political system
跟屁虫 1.one's shadow; to tag along; 2. flatterer, boot licker, ass-kisser, brown-noser
跟团旅游 package tour (I'm going to join a package tour to Spain. 我要跟团去西班牙旅游。)
跟着感觉走 go with the flow; follow one's heart; do what one thinks is right
跟踪审计 follow-up auditing
根除腐败 root out corruption; eliminate corruption
耕地流失 arable land loss (Analysts believed several major factors contributed to the arable land loss, such as increasing use of arable land for construction purposes, forest or grassland replanting programs as well as damage caused by natural disasters. 分析人士认为导致耕地流失有几个主要因素,一个是建筑占用耕地现象越来越多,一个是森林或草地返耕项目影响,还有自然灾害带来的损毁。)
更加注重搞好宏观调控,更加注重统筹兼顾,更加注重以人为本 pay more attention to exercising macro-control, balancing the interests of all parties, putting people first.
更快、更高、更强(奥运精神) Citius, Altius, Fortius ( Faster, Higher, Stronger--Olympic Spirit )
《更紧密经贸关系的安排》 CEPA; Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
跟腱 Achilles' tendon (Liu Xiang's injury to his right Achilles' tendon will not affect his career, Feng Shuyong, head coach of the Chinese national track and field team, said Saturday. 中国田径队总教练冯树勇23日说,刘翔右跟腱的伤不会影响到他的运动生涯。)
个人护理用品 personal care supplies
个人信用制度 individual credit rating system
个人隐私 individual privacy
个位数 single digit (The growth rate of major textile enterprises' output slowed sharply, to single-digit levels in some cases, in the first 7 months of 2008, the China National Textile and Apparel Council said Monday. 中国纺织工业协会25日表示,今年前7个月,主要纺织企业的产量增长率大幅减缓,有些已降至个位数。)
各种所有制金融企业 financial enterprises of different ownership
工笔 traditional Chinese realistic painting
共产党领导下的多党合作与政治协商 multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of Communist Party
公车私用 use government cars for private purposes (Officials in Guangzhou will have to pay when they want to use their government cars for private purposes later this year. 今年晚些时候起,广州市想要公车私用的官员将需要支付一定的费用。)
工程公司 engineering company
工程验收 acceptance check of work
公房商品化 commercialization of public housing

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公费旅游 junket; facility trip
公费医疗 free medical service; free medicare; public health service
功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
工夫茶 congou--a kind of Chinese black tea prepared with care
功夫片 kungfu film
公告板服务 Bulletin Board Service (BBS)
公共外交 public diplomacy (China needs a bigger public diplomacy campaign to better present the country to the world, said Zhao Qizheng, spokesman for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), on Monday. 全国政协发言人赵启正本周一表示,中国需要大力开展公共外交活动,把中国更好地介绍给世界。)
公共卫生设施 public health infrastructure
公关 public relations
攻关 tackle a critical point
攻关计划 the Program for Tackling Key Problems
公积金 public accumulation fund; public reserve funds
公积金上限 threshold of housing fund (According to the Beijing Housing Accumulation Fund Administration Center, the threshold of housing public accumulation funds in 2010 was raised from 2,682 yuan to 2,906 yuan a month. 根据北京住房公积金管理中心发布的通知,2010年住房公积金月缴存额上限从2682元调整为2906元。)
工间操 daily workout (Millions of municipal workers in the capital are being asked to take part in 20 minutes of daily workout in a bid to keep them fit, according to a news release of the Beijing Federation of Trade Union (BFTU) reported by the Beijing Times. 据《京华时报》报道,北京市总工会日前发布通知,要求数百万名机关、企事业单位员工每天做20分钟的工间操以保证身体健康。)
公检法机关 public security organs, procuratorial organs and people's courts
公交纠纷调解车 dispute mediation bus (A dispute mediation bus, the first of its kind not only in Beijing but the whole of China, fired up its engine for the first time on Tuesday and hit the road to solve problems that flare up on public buses. 我国首辆公交纠纷调解车本周二首次亮相街头,驶上道路,解决公交车上的纠纷。)
公交老人专车 Senior-only bus ( A senior-only bus catering exclusively to passengers over 70 started to run in Shanghai Wednesday with a promise to make travel safer and more comfortable for seniors.上海市开通"公交老人专车",专供70岁以上老人乘坐,以提高老年人乘车的安全性和舒适度。)
公开喊价市场 open outcry market
公款吃喝 recreational activities using public funds
工龄工资 seniority pay
公路隧道 highway tunnel (China begins construction of world's highest highway tunnel--Construction of a tunnel that will traverse Trola Mountain in southwestern Sichuan Province began on Wednesday. 中国开始建设世界最高公路隧道将横贯四川省西南部雀儿山的隧道工程周三开工建设。)
公民投票 referendum; plebiscite
功能界别 Functional Constituencies (Five of the additional 10 seats for the LegCo in 2012 will be returned by Geographical Constituencies (GCs) and the other five by Functional Constituencies (FCs). According to the government's proposal, the number of GCs will be retained at five in returning the 35 GC Members. The five new FC seats will form a new District Council (DC) FC. 根据港府的建议,2012年立法会10个新增议席当中,5席将由地方选区选举产生,另外5席由功能界别选举产生。而35个地方选区议席将继续由5个地方选区选出;5个新的功能界别议席将会成为新增的区议会功能界别。)
公平定价 arm's-length pricing
公平合理 fairness and justifiableness

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工伤 work-related injuries (According to the revision, the compensation to families of those who die from work-related injuries has been raised to 20 times the per capita disposable annual income in urban areas. 根据最新修改草案,对工伤死者家属的赔偿金都大幅度提高,调整为上一年度全国城镇居民人均可支配收入的20倍。)
工商局 industrial and commercial bureau
工商联营 combined management of industry and commerce
工时 man-hour
公司分立与解散 separation and dissolution of a company
公私合营 public-private joint management
公司债券 corporate bond
共同安全 common security
共同财产 mutual property (A controversial section of the draft suggests that once a marriage ends in divorce the pre-marital property is to be recognized as the buyer's personal assets, instead of a couple's common wealth. 征求意见稿中一个条款颇具争议,该条款指出,离婚时婚前房产将被认定为购买者的个人财产,而不是夫妻共同财产。)
共同富裕 common prosperity
共同监护权 joint custody (The statement indicated that the two will have joint custody of their two sons Lucas and Quintus, but did not disclose any details on how the couple's assets would be divided 声明表示,两人(张柏芝、谢霆锋)将共同承担两个儿子卢卡斯和昆塔斯的监护权,但没有透露任何关于两人财产分割的细节。)
共同利益 common interests
公务用车 government car (China plans to further reform the use of government cars in an effort to cut unnecessary expenditure and build a green government, officials of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said. 国家发展和改革委员会官员称,国家计划进一步推进公务用车的改革,以减少不必要的花费,建设绿色政府。)
公务员 civil servant
恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish you prosperity.
工薪阶层 salaried person/group
公休 work recess
供养资金 funding
工业股票 industrial stock
工业化和城镇化水平 levels of industrialization and urbanization
工业控制一体化 integrated industrial control; industrial control of integration
工业停滞 industrial stagnation
工业园区 industrial park
公益唱片 benefit album (The "Hope For Haiti Now" benefit album will debut at No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart on Wednesday, becoming the first digital-only release to achieve this feat in the nearly 54-year history of the Billboard 200. 周三,公益唱片《给海地希望》将以美国流行音乐排行榜冠军的位置首度亮相。这张唱片是Billboard 200专辑榜54年的历史上第一张创下如此佳绩的数字专辑。)
公益广告 public-interest ad

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公益广告 public service advertising (Chongqing Satellite TV has stopped commercial advertisements and will use the airtime to broadcast promotional films and public service announcements, Chongqing Evening News reported on Wednesday. 据《重庆晚报》本周三报道,重庆卫视已停播商业广告,将在原有广告时段播出城市形象宣传片和公益广告。)
公益活动 public benefit activities
公益林 public welfare forest
公益性文化事业 non-profit cultural undertakings
公益性文化事业 non-profit cultural undertakings
公证 notary service
公证财产 notarize the properties
公正、公平、公开 just, fair and open
公众投资 public investments
工资税 payroll tax
工资形成机制 wage formation mechanism (The report predicted the wage formation mechanism reform that originated from low-end labor market will spread to the high-end market and trigger shifts in income distribution. 该报告预计由低端劳动力市场开始的工资形成机制改革将会延伸到高端市场并启动收入分配变革。)
工资削减 pay-cut
工资指导线 salary guideline (Despite signs of economic recovery, millions of workers face wage cuts and freezes under new salary guidelines. 在新的工资指导线标准下,尽管经济有复苏的迹象,数百万工人仍面临降薪的局面。)
工作狂 workaholic
工作室 studio
工作午餐 working lunch
公平竞争 fair competition
公共监查 public oversight
公共汽车候车亭 bus shelter
公共文化基础设施 culture-related facilities for public use
公开或变相涨价 to raise prices openly or in convert forms
公勺(多人吃饭时公用的) service spoon
公司犯罪 corporate abuse / crime / cheat / fraud / wrongdoing / misconduct
共同关心的问题 issue of common concern
共同基金 mutual funds

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公务车 state-financed vehicle (The Beijing municipal government is trying to set an example on curbing pollution and energy consumption by imposing a traffic restriction on State-financed vehicles. 为减少污染,降低能耗,北京市政府开始倡导减少公务车出行。)
公务员考试 civil service exam (About 1m candidates have applied for the 2009 national civil service exam, an increase of 25% over this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has said. 据人力资源和社会保障部统计,约百万人已报名参加2009年国家公务员考试,比2008年报考人数增长了25%。)
公益大使 charity ambassador (Neither Liu Xiang nor the Athletics Administrative Center will lodge a claim for compensation with China Ping An Insurance which gave Liu an RMB100m accident insurance policy Liu last October, in accordance with the insurance contract and mutual understanding of relevant articles therein, the Center said Wednesday. Ping An said Liu Xiang will continue to act as the company's charity ambassador. 2007年10月,中国平安向刘翔赠亿元意外保险保单。国家体育总局田径运动管理中心今日表示,基于双方前期达成的保险合同及对相关条款的理解, 国家体育总局田径运动管理中心及刘翔本人不打算对中国平安提出索赔。中国平安将邀请刘翔继续担任公司公益大使。)
公益文化活动 nonprofit cultural programs
公有制 public ownership
公有制为主体、多种所有制经济共同发展的基本经济制度 the basic economic system of keeping public ownership as the mainstay of the economy and allowing diverse forms of ownership to develop side by side
公众听证会 public hearings
工资正常增长机制 a mechanism for regular pay increases
狗流感 Dog flu (A dog flu virus is going around the US and has now been found in 30 states. 一种狗流感正在美国悄然蔓延,目前已有30个州发现了这种病毒。)
购买力 purchasing power
购买力平价 purchasing power parity (China next year will measure its gross domestic product (GDP) using purchasing power parity (PPP), an internationally accepted methodology, Beijing-based financial news portal Caing.com reported Monday. 据财经资讯门户网站财新网周一报道,明年中国将通过购买力平价这一国际通用的方法来换算国内生产总值。)
购买欲 desire to buy; desire to purchase
狗腿子 henchman; lackey; hired thug
购物车 shopping trolley
购物券 coupon
构想 conceptualization
狗仔队 "dog packs; paparazzo (singular), paparazzi(plural) (It refers to those journalists who are hunting the news of celebrities.)"
购物指南 shopping guide, shoppers' guide, buyers' guide
股本 share capital
股本回报率 return on equity
股本金 equity capital
固定电话运营商 fixed-line telecom carrier
固定电话初装费 installation fees for fixed-line telephones
固定资产投资 investment in the fixed assets; fixed asset investment
股东会 board of shareholders

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股份公司 joint-stock company
股份合作制 shareholding cooperative system
有限责任公司 limited liability company
股份有限公司 limited liability company
股份制 shareholding system; joint-stock system
骨干企业 key enterprise
鼓励奖 consolation prize
股民 investor
股票期权 the stock option
股票转让制度 the stock-transfer system
股市行情 the ups and downs of the stock market
股指 stock index
古装剧 costume drama (Producers remaking the popular TV hit A Dream of Red Mansions have splashed out 200 million yuan ($29 million) a record amount in China's television history for a period costume drama. 新版《红楼梦》制作方已经对该剧投入了2亿元(合2900万美元)的资金,创下了中国古装电视剧的投资额历史纪录。)
刮鼻子 criticize; reprimand
挂靠 be attached or affiliated to; be subordinate to
挂靠户 an adjunct organization
挂牌开业 hang out one's shingle; put one's name plate in (a certain street)
挂失 report the loss. (I'd like to report the loss of my credit card and cancel it. 我要办理信用卡挂失并取消那张卡。)
挂职 1) take a temporary post (in order to temper oneself); 2) serve in a lower level unit for a period while retaining one's position in the previous unit
挂职下放 transfer to lower units with one's post retained
拐点 turning point (Since financial markets have been stable during the past 6 weeks, and economic growth is unlikely to fall further than the 4th quarter, the first half of this year could well be the turning point. 由于在过去6周内金融市场走势平稳,经济增长不太可能继去年第4季度后继续下滑,今年上半年市场将出现拐点。)
关闭效应 blackout effect
观潮派 those who take a wait-and-see attitude; fence-straddler
官方网站 official website
观光电梯 sightseeing (tourist) lift

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关键词过滤 keyword infiltration (The provincial official also stressed that the operation of its screen system is based on keyword infiltration and not all text messages are actually checked. 广东省官员还强调称,短信过滤系统采取的是关键词过滤的办法,而不是对公民的每条短信都去查看。)
关联交易 connected transaction
关贸总协定(世界贸易组织的前身) GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)
关门态度 closed-door attitude
官商 state-operated commerce
关税壁垒 customs barrier; tariff wall
关税配额 tariff quota
关停并转 close down, suspend operation, merge with others or shift to different line of production; rationalize
观望态度 wait-and-see attitude
关系网 connection network; relationship network
关于进一步加强农村教育工作的决定 Decision on Further Strengthening Rural Education
冠状病毒 corona virus
广播电视大学 radio and television university
光碟,光盘 compact disk; CD
广而告之 publicize widely
广告词 jingle
广告代理行 advertising agent
广告电话直销 direct response advertising
广告画 poster
广告妙语 attention-getter
广告人 advertising man; adman
广告宣传车 loudspeaker van; sound truck
光谷 optical valley
光棍儿节 Singles’ Day. Every year at 11:11pm on November 11, fun-seeking male college students will have rowdy parties by screaming out their desire to find a girlfriend and use whatever is available to make big noises. The timing, consisting of eight Arabic number of 1, is deliberately selected to personify many single people.
光棍节 Singles' Day (China is probably the only country in the world that has set aside a special day - Singles' Day, which falls on November 11 every year. 中国可能是世界上唯一拥有"光棍节"的国家,该节日被定在每年的11月11日。)

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光机电一体化 "optical, mechanical and electronic integration"
广交会 The China Export Commodities Fair
广开财路 make full use of all talents
广开就业门路 create more employment opportunities
光缆 optic cable
光盘杂志 CD-ROM magazine
光通信 photo-communication; optical communication
光污染 light pollution (The provincial capital of South China's Guangdong province is expected to take the lead in collecting light pollution fees in the country. 据悉,中国南部广东省省会广州市将率先在全国开征光污染排污费。)
广域网 wide area network (WAN)
广种薄收 extensive cultivation; wide sowing but meager harvesta method of cultivation: the cultivated area is large but the per area yield is relatively low
钢管舞 Pole dancing (Pole dancing's popularity in France can be testified by hot sales of poles. 法国人目前对学跳钢管舞乐此不疲,从所用钢管热销,就可证明其在法国发烧的程度。)
(手机)关机 power off
管理办法 measures for administration
管理规定 provisions on administration
管理条例 regulations on administration
官煤勾结 government officials in cahoots with coalmine operators; government officials act in collusion with coalmine operators
冠名 title sponsorship
冠名赞助商 title sponsor
股权分置改革 state share sale reform; equity division reform; split-share reform
关税下调 tariff reduction
关系户 closely-related units
《关于预防煤矿生产安全事故的特别规定》 Special Regulations for Preventing Coalmine Accidents
刮痧 Holographic Meridian Scraping Therapy (Guasha)
固定电话 fixed-line telephone
固定汇率 fixed exchange rate

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份制改造 shareholding reform
规避 circumvention
轨道站 orbit station
规范分配秩序 Rationalize the relations of income distribution
规范民办教育 standardize non-government funded schools
归国留学生 returned students
归口管理 put under centralized management by specialized departments; centralized management by specified departments
规模经济 scale economy, economies of scale
规模经营 scale management
规模效益 scale merit
归侨 returned overseas Chinese
皈依三宝 become a Buddhist
柜族 cupboard tribe (Dubbed online as the "cupboard tribe," the old man said he wishes to rent a room for himself but the cost in Changsha, where the rent for a single room is around 400 yuan ($60) a month, is far beyond what he can afford. 这位老人被网友称为“柜族”。老人说他希望在长沙租一个房子,但是长沙的房租太贵,一个房间每月约400元,他负担不起。)
轨道舱 orbital module
鼓励、支持和引导非公有制经济 encourage, support and guide the growth of the non-public sector of the economy
棍棒教育 stick parenting (Following the roars of a "tiger mom", a "wolf dad" stirred controversy again on "stick parenting." 继“虎妈”热潮之后,“狼爸”再一次激起了关于“棍棒教育”的争论。)
滚雪球 snowball -- (of a plan, problem, etc.) to grow bigger on an increasing rate
国奥队 the National Olympic Team
国产化率 import substitution rate; localization rate of parts and components
过度包装 excessive packaging (Following a vote by lawmakers Wednesday, China's legislature approved the amended version of the Law on the Promotion of Clean Production, which stresses efforts to cut down on excessive packaging. 全国人大常委会通过《清洁生产促进法》修正案,强调要努力减少过度包装。)
过度放牧 overgraze
过度开垦 excess land reclamation
过度投资行业 over-invested industries
国防动员体制 the mobilization for national defense
国防动员体制 the mobilization system for national defense

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国防科工委 State Commission of Science and Technology for National Defense Industry
国防预算 defense budget (China plans to increase its defense budget by 7.5 percent in 2010, only about half of last year's planned growth of 14.9 percent, a parliament spokesman said here on Thursday. 全国人大发言人(李肇星)本周四称,中国2010年国防预算的增幅计划为7.5%,增幅仅为去年计划增幅14.9%的一半。)
国货 domestics
过火 go too far
国际奥委会 the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
国际标准化组织 ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
国际承诺 international commitments
国际公认的警戒线 internationally accepted alarm level
国际惯例 international common practice
国际海域 international waters
国际化战略 internationalization strategy
国际货币基金组织 IMF (International Monetary Fund)
国际禁止化学武器组织 organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW)
国际恐怖主义 international terrorism
国际劳工组织 ILO (International Labor Organization)
国际联盟 international coalition
国际贸易伙伴 international trading partner
国计民生 the national economy and the people's livelihood
《国际民用航空公约》(1944) The International Civil Aviation Covenant
国际清算 international settlement
国际日期变更线 International Date Line (IDL)
国际商业机器公司 International Business Machine Corporation (IBM)
国际社会 the international community
国际收支不平衡 disequilibrium of balance of payment
国际玩笑 play a large-scale joke

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《国际先驱论坛报》 International Herald Tribune
国际自然保护联盟 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
国际足球联盟 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
国家财政贴息贷款 discount government loan
国家创新体系 state innovation system
国家环保总局 State Environmental Protection Administration
国家级特殊津贴 special state allowance
国家级卫生城市 state-level hygiene city
国家经济体制改革委员会 the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems
国家控股公司 state-controlling company
国家普通话水平考试 National Proficiency Test of Putonghua
国家体育总局 State Physical Culture Administration
国家外汇储备 state foreign exchange reserves
国家一级保护 first-grade State protection
国家质量技术监督局 the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision
国家中长期科学和技术发展规划 a national medium- to long-range program for scientific and technological development
国家重点科技攻关项目 national key scientific and technological project
国脚 player of the national football team; footballer of the national team
过境签证 transit visa
国库券 treasury bonds
过劳死 karoshi; death from overwork
过劳死 die from overwork ( Its employees are always under severe stress and some even died from overwork. 。该公司员工长期压力过大,曾出现员工过劳死事件。)
国民党 Kuomintang
国民经济的综合平衡 overall balance in national economy
国民经济支柱产业 pillar industry in national economy

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国民生产总值 gross national product (GNP)
国内生产总值 gross domestic product (GDP)
国内游 inbound tourism
过山车 roller coaster
国事访问 state visit
过失赔偿责任;无过失赔偿责任 liability with fault;liability without fault
过失责任 liability of fault
国书 state credentials
国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace
国土资源部 Ministry of Land and Resources
国土资源管理 land and resources administration
国外旅游 overseas travel
国务卿 Secretary Of State (in America)
过硬 have a perfect mastery of
过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
国有独资商业银行 wholly state-funded commercial bank
国有股 state-owned shares
国有股减持 state stock reduction; reduce state's stake in listed companies
国有及国有控股工业企业 state-owned industrial enterprises and enterprises whose controlling stake was owned by the state
国有企业股份制改革继续推进 fresh progress was made in transforming state-owned enterprises into stock companies
国有企业下岗职工基本生活保障向失业保险并轨 integrate the subsistence allowances for laid-off workers into the unemployment insurance system
国有商业银行股份制改造试点方案 pilot plan to transform state-owned commercial banks into stock entities
国有资产管理体制 State property management system
国有资产监督管理委员会 the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
国有资产流失 loss of state-owned assets

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国债贴息贷款 T-bond discount loans
国债投资 treasury bond investment
国债专项资金 special fund for treasury bond
国债资金重点项目责任制 the responsibility system for key projects funded by treasury bonds
果子狸 civet cat
过渡期 transitional period
国家发展计划委员会 the State Development Planning Commission
国家计划和财政政策、货币政策等相互配合的宏观调控体系 the macro-economic regulation system by integrating State planning with fiscal and monetary policies
国家审判权 the judicial authority of the State
《国家突发公共事件总体应急预案》 Master State Plan for Rapid Response to Public Emergencies
国际部队 international forces
国际多边金融机构 international multilateral financial institution
国际关系民主化 practice democracy in international relations
国际禁毒日 International Day against Drug Abuse (People around the world hold rally marking the International Day against Drug Abuse.)
国际社会 international community
国民素质 the populace's cultivation
国情 national conditions
过期食品 expired food, out-of-date food (The Japanese, who always pay attention to food safety, have lowered their requirements amid the economic woes, the United Morning Post reported. A survey shows that 83% Japanese think it's ok to buy out-of-date food as long as they don't make people fall ill. 据新加坡《联合早报》报道,向来重视食品安全的日本人,随着经济不景气而口味大降。一项民调显示,83%的日本人认为,只要吃不坏肚子,就无所谓购买过期食品。)
国务委员 state councilor
国务院令 Decree of the State Council
国务院通知 Circular of the State Council
国有商业银行 State-owned commercial bank
国债余额管理方式 the method of outstanding balance management for its national debt
股票市场散户 individual stock investor
股权分置 to float the non-tradable shares; equity division

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海底电缆 submarine cable
海关完税价值 customs value
海量存储 mass memory
海上救助船 salvage ship
海市蜃楼,镜花水月,无稽之谈 a mare’s nest
海外汇款 overseas remittance (Despite the global economic crisis, the amount of overseas remittance to Vietnam in 2008 is estimated to go up by $1.3b to $8b, Vietnamese officials said Tuesday. 越南官员6日说,虽然正值全球经济危机,但是粗略估计,2008年越南的侨汇收入仍然增长了13亿美元,达到80亿美元。)
海湾战争综合症 Gulf War Syndrome; Gulf War Illnesses
海峡两岸交流基金会(海基会) Strait Exchange Foundation of (Taiwan, China)(SEF)
海峡两岸关系协会(海协会) the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
海选 auditions (Auditions start later this month, with the show set to go on air in late August. 海选将于本月晚些时候启动,比赛将于8月底正式播出。)
寒带 frigid zone
旱地滑雪场 mock skiing park
寒食节 Cold Food Festival
函授大学 correspondence university
汉语文化圈 Chinese-speaking community
汉字处理软件 Chinese character processing software
航空港 air harbor
航空旅行意外险 air-travel accident insurance
航空母舰 aircraft carrier
航母 aircraft carrier
航天服 space suit
航天器 spacecraft
航向错误,奉行错误方向 on the wrong tack
行业协调和自律 trade co-ordination and self-discipline
行业信息发布制度 information release system for industries

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行业杂志 trade journal (I work as an assistant editor for a trade journal in the food industry, where my tasks include a great deal of interviewing and personal contact with industry insiders. 我曾在某行业杂志担任食品方面的助理编辑,主要工作包括对食品界人士进行采访以及与他们进行私人接触。)
行业准入制度 industry access system (Revised Coal Laws will for the first time set theindustry access system for the sector, the China Securities Journal reported Monday, citing sources with the China National Coal Association. 《中国证券报》周一援引来自中国煤炭工业协会的消息称,修改后的《煤炭法》将首次为煤炭行业设立行业准入制度。)
韩流 South Korean fad
好出风头的运动员 "exhibitionist, grandstander "
豪赌 unrestrained gambling
豪华轿车 luxury car
好莱坞大片 Hollywood blockbuster
好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more
好球 Strike
好事不出门,恶事传千里 "Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. "
耗水产业 water-intensive industry (Water-intensive industrial sectors, such as thermal power, textiles, paper, iron and steel, have the most potential for water conservation, Joerss said. 尤茂庭表示,火电、纺织、造纸及钢铁等耗水产业在节水方面可努力的空间最大。)
号脉 feel the pulse
河道整治 dredging waterway
贺电 congratulatory message (Premier Wen Jiabao, in his congratulatory message to Obama, said "a sound China-US relationship meets the common aspirations of our two peoples and the need to maintain peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and the world at large". 温家宝总理在致奥巴马的贺电中表示:良好的中美关系是我们两国人民的共同期盼,也是维护亚太地区和世界和平、稳定与繁荣的需要。)
核讹诈 nuclear blackmail (Iran has formally complained to the United Nations that the new American nuclear policy is "nuclear blackmail" and should be considered a violation of international law. 伊朗正式向联合国“上书”指责美国新的核政策是“核讹诈”,应被视为违反国际法。)
盒饭 packed meal; box lunch
和服 Kimono
核辐射 nuclear radiation (While the affected areas in Japan brace for more aftershocks, the country is also being afflicted by another earthquake-engendered crisis - nuclear radiation. A meltdown was feared at its Fukushima nuclear plant after it was rocked by the quake. 日本强震受灾地区不仅面临更多余震,而且还面临着另一个震后危机核辐射。人们担心福岛核电站在地震后会发生严重核泄漏事故。)
合伙企业 partnership enterprise
核军火库 nuclear arsenal
合理引导消费 guide rational consumption
和平共处五项原则: 互相尊重领土完整和主权、互不侵犯、互不干涉内政、平等互利、和平共处 Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence: mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence
和平解决台湾问题 peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question
和平演变 peaceful evolution
和气生财 Harmony brings wealth

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贺岁片 New Year's Film
合同医院 contract clinic
核武器数量 Nuclear Arsenal Size
核销 cancel after verification
核心家庭 nuclear family
核心竞争力 core competitiveness
合业经营 combined operation/ management
合议庭 collegiate bench
合作演员 co-star (The 20-year-old actress - who plays a teenage rocker in 'Bandslam' - has revealed she and her co-stars practised before their scenes by using a Nintendo Wii interactive games console. 这位在电影《乐团狂飙》中扮演摇滚少女的20岁女演员透露,她在开拍前曾经和她的合作演员用任天堂Wii互动游戏机一起演练过。)
合格的境内机构投资者 qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII)
合格的境外机构投资者 qualified foreign institutional investors (QFII)
合乎国情,顺乎民意 to conform with the national conditions and the will of the people
黑帮 mafia gangs (China's Ministry of Culture has banned websites featuring or publicizing online games which glamorize mafia gangs. 中国文化部发布通知要求各地立即查处运营或宣传"黑帮"主题网络游戏的网站。)
黑车 black taxi (a taxi that carries passengers illegally and without a business license)
黑店 gangster inn
黑飞 black flight (Unfortunately for those expecting little green men, the explanation from authorities several days later was far from mysterious: It was a private jet taking a "black flight". 可是,就在大家准备迎接外星人光临的时候,官方在几天后向公众通报说这其实毫不神秘:那是私人飞机进行的一次“黑飞”。)
黑金 kickback (The International Olympic Committee will open an ethics investigation into Issa Hayatou over allegations the African football official took kickbacks from FIFA's former marketing agency. 国际奥委会道德委员会将对非洲足联主席伊萨哈亚图展开调查。哈亚图受指控曾收受国际足联前市场部门的“黑金”。)
黑客 hacker
黑哨 black whistle
黑社会 Mafia-style organizations; gangland; underworld group
黑匣子 black box
黑心棉 shoddy cotton
黑眼圈 dark under-eye circles
黑车 unlicensed cab (Cab drivers in main urban zones of Chongqing stopped work Monday to protest a number of issues, including numerous unlicensed cabs and insufficient supplies of compressed natural gas, which powers most taxis. 重庆市主城区出租汽车司机3日举行罢工,抗议黑车泛滥、出租车加气难等问题。)
和平大使 Messenger of Peace (Actress Charlize Theron is named as a UN Messenger of Peace, at United Nations Headquarters, in New York, November 17, 2008. 演员查理兹塞隆2008年11月17日在纽约联合国总部被任命为联合国大使。)

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和平“路线图”计划 the “roadmap” peace plan
和谈 peace talks
和弦铃声 chord music ringtone
和谐社会 harmonious society
核心/非核心资产 core / non-core assets
合资银行 share-holding bank
红白喜事 wedding and funeral
红包 convert payment; (neutral)red paper containing money as a gift, (derogative) bribe, kickback
红筹股 red chips
洪峰 ood crest; flood peak
红股 bonus share
宏观经济基本状况  macroeconomic fundamentals
宏观决策 macro-level policy-making
宏观调控 macro-control
红领 red-collar worker (Becoming a civil servant - known as a red-collar worker in China - is the ambition of many white-collar workers in the city, according to a new survey. 根据一项新调查,成为公务员,也就是国内所谓的“红领”,是许多城市白领的梦想。)
《红楼梦》 Dream of the Red Mansion; Dream of the Red Chamber (The Story of the Stone)
红马甲 floor broker; floor trader
红帽子企业 red cap enterprise (refers to the reputation a private enterprise enjoys by becoming attached to a government department and doing business in the name of a state-run or collective-run enterprise)
鸿门宴 Hongmen banquet--a feast or meeting set up as a trap for the invited
红旗单位 advanced (model) establishment
红色旅游业 red tourism (Nearly 10,000 citizens in Shaoshan -- known as one of China's "red tourism" sites -- marked the date with a 5,000-meter foot race that started from Mao's former residence and ended at the square in front of the Shaoshan Railway Station. 为了纪念毛泽东诞辰117周年,韶山市有近1万人参加了5000米竞走比赛,比赛从毛主席的故居开始,到韶山火车站广场结束。韶山是中国的红色旅游地之一。)
红色遗迹 red relics (Tibet will apply to the central government for more than 23 million yuan to protect the "red relics" (revolutionary sites) this year, with the first batch of construction for protection projects already started. 西藏将向中央政府申请超过2300万元人民币用来保护“红色遗迹”(革命遗址),第一批保护工程已经启动。)
红色资源 red resources (China has launched a survey on its martyr memorial facilities nationwide, aiming to offer information for enhanced protection on these precious "red resources," officials with the country's Ministry of Civil Affairs said Thursday. 民政部官员周四称,近日全国范围内开展了一项对烈士纪念设施的调查,为加强保护这些宝贵的“红色资源”提供信息。)
红衫军 the red-shirted protesters.(4 of the protest leaders have surrendered to police with most of the red-shirted protesters calling off their action Tuesday. 其中4人已主动向警方自首,绝大多数反政府"红衫军"示威者周二开始解散集会. )
红丝带 Red Ribbon

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红细胞生成素 Erythropoietin (EPO)
弘扬和培育民族精神 Carry forward and cultivate the national spirit
宏观经济政策 macroeconomic policies
红楼梦 A Dream of Red Mansions
红色旅游 red tourism (China will boost "red tourism," or visits to former revolutionary bases and landmark sites, through 2010 to promote the "national ethos" and "social-economic development" in those areas, according to a national program.)
后备工业 supporting industry
后备基金 reserve fund
候补委员 alternate committee member
后防空虚 leave the defense exposed
候鸟企业 migrant enterprise an enterprise that changes locations for pursuing better conditions for production
喉舌;代言人 mouthpiece
后台管理 back-stage management
后续投资 follow-up investment
候选城市 the candidate cities
后劲 ability to make further advances
互动演示 interactive demonstration
互动广告 interactive advertisement
虎父无犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg.
互惠互利 reciprocity and mutual benefit
户籍改革 household registry reform; residential system reform
呼叫等待 call waiting
呼叫转移 call forwarding
户口簿 residence booklet
户口登记簿 household register
户口管理制度 "domicile system, residence registration system "

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呼啦圈 hu la hoop
互联网服务提供商 ISP (Internet Service Provider)
互联网普及率 Internet penetration rate (The Internet penetration rate rose to 38.3 percent, up four percentage points from the same period in 2010, increasing by 55.8 million Internet users. 互联网普及率上升至38.3%,与2010年同期相比上升了四个百分点,新增网民5580万。)
虎鲨 tiger shark.(US diver Craig Clasen fought with a 12ft tiger shark for nearly 2 hours when it tried to attack his friend during an underwater spear fishing expedition in Louisiana.美国潜水员克雷格克拉森在美国路易斯安那州的海底潜水捕鱼时,为了保护自己的同伴,在水中与一条12英尺长的虎鲨搏斗了两个小时。)
护身法宝 amulet
胡同串子 peddler; hawker
互通有无 supply each other’s needs
呼吸衰竭 respiratory failure
忽悠 sweet-talk, coax, wheedle. (You cannot sweet-talk me into helping you! 你别想用好话哄我帮助你。)
户主 head of a household
胡子工程 long-drawn-out project (a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded)
滑板车 scooter
华表 ornamental column/cloud pillar/stele
滑草 grass skating
华盖 canopy
环境保护 protect the environment
花旗银行 National City Bank of New York
化学色素 chemical dyes
花样游泳 water ballet
花葬 flower burial (Residents of Wuhan, in Central China’s Hubei province, are asked to consider flower burials by pouring ashes into the cellar beneath flower beds, xinhuanet.com reported Tuesday. 据新华网周二报道,湖北省省会武汉市号召市民采用花葬,将骨灰洒进花坛下方的地窖。)
画中画 picture-in-picture (PIP)
化装棉 cotton pads
化妆水 toning lotion
化妆晚会 mask party
花边新闻 tidbit (Interesting tidbit: "a group known as the Kallawaya use Spanish or Quechua in daily life, but also have a secret tongue mainly for preserving knowledge of medicinal plants, some previously unknown to science. 'How and why this language has survived for more than 400 years, while being spoken by very few, is a mystery,' Dr. Harrison said in a news release.")

故乡的云 : 2012-05-08#89
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画饼充饥 feed on illusions
滑盖手机 slide phone
坏球 Ball
坏帐 bad account
花露水 toilet water
环保电池 environment-friendly battery;
环保型技术口 EST(Environmentally-sound technology)
换岗 job reshuffle (At least 3,000 police officials in Chongqing are facing a major job reshuffle to clean up the police force tainted by its protection of several organized gangs. 重庆将有至少3000名警察面临大换岗,此次换岗的目的是对有黑帮保护伞之称的当地警察队伍进行清理。)
换届 change personnel upon completion of a term of office
换届选举 election at expiration of office terms
环境绿化 environmental greening
环境污染 environmental pollution
环境效益 environmental benefits
环幕电影 circular-screen movie
环绕立体声 surround
幻日 parhelion (A parhelion (also known as sundog) combined with a halo is seen in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province on Jan 8, 2011. The atmospheric phenomenon is created by ice crystals in the air at low levels during a cold weather period. 2011年1月8日,长春市出现“幻日”,太阳周围有光环围绕。这种大气现象是在寒冷天气里,阳光经低处云层中的冰晶体折射后就会形成的。)
换手率 turnover rate
还俗 "resume secular life, unfrock"
环太平洋地区 Pacific Rim
换休 change the day off
环保型汽车 environment-friendly car; eco-friendly car
环保专项治理 special projects to address serious environmental problems
换乘站 transfer stop; transfer station
黄标车 yellow label car (That will come at a time when "yellow label cars" - those heavy-polluting vehicles - have been cleaned up off the road after a more-than-two-years effort. 届时,黄标车(高污染排放车辆)将从路面上消失,这是持续两年多努力的结果。)
黄、赌、毒 "pornography, gambling and drug abuse and trafficking "

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黄昏恋 twilight romance; romance of the elderly
(北爱尔兰)皇家警察部队 Royal Ulster Constabulary
黄金时段 prime time
黄金投资者 gold bug (Some people are "gold bugs." These are investors who say people should buy gold to protect against inflation. 有些人属于“黄金投资者”。他们告诉大家要买黄金抗通胀。)
(吃)皇粮 "public grainfunds, goods, etc provided by the government; salary paid by the state "
(农产品国内支持)"黄箱"措施 Amber Box measures
黄段子 dirty joke
黄金线路 hot travel route
黄牛票 scalped ticket (The senator overseeing Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony said Monday that she's writing to Internet sites like eBay asking them not to sell scalped inauguration tickets. 负责奥巴马就职典礼的一位参议员10日称,她已给eBay等网站写信,要求网站不要倒卖就职典礼黄牛票。)
黄土高原 Loess Plateau
环太平洋 Pacific Rim
缓刑 suspended sentence (Zhou Zhenglong, the farmer found guilty of faking photographs of an endangered tiger, left Xunyang County Detention Center in Shaanxi for home Tuesday after a court handed down a suspended sentence as a result of an appeal. "华南虎案"被告周正龙二审获判缓刑后,18日离开陕西旬阳看守所,返回家中。)
环形线路 loop line
欢迎仪式 welcome ceremony
还愿 redeem a wish
呼出通话 outgoing call
挥棒 swing
挥棒不中 fan
徽标 emblem
会标 association's emblem; organization's symbol
汇丰银行 Hong Kong and Shang Hai Banking Corporation
会考 unified examination; general examination
回扣 sales commission; rebates; kickback
灰领 (源于美国,指负责维修电器、上下水道、机械的技术工人,他们多穿灰色的制服工作,因此得名。) Gray-collar (Skilled technicians; employees whose job descriptions combine some white- and some blue-collar duties.)
灰领工人 gray-collar workers

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回流移民 returning emigrants
汇率 exchange rate
灰色技能 gray skills (A survey of 2,298 people showed that 70.7% people consider "gray skills", which refer to special social skills including drinking and flattering, important at work, the China Youth Daily reported Tuesday. 据《中国青年报》周二报道,一项2298人参与的调查显示,70.7%的人认为喝酒、奉承等“灰色技能”在职场中非常重要。)
灰色经济 grey economy
灰色区域措施 Grey area measures
灰色收入 gray income
回头客 returned customer
回头率 rate of second glance
回头是岸 Repentance is salvation; It is never too late to mend.
汇演 joint performance
汇率制度 currency regime
毁人不倦 be tireless in leading young people astray
呼叫转移 call divert
户籍所在地 registered permanent residence
狐狸精 foxtrel (Japanese housewives used to swallow their anger when their husband had an affair or abused them but now they are brave enough to dump them thanks to the professional "foxtrels". When a woman can't maintain the marriage and it's hard to get a divorce, she can hire a foxtrel to seduce her husband. The foxtrels are so professional that they will do anything the job requires. 过去,日本主妇对丈夫的出轨或暴力只能忍气吞声。如今很多人则可以勇敢地甩掉他们。这一切得益于日本兴起的一种新职业:职业"狐狸精"。当有人跟配偶过不下去又不容易离婚时,就会雇佣她们来勾引自家老公。而"狐狸精"也十分敬业,为达目的什么都肯做。)
'胡萝卜加大棒'政策 'carrot and stick' policy (Iran Monday rejected US President-elect Obama's latest call for a "carrot and stick" policy in dealing with Tehran's nuclear issue. 伊朗8日拒绝了美国当选总统奥巴马在伊朗核问题上最新提出的"胡萝卜加大棒"政策。)
混合经济 mixed economy
混合所有制 diversified ownership; mixed ownership
混合型卷烟 blended type cigarette
婚检 premarital check-up (Wang Ying, deputy to the NPC and vice-director of Yunnan Dali Health Bureau, has suggested the government encourage premarital health checks. 全国人大代表、云南省大理白族自治州卫生局副局长王瑛在两会期间建议,政府应加大婚检宣传力度。)
婚介所 matrimonial agency
婚礼式颁证 wedding-style registrations (Wedding receptions have long been overvalued compared with the registration process in China. To change that, civil departments are considering wedding-style registrations at civil affairs bureaus. 在我国,新人喜结连理时一直存在“轻登记、重婚宴”的现状。为改变这一情况,民政部正考虑在民政局婚姻登记处推广“婚礼式颁证”。)
婚恋交友网站 match-making website (China's central government has set up a match-making website to help thousands of busy but lonely government workers find love at work. 中国政府成立了一家婚恋交友网站,帮助成千上万繁忙却孤单的政府职员在工作中寻找爱情。)
婚内强奸 marital rape; rape of spouse
婚奴 marriage slave (A man surnamed Zeng said it is quite expensive to get married and he felt like a "marriage slave" who fell into trouble in life after spending a lot of money on his wedding ceremony and banquets. 一位姓曾的男士称,现在结婚花费十分昂贵,在花钱举办完结婚仪式和婚宴后生活陷入了困境,他感觉自己成为了一名“婚奴”。)

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婚前单身派对 stag/hen night (Known in Britain as hen night (for the bride) and stag night (for the groom), it is clear that the royal couple must keep a low profile to avoid giving fodder to the ever-ready paparazzi. 显然,威廉王子和准王妃凯特在举行婚前单身派对时必须保持低调,以免给随时准备出击的狗仔队提供报道素材。在英国,准新娘/新郎的婚前单身派对分别称为hen/stag night。)
婚前同居 premarital cohabitation
婚前协议 prenuptial agreement
婚纱摄影 wedding photo
婚纱照 pre-wedding photos (Dickie Cheung and Zhang Qian took pre-wedding photos in the Philippines on January 10. 张卫健和张茜1月10日在菲律宾拍摄了婚纱照。)
混水摸鱼 fish in troubled water
婚外恋 extramarital love affair
婚外情 extramarital affair (A US governor who has gained media attention by his four-day disappearance admitted on Wednesday that he has been having an extramarital affair. 因消失四天而广受媒体关注的美国(南卡罗来纳州)州长于本周三承认他有婚外情。)
婚外生育 give birth out of wedlock (According to a new regulation announced by Chongqing's Family Planning Commission, married people who give birth out of wedlock will face a possible fine up to 250,000 yuan, Chongqing Economic Times reported. 据《重庆商报》消息,重庆计划生育委员会发布了一项新规定,已婚人士婚外生子将面临最高达25万元的罚款。)
混业经营 mixed operation/ management
馄饨 ravioli
婚前体检 pre-marital medical exam
货币操纵国 currency manipulator (The country will probably see a "record trade deficit" in March thanks to surging imports, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said on Sunday, while warning that Beijing will "fight back" if Washington labels China a currency manipulator. 商务部部长陈德铭周日表示,由于进口的大幅度增长,三月份中国的贸易逆差可能“破纪录”,同时他警告说,如果华盛顿方面将中国定义为货币操纵国,北京将“予以反击”。)
货币供应量 measure of money supply (The broad measure of money supply, M2, which covers cash in circulation and all deposits, rose 27.68 percent from a year earlier as of the end of December, 9.86 percentage points higher than that at the end of 2008. 广义货币供应(即M2)包括流通货币以及全部储蓄存款。截至去年12月底,我国M2供应量增长了27.68%,同比增幅达到9.86个百分点。)
货币化 monetization
货币回笼 withdrawal of currency from circulation
货币留成制度 currency retention scheme
货到付款 cash on delivery
货到付款 cash on delivery
活到老,学到老 One is never too old to learn.
火电站 thermal power plant
火锅 hot pot
火炬计划 Torch Program (a plan to develop new and high technology)
活动板房 movable plank house / movable house
火炬手 torchbearer
活期存款 current deposit; current account
活期存款利率 demand deposit interest rate
火星探测器 Mars exploration rover (China will send its first Mars exploration rover "Yinghuo-1" into space in October next year by a Russian space rocket, according to Chen Changya, deputy designer-in-chief of China's first Mars rover. 中国首个火星探测项目副总设计师陈昌亚透露,我国首个火星探测器"萤火一号"将于明年10月搭乘俄罗斯的运载火箭飞向火星。)

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基本工资 basic wages (Over 3000 people recently applied for jobs in a British zoo which only temporary and at basic wages. 英国一家动物园日前发出广告,招聘临时工,只发放基本工资,结果引来3000多人应聘。)
基本国策 basic state policy; basic national policy
基本国情 fundamental realities of the country
基本建成覆盖城乡、功能完善的疾病预防控制和医疗救治体系 establish a fully functioning system for disease prevention and control and for emergency medical aid that covers both urban andrural areas
基本路线要管一百年 The basic line must be followed unswervingly for a very long time to come.
基本人权 fundamental human rights
基本养老金社会化发放 retirees receive their basic pension through social security channels
基本医疗保险制度 basic medical insurance system
基本月租费 basic monthly fee (charges)
基层工作 grass-roots work
基层监督 grass-roots supervision
基层民主 democracy at the grassroots level
基层社区 grassroots community (The State Council also encouraged college students to broaden their job search and consider working in grassroots communities, central and western parts of China or SMEs, or start their own business. 国务院还鼓励大学生拓宽就业渠道,考虑去基层社区、中西部地区以及中小企业就业,或自主创业。)
基层文化建设 primary-level cultural undertakings
基层选举 grassroots election (The grassroots election, held every five years, is the lowest and only level of China's electoral process where direct elections are allowed. 每五年举行一次的基层选举,是我国选举过程中最基层、也是唯一进行直接选举的层面。)
基层组织 organizations at the grass-roots level, primary-level organization
机场建设费 airport construction fee
既成事实 fait accompli (noun)
继承税 inheritance tax
基础产业 basic industry
基础教育 basic education
基础设施建设 infrastructure construction
基础设施 infrastructure
基础税率 base tariff level
记大过 record a serious demerit
鸡蛋碰石头 like an egg striking a rock; attack… stronger than oneself
既得利益集团 vested interest groups (To implement the concept will require restricting vested interest groups and effective law enforcement, researchers and legislators said. 研究人员和立法人士均表示,为了践行这一理念,就需要限制既得利益集团,并促成各项法律的有效实施。)
基地组织 al-Qaeda group
机电产品 mechanical and electrical products
机动车行驶证 road-worthiness certificate (According to the draft law, taxes on vehicles with engines smaller than 2.0 liters, which account for 87 percent of China's cars, will be reduced and vehicle owners should submit tax certificates in order to qualify for a road-worthiness certificate. 根据草案,2.0升以下小排量车的车船税将会减少,车主需要提交缴纳车船税证明才能办机动车行驶证。国内87%的车辆为2.0升以下的小排量车。)
缉毒 investigate drug smuggling; capture drug smugglers
(日本银行主持的)季度短观调查报告 Tankan survey
缉毒队 narcotics squad
极度兴奋 fever pitch (The goal roused the crowd to fever pitch. 这个进球让现场球迷陷入狂热。)
饥饿营销 hunger marketing (Though the confrontation outside the Apple store in Sanlitun Village was resolved peacefully, the company's long-term "hunger marketing" strategy has sparked questions from inside the industry, International Finance News reported Monday. 据《国际金融报》周一报道,尽管三里屯苹果专卖店的冲突事件已经平息,但是苹果公司长期遵循的“饥渴营销”策略却受到了行业内的质疑。)
计费方法/ 按秒计费/ 按分计费 Calculating telephone fees/ per-second calculation/ per-minute calculation
积分制 point redemption scheme (The Asian Games volunteer badges are distributed on a basis of a point redemption scheme of volunteering service hours as volunteers can redeem one service hour for one point. Different service responsibilities have different coefficients. When the points reach 100, 200 and 300, volunteers are eligible for a bronze badge, silver badge and gold badge respectively. For higher points of 400, a medal of sun will be awarded. 亚运会志愿者徽章的派发是以志愿时积分制为基础的。志愿者每服务1个小时可以换取1分。不同的服务职责有不同的系数。当积分达到100、200和300时,志愿者可相应获得铜章、银章和金章。达到400分时,还可获得一枚太阳勋章。)
急功近利 eager for instant success and quick profits
技工贸结合的科技型企业 scientific and technological enterprises that integrate scientific and technological development with industrial and trade development
机构重叠 organizational overlapping
机构改革 institutional reform; streamlining; institutional restructuring
机构投资者 institutional investor
机构臃肿 overstaffing in organizations (government)
激光唱片 compact disc; laser record; laser disc
激光打印机 laser printer
激光导航 laser navigation
激光通信 laser communication
计划单列市 city specifically designated in the state plan
计划经济 planned economy
计划内招生 planned enrollment

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计划生育责任制 responsibility system of family planning
机会成本 opportunity cost
积极防御 active defense
计价器 taximeter
计件工资制  piece-rate system
季节工 seasonal worker
季节性调价 seasonal price adjustment
即开式奖券 scratch-open ticket; scratch pad
激励约束制度 a system of incentives and disincentives
激烈竞争 cut-throat competition
记名债券 registered bond
吉尼斯世界记录 Guinness World Records
纪念封 commemorative envelope
即期消费 immediate consumption
机器阅卷 machine scoring
急人民所急,忧人民所忧 making the desires and worries of the people one's own
吉日良辰 auspicious day
即溶泳衣 dissolvable bikini (The dissolvable bikini looks like a real bikini but disappears after just a few seconds in water. 从表面看,这种泳衣和真正的比基尼没有任何区别,但入水几秒钟后,它却能被彻底溶解掉。)
积少成多 many a little makes a mickle
寄生效应 ghost effect
即食餐 ready meal
计时工资 hourly wage
计时工资制 time-rate wage system

纪实小说 documentary fiction
寄售 commission sale
技术产权交易所 technology equity market; technology property right exchange
技术成果商品化 commercialization of technological achievements
技术储备 technological reserve
技术创新 technological innovation
技术改造 technological transformation
技术攻关 strive to make technological breakthrough
技术工人 technician; skilled worker
技术集约企业 technology-intensive enterprise
技术交底 technical disclosure
技术密集产品 technology-intensive product
技术密集型 technology-intensive
技术下乡 spread technological knowledge to farmers
技术依托 technical backstopping
技术有偿转让 transfer of technology with compensation
集束炸弹 cluster bomb
技术职称 technical title
技术转让 technology transfer
集思广益 draw on collective wisdom and absorb all useful ideas
缉私力量 the forces engaged in the fight against smuggling
寄宿家庭 home stay (A home stay provides the opportunity to experience foreign culture while living in a foreign home. 寄宿家庭可以让你居住在外国人家中感受外国文化。)
计算机化战争 computerized war
计算机集成制造系统 computer integrated manufacturing system (CIMS)
计算机辅助教学 computer-assisted instruction (CAI)

计时票制 time fare system
纪实文学 documentary writing

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计算机辅助学习 computer-aided learning (CAL)
计算机中央处理器 central processing unit(CPU)
计算机网络信息中心 computer network information center
挤提 bank run
集体承包 be contracted to collectives; collective contract
集体观念 groupism; collective spirit
集体合同 collective contract (Collective contracts as part of an effective negotiation mechanism between workers and employers will help mitigate labor unrests that have hit parts of the country recently, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) said on Thursday. 中华全国总工会上周四表示,集体合同作为工人和雇主之间的一种有效协商机制的一部分,有助于缓解最近中国部分地区出现的劳资纠纷。)
集体婚礼 collective wedding ceremony; group wedding
集体经济 collective economy
集体领导和个人分工负责相结合的制度 system combining collective leadership with individual responsibility
集体所有制 collective ownership
集团消费 institutional spending
既往不咎,忘掉旧嫌 let bygones be bygones
继往开来 continue with the past and open up the future
纪委 discipline inspection commission
鸡尾酒疗法 drug cocktail therapy (treatment)
即席讲话 speak impromptu; make an impromptu speech; off-the-cuff remarks
极限运动 extreme sports; X-sports
吉祥如意 Everything goes well
吉祥物 mascot
继续深化国有企业改革、使企业真正成为市场竞争的主体 to deepen SOE reform to enable them to become main players in the market competition;
积压产品 overstocked commodities (inventories)
积压航班 flight backlog (Many European flights took to the skies Tuesday for the first time in days but the travel chaos was far from over: London's airports remained shut, a massive flight backlog was growing and scientists feared that history could repeat itself with yet another volcanic eruption in Iceland. 上周二,欧洲很多航班在停飞数天后首度飞上蓝天,但交通混乱状况远未结束:伦敦机场仍然关闭,积压航班数量非常大且呈上升趋势。科学家担心如果冰岛再有火山喷发,这一历史将重演。)
积压滞销 overstocked commodity (inventory)
机译 machine translation (MT)
基因工程 genetic engineering
基因库 gene bank
基因水稻 trans-genetic hybrid rice
基因突变 genetic mutation
基因图谱 genome; Gene chip (DNA microarray)
即印相片 instant photo
基因组 genome
绩优股 blue chip
集约化 intensification
集约化经营 intensive management
集约经营 intensive operation
鸡仔文学 Chick lit. This Chinese phrase is a translation of the English term “Chick lit,” which refers to the kind of fiction created for young women, particularly single, working women in their twenties and thirties.
记账式国债 book-entry T-bonds
记账式国库券 inscribed treasury bond
记者席 press box
记者招待会 press conference
家政服务 household service
集中供暖 central heating (Beijing's central heating is likely to be switched on early this winter, when the average temperature plunges below 5 C for five days consecutively or when a heavy snowfall or high wind hits the city. 如果平均气温连续5天低于5摄氏度,或遭遇暴雪、强风天气,北京市就将提前启动集中供暖。)
集中精力把经济建设搞上去 go all out for economic development
集装箱公寓 container apartment (The daily rent for this 18-square-meter container apartment is eight yuan. They can also be refitted as mobile restrooms, kitchens, offices and garages. 这种18平米的“集装箱公寓”一天的租金是8元,这种集装箱还可改造成移动厕所、厨房、办公室、车库等。)
集装箱运输船  container freighter
集装运输 container shipping
集资 pool resources; collect money; raise funds; raise money
集资办学 raise money to set up new schools
集资房 houses built with funds collected by the buyers

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祭祖 offer sacrifices to ancestors
甲A足球队 Division A soccer team
加班 overtime work
嘉宾 distinguished guest, honored guest
假唱 lip-synch
加长版 extended edition (In April, the 87-year-old Reader's Digest, the most popular general interest magazine in the United States, published its first extended edition in China to enrich the content of the magazine with pictures and words. 四月份,美国最受欢迎的综合性人文杂志《读者文摘》在中国出版了第一辑加长版,用更多的图片和文字使杂志内容更丰富。《读者文摘》至今已经走过了87个春秋。)
假钞票 fake note; phony money; stumer
假动作 deception; feint; deception
价格波动 price fluctuation
价格操纵 price manipulation; price rigging
价格反弹 price rebound
价格浮动范围 price-float range
价格垄断 price-fixing (Illegal acts prohibited by the regulations include price-fixing agreements and excluding or limiting competition through abuse of dominant market share, according to the regulations. 根据该法规,签订限价协议以及滥用在市场的垄断地位来排除或限制竞争等违法行为将被禁止。)
价格欺诈 price cheating (Chen Zhijiang, an official at NDRC, said that in all the cities they investigated, Carrefour stores were suspected of price cheating. 国家发改委官员陈志江表示,在他们调查的所有城市中,家乐福都涉嫌价格欺诈。)
价格弹性 price elasticity
价格听证会 public price hearings
价格脱离价值 divergence of prices from values; divorce price from value
加工贸易 trade involving the processing of supplied raw materials
甲骨文 oracle bone inscriptions
假结婚 bogus marriage (Canadian officials are becoming more skilled at spotting fake documents and bogus marriages. Some gangs use the same apartment backdrops for all of their photographs of supposed brides and grooms, and make the same mistake on all their forged documents. 加拿大官员在识别假文件和假结婚案例时越来越熟练了。一些犯罪团伙给假结婚的新娘和新郎使用相同的住宅作背景,而且他们所有的假文件中所犯的错误均有雷同之处。)
架空 make somebody a mere figurehead; deprive somebody of his authority while keeping him in office
加快产业结构升级 speed up efforts to upgrade its industrial structure
加快市场步伐 accelerate the marketization; quicken the pace of marketization
假冒伪劣产品 counterfeit and shoddy products
加盟 ally oneself to (a sports team)


加密 encrypt
加密频道 encoded channel
家谱 family tree; family stemma; family genealogy
加强军队和政权建设 strengthen army building and the organs of political power
加强流动人口计划生育管理 strengthen the management of family planning among the floating population
加强农业基础地位 strengthen the position of agriculture as the foundation of the economy
加强舆论监督 ensure that the correct orientation is maintained in public opinion
假球 soccer fraud
加权平均值 weighted average
假日经济 holiday economy
加塞 jump a queue; cut a line
假释 parole
加时赛 overtime (Pau Gasol scored nine points in the overtime to lead world champions Spain to a 85-75 win over China on Tuesday in the men's basketball competitions of the Beijing Olympic Games. 在本周二进行的北京奥运会男篮小组赛上,保罗加索尔在加时赛中得到九分,其突出表现最终帮助世界冠军西班牙队以85比75战胜中国队。)
加速上市 speed-to-market
加速上市 speed-to-market
家庭出身 family background
家庭经济困难的学生 needy student
家庭联产承包责任制 the household contract responsibility system
家庭窘照 Awkward family pics.(Set up a couple of months ago, Awkward Family Photos is getting more than 2m hits a day, attracting major publishers to line up offering potential book deals. 网站成立不足2月,日点击量已逾200万。各大知名出版商纷纷排队抢购照片出版权。)
家庭影院 home theater
假小子 tomboy
夹心层 sandwich class (Applications commenced yesterday in response to the Hong Kong Housing Society's plans to sell sandwich-class flats in Tseung Kwan O for singles and families. The flats are priced 23 percent below market value. 香港房屋委员会计划面向单身人士和家庭出售将军澳地区的“夹心阶层住屋”,申请已于昨日开始。这些公寓的售价比市价要低23%。)
家用电脑 home-use PC
家用电器 household electrical appliance; home appliance
家长制作风 patriarchal style

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家政服务 household service
家政服务业 home services industry (Chinese government Wednesday announced guidelines designed to boost the development of home services industry across the country, vowing financial support and tax cuts. 我国本周三公布了在全国范围内促进家政服务业发展的政策措施,并指出要对该行业提供财政支持和税收优惠。)
价值工程 value engineering
家族企业 family firm
家族式管理 family-run management (It is time for Chinese entrepreneurs, who are well known for their diligence and ability to handle pressure, to study Western management because their companies are growing larger and the old family-run management style is no longer suitable for the market-oriented business model. 以勤奋和强抗压能力著称的中国企业家应该研究一下西方管理学了,因为他们的公司正处于扩大时期,旧的家族式管理模式不再适应目前以市场为导向的商业模式。)
加大污染治理力度 strengthen pollution control
假酒 adulterated wine
加快处置不良资产 step up efforts in handling bad assets
加快努力 speed up efforts
假冒伪劣商品 counterfeit and substandard goods
兼并 merge; annexation
见不得人的勾当 under-the-table deal
剪彩 cut the ribbon
剪彩仪式 ribbon cutting ceremony (The day has finally come for organizers and volunteers to open the doors of Beacon of Hope on the west side of Indianapolis. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8 a.m. July 27. 组织者和志愿者们终于要揭开印第安那波利斯市西部“希望灯塔”的神秘面纱了。剪彩仪式将在7月27日上午8点举行。)
建仓 open a position
检察官 public procurator
检察机关 procuratorial organ
检察长 chief procurator
坚持不懈地进行“扫黄打非”斗争 fight unremittingly against pornographic and illegal publications
坚持对话,不搞对抗 persist in dialogue, refrain from confrontation
坚持解放思想、实事求是的思想路线,弘扬与时俱进的精神 adhere to the ideological guideline of emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, and upholds the spirit of advancing with time.
坚持统一,反对分裂,增加了解,化解歧见 persist in reunification, oppose separation, increase understanding and iron out differences
剪刀差 price scissors; scissors movement of price
监督部门 watchdog
尖端产品 highly sophisticated products

尖端课题 frontline subject
减肥茶 diet tea
减肥训练营 weight loss camp (250 traffic police offers in Bangkok, Thailand, have entered a weight loss camp to burn the fat in their plump body from June 30. 泰国曼谷市250名体重超标的交通警察6月30日开始参加"交警减肥营"。)
减肥药 slimming drug; weight-loss drug (Fifteen weight-loss products containing the drug sibutramine have been recalled across the country over concern that the diet pills could lead to an increased risk of heart disease. 因担心会增加心血管病的风险,15种含有西布曲明的减肥产品已经在全国范围内被召回。)
减负 alleviate burdens on somebody
监管漏洞 supervision loopholes (Hao's case reflected supervision loopholes in the country's coal sector. 郝(鹏俊)的案子反映出国家煤炭领域的监管漏洞。)
监护权 custodial right
舰舰导弹 ship-to-ship missile
间接选举 indirect election
渐进式台独 gradual Taiwan independence
渐近尾声 draw to a close
检举箱 accusation letter box
健康保险 health insurance( The Bryants did not provide her with health insurance and she sustained damages of $20000 in unpaid overtime.科比夫妇没有给她提供健康保险,拖欠她2万美元薪水。)
健康带菌者 healthy carrier (In addition to the 19 confirmed cases, one student was diagnosed as a "healthy carrier," or a person who was infected with the cholera bacteria but displays no symptoms. However, "healthy carriers" can transmit the bacteria to others. 除了19个确诊病例外,还有一名学生被诊断为“健康带菌者”,也就是被感染了霍乱病毒但是却没有表现出症状。但是,“健康带菌者”可以把病毒传染给他人。)
健康及意外险 health and casualty insurance
健康证 health certificate (A university graduate who fought discrimination against Hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers for two years has received a health certificate allowing him to be employed in the food industry. 在与对乙肝病毒携带者的歧视斗争了两年之后,一位大学毕业生终于拿到了允许他从事食品行业的健康证。)
建立公正、合理的国际政治经济新秩序 build a fair and rational new international political and economic order
建立健全国有资产管理和监督体制 establish and perfect the management and supervision system of State-owned assets
见面会 meet-and-greet
简明新闻 news in brief
减排 carbon emission reduction (China's commitment on carbon emission reduction is scientific and practical, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said at a news conference following the China-EU summit Monday. 本周一,在中欧峰会结束后的新闻发布会上,温家宝总理称,中国所做的碳减排承诺是科学和实际的。)
减轻农民负担  reduce farmers' burdens; lighten the burden on farmers
建设公债 public bonds for construction
建设社会主义的物质文明和精神文明 build a socialist civilization that is advanced culturally and ideologically, as well as materially; promote socialist material progress and socialist culture and ideology
建设社会主义法治国家 build a socialist country under the rule of law

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建设稳产高产基本农田 make primary farmland capable of producing stable, high yields.
建设有中国特色的社会主义 build a socialist country under the rule of law build socialism with Chinese characteristics
监事会 board of inspectors
减速玻璃(汽车) decelerating glass
荐贤举能 recommend the virtuous and the able
减刑 have one's sentence commuted
减员增效 downsize staffs and improve efficiency
减灾 disaster reduction; disaster mitigation; reduce damages caused by disaster
舰载飞机 carrier-borne aircraft; carrier aircraft
简政放权 streamline administration and delegate power; streamline administration and institute decentralization
兼职教授 adjunct Professor
建筑面积 floorage; floor space
监察合一 the integration of supervision and investigation
坚持国家绝对控股 keeping a controlling share in the state's hands
坚持正确的政治方向 pursue a correct political direction
坚定信心,扎实工作,旗帜鲜明,毫无动摇 enhance confidence, do a solid job, take a clear-cut stand and never waver in carrying on the fight in depth
讲诚信,反欺诈: honor credibility and oppose cheating
僵化思想 ossified thinking
将军肚 general's belly; beer belly
奖励工资制度 a bonus wages system; a system of higher pay for better performance
降落伞候选人,外来候选人(应召而来参加本人非所在地区竞选的政党候选人) parachute candidate
江南水乡 the south of the lower reaches of the Yangze River
讲排场,摆阔气 waste and extravagance
讲求实效  stress practical results; strive for practical results
僵尸电脑 zombie computer (Malicious code such as Conficker can be triggered to steal data or turn control of infected computers over to hackers amassing"zombie" machines for criminal ends. 入侵者可激活Conficker蠕虫病毒等恶意代码来窃取数据,或使被感染的电脑受黑客控制,进而产生大量的“僵尸电脑”以用于犯罪目的。)

僵尸粉 zombie fans ("Zombie fans" are artificial followers that can be bought and sold online for as little as 4 yuan (63 cents) a thousand. “僵尸粉”就是指那些可以在网上以每1000个4元(63美分)的便宜价格进行买卖的虚假粉丝。)
僵尸手机 zombie phone (We can compare an infected cell phone to a “zombie” phone. It will secretly send virus-linked text messages to your friends and colleagues and turn their phones into “zombies”, which will later create more “zombie” phones. 我们可以把染了病毒的手机比作一部“僵尸”手机,它会向你的朋友和同事发送带有病毒链接的信息,然后把他们的手机都变成“僵尸”,之后,这些手机又会发展出更多的“僵尸”手机。)
降息 reduction of interest
降息 reduction of interest rate
讲义气 be loyal to friends; remain faithful to friends
降雨量 precipitation level
僵持 stand-off (Two hijackers of a Sudanese jetliner surrendered to authorities in Libya after releasing all the passengers Wednesday after a 22-hour standoff. 经过22个小时的僵持,劫持苏丹客机的两名劫机者27日释放了所有人质,并向利比亚当局投降。)
降低消耗 to reduce consumption of resources
建立促进经济社会可持续发展的机制 establish a mechanism to promote sustainable social and economic development
建立更加安全、更加尊重多样性和更加团结的世界 work for a safer, more diverse and united world
建立巩固的国防 build a strong national defense
健全国有资本经营预算制度 establishing a sound operating and budget system for state capital
健全国有资本经营业绩考核体系 establishing a sound performance evaluation system for state capital
健全国有资产重大损失责任追究制度 establishing a sound system for assigning responsibility for major losses of state assets for state capital
健全就业,收入分配和社会保障制度 improve employment, income distribution and social security system
减少和规范行政审批 to reduce the number of matters requiring administrative examination and approval and standardize such procedures
建设高素质的领导干部队伍 build a contingent of high-calibre leading cardres
建设统一开放竞争有序的现代市场体系 establish a unified, open and orderly modern market system
建设完整的社会主义市场经济体系 establish a complete socialist market economic system
建设信息化军队 to build computerized armed forces
“简税制、宽税基、低税率、严征管”的原则 the principle of “a more simplified taxation system, broader tax collection basis, lower tax rates and stricter tax collection”
简易过渡房 makeshift shelter (1 million makeshift shelters for quake-hit areas must be finished in 3 and half months, according to the 11th State Council's meeting of disaster relief Tuesday.)
减员增效 reduce staff for greater efficiency
叫板 challenge; pick a quarrel
脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

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交叉报复 cross retaliation
交叉销售 cross sale (Freeman said during a roundtable discussion with Chinese bankers that he believes cross saleselling additional products or services to established customerscould be a core driver in increasing banks' profits. 在与中国银行家的座谈会上,Freeman说他相信交叉销售是提高银行利润的核心驱动力,交叉销售是指向现有客户推销新的产品及服务的销售方式。)
交割 delivery
教工 teachers and staff
铰接式公共汽车 articulated bus (World's longest articulated bus makes debut in Brazil--The bus has a capacity of 250 passengers, is 28 meters long, 2.6 meters wide, and powered with biodiesel made from soybeans. 世界最长铰接式公共汽车在巴西首次亮相这一公共汽车可容纳250名乘客,车身长28米,宽2.6米,采用的燃料是从大豆中提取的生物柴油。)
交警 traffic police
交流学者 exchange scholar
胶囊公寓 capsule apartment (Huang is auctioning a five-year patent to his life's work - the capsule apartments that have been capturing international media attention since last April. 黄正在拍卖其胶囊公寓的五年专利使用权。这种公寓是他毕生的一个成就,自去年四月以来就得到了国际媒体的关注。)
矫情 use lame arguments
教书育人 impart knowledge and educate people
脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
交通补助  travel allowance
交通规则 traffic regulation
交通文明 road civility (The capital released a top 10 of commonly seen bad driving habits at a press conference on Saturday in the hope of raising awareness of "road civility". On the list was using a cell phone, not wearing a seat belt, throwing trash out of windows and overusing the car horn. 上周六,北京市在新闻发布会上公布了“十大交通陋习”,希望能够提高市民的“文明交通”意识。名单列出的陋习包括在开车过程中使用手机、不系安全带、往车窗外扔垃圾,还有乱按喇叭等。)
交通协管员 traffic warden (The new method introduced in the city's downtown area requires traffic wardens to pull a rope across the pavement when the pedestrian's red light is on, to keep back pedestrians and bicyclists. When the light switches to green, the rope is pulled away. 这一新举措在该市城区实行,要求交通协管员在行人红灯亮起时拉起绳子阻断人行道,以阻止行人和骑自行车的人通过。等绿灯亮的时候,就放下绳子。)
交通转盘 traffic circle
焦土政策 Scorched- Earth plan
教务处 dean's office
侥幸球 fluke
教学法 pedagogy; teaching method
教研室 teaching and research division
交钥匙工程 turn-key project
浇一瓢冷水 throw cold water on;dampen the enthusiasm of
教育部社政司 Social Science Research and Ideological Work Department of the Ministry of Education
教育规划纲要 national education plan (Universal preschool education and a pledge to eliminate illiteracy are among the reforms of China's education system published in the country's national education plan for the next decade. 国家发布的未来十年教育规划纲要提到的中国教育体制改革目标包括了普及学前教育和承诺扫除文盲两项工作。)

教育乱收费 unauthorized collection of fees by educational institutions
教育体制 education bureaucracy (Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday called for changes in the education bureaucracy, a problem that plagues China's development of education. 上周六,温家宝总理提出要进行教育体制改革,教育体制问题是中国教育发展过程中的一个困扰。)
教育质量 quality of education
叫座 a box-office success; draw a large audience
交叉 感染 cross transmission; cross-infection
交接仪式 handover ceremony
加强伙伴关系 strengthen partnerships
加强水土保持 reinforce the conservation of water and soil
加速科研成果向生产力的转化 facilitate a faster transition from research to actual production
家庭暴力 domestic violence
家庭装修用品 home improvement products
假文凭 fake diplomas
假帐 accounting fraud
家长会 parent-teacher conference (Then call my ex-husband and remind him the parent-teacher conference is at Dalton tonight.)
基本生活费 basic allowances
基层民主政治 democracy at the local level
鸡蛋羹 steamed egg custard
机顶盒 set-top box (STB), set-top unit (A set-top box (STB) or set-top unit (STU) is a device that connects to a television and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen.)
机读形式 machine-readable form
结党营私 form cliques for private gain
街道企业 neighborhood enterprise
借调 temporarily transfer
借读生 transient student
戒毒所 drug rehabilitation center
阶段性就业 periodic employment

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阶段性政策 interim policy
解放生产力 emancipate the productive forces
解放思想、实事求是的思想路线 ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts
解放思想、实事求是、与时俱进 Emancipate the mind, Seek truth from the facts, Advance with the times
结构工资制 structural wage system (内蒙古东胜市对村干部实行结构工资制,真正把村干部的工资与工作成绩、村集体经济收入紧紧地联系起来。Dongsheng City in Inner Mongolia carried out the composite wage system, closely connecting pay with village officials'work achievements and the economic revenue of the village's collective economy.)
结构失调 structural imbalance
结汇 settle a foreign exchange account; settlement of exchange deals
结婚誓词 marriage vow (Introducing the marriage vow, the Ministry of Civil Affairs ( MC)A says, is aimed at improving new couples' sense of mutual responsibility and their awareness of the Marriage Law. 民政部表示,引入结婚誓词的目的是提升新人的共同责任意识和对《婚姻法》的认识。)
劫机 hijack an airplane
戒急用忍 overcome impetuosity and exercise patience; no haste, be patient
解决劳动力就业问题 tackle the problem of employment of the labor force
解决贸易争端 settle trade disputes
接口 interface
解困基金 anti-poverty funds
揭老底 reveal the inside story; open a buried secret
解铃还须系铃人 It is better for the doer to undo what he has done; Let him who tied the bell on the tiger take it off; Whoever started the trouble should end it.
截击导弹 interceptor; interception missile
截流 dam; the damming of
截留上缴利润 withhold profits that should be turned over to the state
揭幕赛 (Rafael Marquez's score earned Mexico a 1-1 draw with host South Africa in the opening game of the World Cup Friday after Siphiwe Tshabalala had given the host nation a dream start. 在本周五世界杯揭幕战中,南非队查巴拉拉的进球使东道主的南非之旅有了完美的开端。之后,墨西哥队拉法埃尔马克斯的进球将与东道主南非队的比分扳为1比1。)
节能 save energy; energy-saving
节日病 holiday excess (Ji was not the only one suffering from the holiday excess. According to a survey launched by the popular Chinese website Sohu, the top three places where people like drinking most are Beijing, Shandong province and Hebei province. 冀先生(音)不是唯一一个染上“节日病”的人。根据搜狐网的一项调查,人们最嗜好饮酒的三个地区分别为北京、山东、和河北。)
节食 on a diet
结售汇制度 "the system of exchange, settlement and sales "
节水龙头 water-saving taps

节水农业 water-saving agriculture
结算货币 settlement currency (The yuan will become one of the three major global settlement currencies in five years, the HSBC Group estimated, China Business News reported on Wednesday. 据《第一财经日报》周三报道,汇丰集团预计,在未来五年内人民币将成为三大国际贸易结算货币之一。)
街谈巷议 gossip; rumor
阶梯教室 lecture theatre; terrace classroom
街心花园 park at an intersection; garden in the city center
节育率 rate of contraception
节奏布鲁斯音乐(RMB音乐) rhythm blues
解除劳动关系 sever labor relation
节能灯 efficient lightbulb
节能降耗减排 to save energy, lower energy consumption and reduce pollutants discharge
节能型轿车 energy-efficient cars
借钱消费 borrow-and-spend
街舞 hip-hop
技工学校 skilled workers training school
积极的财政政策 proactive fiscal policy
鸡精 essence of chicken (Brand's Essence of Chicken is formulated using top quality chicken and is specially formulated for easy absorption and digestion by the human body.)
积木 building block
金本位 gold standard
金边债券 gilt-edged bond
金蝉脱壳 escape like a cicada by casting off its skin; stratagem for slinking off
进出口经营权 import-export operation right; power to engage in import and export trade
进出口商会 chamber of import and export trade
进出口总额 total volume of foreign trade
近地卫星 near-earth satellite
金刚经 Vajracchedika-sutra

J-16

故乡的云 : 2012-07-11#101
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进宫 be put in prison; be sent to jail; be taken into custody
紧箍咒 inhibiting magic phrase
近海地区 offshore area
近海渔业 offshore fishery
近海钻探 offshore drilling
金鸡奖 Golden Rooster Awards
晋级考试 promotion test-test given to promote candidates on their knowledge of the relevant subjects
紧急通知 emergency notice
紧急状态 emergency; state of emergency
金降落伞 golden parachute
进口差价税 import variable duties
进口附加税 import surcharge
进口环节税 import linkage tax
进口渗透 import penetration
进口税 import duty; import tariff
禁令 ban (Indian toy dealers are running out of stock due to a government ban on Chinese toy imports, local media reported.据当地媒体报道,由于印度政府对中国玩具实施进口禁令,印度进口商和批发商的玩具库存大量减少。)
金领工人 gold-collar worker
紧密型企业集团 tightly-knit groups of enterprises
金瓶擎签 lot-drawing from a golden urn
紧俏 sell well (commodities) ;in short supply
紧俏产品 commodities in short supply
烟花爆竹“禁燃区” no-fly zone (Teams of officials from the fire prevention bureau, police, neighborhood committees and property companies will patrol the "no-fly zones" throughout the day to warn offenders, said Liu Haiyan, a press officer for the city fire department. 北京市消防局媒体负责人刘海燕(音)表示,消防局、公安局、居委会和物业公司将组成巡逻队,在“禁燃区”全天巡逻,防止有人违规燃放。)
近日点 perihelion
金融重组 financial reorganization
金融电子化 computerize financial services
金融工具 financial instruments
金融寡头 financial oligarchy; financial magnate; financial tycoon
金融货币危机 financial and monetary crisis
金融违规行为 Financial irregularities /improprieties
金融危机 financial crisis
金融衍生物 financial derivative
金融中心 financial center
金融自由化 financial liberalization
金融租赁 financial lease
劲射 power shot
紧身的衣服 tight-fitting clothes
金税工程 the Golden Tax Project (a national taxation computer network)
近水楼台先得月 "First come, first served; A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first--the advantage of being in a favored position."
金丝猴 golden monkey
紧缩银根 tight money policy; monetary restraint
金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
进项税 input tax
进项税信贷 input tax credit
进修班 class for further studies
金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home
禁渔期 closed fishing seasons
禁渔期 closed fishing seasons; fishing moratorium; fishing ban
金元外交 dollar policy
紧张局势 tense situation;tension
禁止在任何地方、任何环境进行一切方式的释放核能的核武器试验保爆炸 prohibit any nuclear weapon test explosion which releases nuclear energy at any place and in any environment

故乡的云 : 2012-07-11#102
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金砖国家 BRICS countries (The BRICS countries - originally Brazil, Russia, India, and China, and now South Africa - have turned out to be a source of global economic development and essential to future generations. 金砖国家(巴西、俄罗斯、印度、中国、以及新加入的南非)已成为全球经济发展的动力,对未来的发展至关重要。)
紧追 cling to, shadow, thunder on one's trail
(手机键盘上的)“井” 字符 hash sign, number sign
经办人 operator
净产值 net output value; net value of production; net production value
经常项目顺差 favorable balance of current account, surplus of current account
经常性贷款 commercial lending
经常性支出 running expenses
净成本 pure cost; net cost; flat cost
经过长期不懈的努力 through protracted and unremitting efforts
靖国神社 Yasukuni Shrine
经济刺激方案 economic stimulus bill (US President Obama will sign the $787b economic stimulus bill, which has been passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate, Tuesday in Denver, a White House official has said. 美国国会众议院和参议院先后通过总额为7870亿美元的经济刺激计划,据白宫官员称,总统奥巴马将于周二在丹佛签署该法令。)
经济担保书 financial guarantee
经济的持续高速发展 sustained and rapid development of economy
经济的持续、快速、健康发展 sustained, rapid and sound development of the economy
经济的社会化、市场化、现代化 socialization, marketization and modernization of the economy
经济发展模式 economic development model (The annual government work report delivered at the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress by Premier Wen Jiabao has proposed new strategies and thoughts about promoting urbanization, which will trigger the explosive expansion of domestic demands and help the transformation of economic development models. 温家宝总理在十一届全国人大三次会议上做年度政府工作报告时,提出了推进城市化的新战略和新思想,指出城市化将引发国内需求的突破性增长,帮助推进经济发展模式的转变。)
经济繁荣 economic boom
经济房 low-cost housing
经济封锁 economic blockade
经济复苏 economic resurgence
经济杠杆 economic lever
经济过热 overheated economy; overheated development of the economy
经济和技术合作 ECOTECH cooperation (Economic and technology cooperation)
经济核算 cost accounting
经济滑坡 economic downturn
经济技术开发区 economic and technological development zone
经济结构调整 economic restructuring
经济结构战略性调整 strategic restructuring of the economy
经济开发区 economic development zone
经济良性循环 a beneficial economic cycle
经济林 cash tree
经济全球化 economic globalization; economic integration
经济渗透 economic infiltration
经济师 economic engineer; economic manager; economist
经济实体 economic entity
经济失调指数 misery index
经济适用房 economically affordable housing
经济适用墓 affordable grave (Low-income earners in Beilun, Ningbo, will get affordable burials amid complaints of soaring funeral costs, Qianjiang Evening News reported Wednesday. Many people keen to get a nice posthumous home for their deceased relatives say people can no longer afford to die. 据《钱江晚报》周三报道,宁波北仑区为解决殡葬高消费问题,将面向低收入者推出“经济适用型墓地”。碰上殡葬,很多人为了让过世的亲人走得安心,都想找块好墓地。可贫困家庭却又出不起这个钱,以致出现了“活得起,死不起”的说法。)
经济特区 special economic zone(SEZ)
竞技体育 competitive sports
经济调整 economic restructure
经济头脑 commercially minded people; people with business sense
经济危机 economic crisis
经济萧条 economic depression; economic slump; business depression
经济效益 economic returns;economic efficiency
经济一体化 economic integration
经济责任制 economic responsibility system
经济增长点 growth engine;economic growth point
经济总量 economic aggregate
J20

故乡的云 : 2012-07-30#103
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精简会议 cut down the number of meetings to make them shorter
精简机构 streamline government organs
精简、统一、效能的原则 principle of simplified administration, unified action and higher efficiency
经济承包制 management contract system
警戒水位 warning level; danger level
京剧票友 Peking Opera fan
京剧人物脸谱 types of facial make-up in Beijing opera
敬老院 home for the aged; seniors' home
精品 competitive products
精品酒店 boutique hotel (Unlike the traditional standardized hotel, a boutique hotel - also known as a lifestyle hotel or designer hotel - contains luxury facilities of varying degrees in unique or intimate settings with the opportunity to explore the local atmosphere. 跟传统的标准化酒店不同,精品酒店,也叫生活时尚酒店或设计师酒店,内设各种不同等级的奢侈设施。精品酒店的布置通常独特亲切,给旅客探究当地文化的机会。)
景气产业 thriving business;thriving industries;thriving economy
精神食粮 nourishment for the mind; intellectual food
精神损失费 mental damage compensation (On April 26, 2010, Chen Bentao received the recorded footage and a letter asking him to return the money besides a mental damage compensation of 50,000 yuan. 2010年4月26日,陈本涛收到了部分录像光盘和一封信,信中要求他还钱,并赔偿5万元精神损失费。)
精神文明建设 promote cultural and ideological progress; develop socialist culture and ethics
精神文明 cultural and ideological progress
精神支柱 spiritual pillar
景泰蓝 cloisonné
境外就业 be employed abroad
境外投资 outbound investment (The Chinese government will continue encouraging outbound investment while attracting foreign investment in 2010 for "stable and relatively fast" growth of the country's economy, a government official has said. 一位政府官员说,为了保证国家经济“稳定和相对快速”的发展,2010年中国政府会继续鼓励境外投资,同时吸引外来投资。)
境外消费(服务贸易) consumption abroad
镜像站点 mirror sites (The WikiLeaks website was also shut down after apparent political pressure on service providers, but WikiLeaks said there were now 750 global mirror sites meaning the data so far released remained readily available. 在服务器提供商公然受到政治压力后,维基解密网站也关闭了。但该网站称目前已在全球建立750个镜像站点,这意味着还有大量信息即将曝光。)
竞选辩论 election debate
竞选委员会 election committee;election board
竞选运动 election campaign
敬业精神 professional dedication; professional ethics

故乡的云 : 2012-07-30#104
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经营费用 running expense
经营管理高度科学化的现代化大企业 modern big enterprise with highly scientific management system
经营管理不善 mismanagement; poor management; poor operation and management
经营权与所有权分离 separation of the right of management from the right of ownership
经营性公墓 commercial cemetery (According to the regulation on funeral and interment management passed on Monday, the government will restrict the development of commercial cemeteries while promoting the construction of social welfare cemeteries. 根据周一通过的殡葬管理办法,(武汉市)政府将限制经营性公墓的开发,并推进公益性公墓的建设。)
经营责任制 management system
精英治国论 theory of elite administration
竞争机制 competitive mechanism
竞争上岗 take up a job through competition
竞争优势 competitive edge; advantage in competition
净资本 net capital (The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said that a trust company's net capital should not be less than the sum of its all risky capital, as well as no less than 40 percent of its net assets. 中国银监会表示,一家信托公司的净资本不能少于其风险资本总额,也不能少于其净资产的40%。)
精子库 sperm bank
经典线路 classic travel route
精简开支 cut down the outlay; retrench expenses;retrenchment in expenditure
经济法制化 manage economic affairs according to law; to put economic operation on a legal basis
经济立法 economic legislature
经济社会协调发展 coordinated development of the economy and society
经济型轿车 economy car
经贸摩擦 economic and trade frictions
仅供参考 for your information, for your reference (fyi)
景气下降 business setback
精神抖擞 in good spirits
境外投资协调机制 the mechanisms for coordinating overseas investment
经营范围 scope of business
紧急避孕药 emergency contraception; morning-after pill

故乡的云 : 2012-07-30#105
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静脉注射吸毒 intravenous drug abuse( or addict)
金球制 golden goal
今日特别推介 today's special offer
金融监管 financial regulation
金融监管责任制 the responsibility system for financial supervision
集体企业 collectively-owned enterprise
就地考察 on-the-spot inspection
就地取材 obtain materials from local sources; draw on local resources
纠风办 State Council Office for Rectifying
救济金 relief fund
九届全国人大四次会议 the Fourth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress
酒精呼气测试 breath alcohol test (When the policeman asked the driver to take a breath alcohol test after smelling alcohol on him, the man bit the policeman's left hand. Then, when the policeman used an interphone to call for help, the man knocked the interphone to the ground and grabbed the officer by the neck, according to police. 据警方称,警察在闻到该驾车男子身上的酒气后要求对其进行酒精测试,这时该男子一口咬住了警察的左手。警察用对讲机请求支援,该男子一把把对讲机打到地上,并用手掐住警察的脖子。)
九年义务教育 nine-year compulsory education
酒肉朋友 fair-weather friend
九五攻关 State Key Task 95
就业保险 employment insurance
就业服务 employment service
就业高峰年 peak year for college graduates entering the job market.
就业机会 job opening; job opportunity
就业歧视 employment discrimination (Beijing will launch a series of measures to increase employment opportunities for this year's college graduates and to fight any illegal job agencies and employment discrimination. 北京将采取一系列措施为应届大学毕业生增加就业机会,同时打击一切非法职业介绍机构和就业歧视。)
就业前培训  pre-job training; pre-service training 
就业压力 employment pressure
就业预警机制 job alert system ("The country should have a better job alert system to help students choose their major in college," said Jiang Dayuan, a senior official of the vocational education department under the Ministry of Education. 教育部职业教育司高级官员姜大源说:“我们国家应该有一个更好的就业预警机制来帮助学生在大学里选择专业。”)
救援人员 rescue workers
救灾扶贫 provide disaster relief and help the poor

故乡的云 : 2012-07-30#106
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纠正随意改变基本农田用途的现象 rectify unauthorized changes in the use of primary farmland
酒后驾车 DUI (drive under the influence (of alcohol)), OUI (operating under the influence)
酒泉卫星发射中心 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre
救死扶伤 heal the wounded and rescue the dying
九五折 a five percent discount; a 95 percent charge
救灾物资 disaster relief materials (Around 4:00 pm Wendesday, China's air force dropped 5 tons of disaster relief materials, including mineral water, milk, instant noodles, into Mianzhu City in quake-stricken Sichuan. 14日16时许,空军一架大型运输机首次为四川绵竹灾区空投了救灾物资,包括矿泉水、牛奶、方便面。)
(政府)救助 bailout (US stocks suffered Monday after the House of Representatives shocked investors by voting to reject the Bush administration's $700b bailout plan. 美国众议院29日出乎意料地投票否决了美国政府7000亿美元的救市方案。此结果令市场极度失望。)
酒醉驾车 drunk driving
集约型经济模式 intensive mode of economic growth
记者证 press card (After Beijing police detained 8 people who posed as journalists blackmailing interviewees and selling fake press cards, China is planning a nationwide renewal of press cards, Nong Tao, an official from the General Administration of Press and Publication said Wednesday. The new press cards, which will be issued in February 2009, will carry more anti-fake markings on them. 继北京警方打掉1个出售假记者证、勒索封口费的8人假记者团伙后,国家新闻出版总署官员农涛10日表示,计划于2009年2月在全国范围内换发新版记者证,届时新版记者证将带有更多防伪标识。)
举办城市 host city
举报监督电话 hotline for public report and supervision
举报信箱 complaint mailbox
举报中心 informant center
举杯 propose a toast
局部模特 body parts model (Ashly Covington is the kind of top model earning 1,200 dollars in a day. As one of the few full-timebody parts models, Covington doesn't cook, doesn't clean and avoids anything that could ruin her manicure. 阿什利卡温顿就是一位高级“局部模特”,她每日进账达1200美元。作为少数的全职局部模特之一,卡温顿不下厨,不打扫卫生,不做任何可能会损毁指甲的事情。)
局部战争 local war
聚赌 group gambling; gamble in a group
鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已 bend one's back to the task until one's dying day; give one's all till one's heart stops beating
聚集效益 aggregation effect
居家度假 staycation (Staycations have achieved high popularity amid the financial crisis of 20072009 in which unemployment and gas prices rose. 居家度假的形式在2007年-2009年经济危机期间失业率和油价不断攀升的情况下大受欢迎。)
居家隔离 home quarantine (Close contacts could observe home quarantine, and the range of close contacts was narrowed down, according to a notice on adjusting A(H1N1) flu prevention and control measures issued by the ministry Wednesday. 根据(卫生)部周三下发的关于甲型H1N1流感防控策略调整的通知,(甲型H1N1流感的)密切接触者可以实施居家隔离,而且密切接触者的范围也将缩小。)
居留权 right of abode;right of residence
居民委员会 residential committee; neighborhood committee; residents's committee
举手表决 vote by show of hands

故乡的云 : 2012-07-30#107
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巨无霸 giant;extra large
具有中国特色 with Chinese characteristics
局域网 local area network (LAN)
拒载 refuse to take passengers
举债经营 operation with borrowed capital
聚众淫乱 group licentiousness (The Qinhuai District People's Court in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, handed down verdicts to 22 people, including associate professor Ma Yaohai, after convicting them on charges of group licentiousness. 江苏省南京市秦淮区法院对包括副教授马尧海在内的22人进行了宣判,所涉罪名为聚众淫乱罪。)
居住用地 residential land ("Residential land supply will increase and low-income housing projects will top local governments' agendas," Yun said during a video-conference on Monday. 小苏(国土资源部副部长)周一在视频会议上表示:“居住用地的供应量会有所增加,低收入家庭住房工程将成为地方政府议事日程的重中之重。”)
捐资办学 denote money for school
决策机构 decision-making organ;policy-making body
决策性机构 policy-making body
决堤 breaching of the dyke; break the banks; burst the banks (Heavy rain across a swathe of southern China over the last week has killed at least 132 people and left 86 missing, as rivers broke their banks and landslides cut off road and rail links. 我国南方一带上周突降暴雨,导致河流决堤,暴雨引发的山体滑坡致使公路和铁路系统中断,已造成至少132人死亡,86人失踪。)
决战时刻 zero hour
绝对贫困 absolute poverty
居家养老 home-based care for the aged
居民身份证 resident identification card
居民住房建设 residential construction
军备集结 arms build-up
军备竞赛 arms race
竣工仪式 completion ceremony
军国主义 militarism
均衡规律 law of proportionality
军火走私 gun-running; arms smuggling
军民共建精神文明活动 joint army-civilian efforts to promote socialist ethics and culture in their respective units
军嫂 soldier's wife
军事对峙 military confrontation

军事分界线 military demarcation line
军事过硬 militarily competent
军事扩张 military expansion (China has no plan formilitary expansion as its development of national defense is for its own security, a Navy testing base commander of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said last Friday. 中国人民解放军海军测试基地司令员上周五表示,中国没有军事扩张的计划,发展国防是出于本国安全考虑。)
军事援助 military aid
军属 soldier's dependant; armyman's family
军训 military training(intended for high school annd college students)
军用飞机 warplane, military aircraft
君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
均衡、普惠、共赢 balanced development, shared benefits and win-win progress
军事法院 military court

狗狗凡 : 2012-10-18#108
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卡丁车

kart
卡丁车

go-kart (28 couples in Shunde, Guangdong tied the knot in a group wedding Tuesday, with the bridegrooms receiving their brides in horses, red sedans, bicycles, and even go-karts. 23日,广东顺德的28对新人举办了一场集体婚礼,新郎接新娘的交通工具花样百出,有高头大马、花轿、自行车甚至是卡丁车。)
开笔礼

first writing ceremony (The First Writing Ceremony, also called Qi Meng (Enlightenment) Ceremony, was a very important ceremony for every student before they were admitted to school. “开笔礼”,也叫“启蒙礼”,是学生入学读书之前举行的一个非常重要的仪式,(俗称“人生第一大礼”)。)
开标

bid opening
开采权

mining right
开除公职

discharge somebody from public employment; take the name off the book; be discharged from office
凯恩斯政策

Keynesian policy
开发公司

development company
开发式扶贫

poverty reduction through development projects; development-oriented poverty relief
开发新产品

develop new product
开发性承包

development contract
开发一代,储存一代,预研一代 (产品)

to develop this generation of products while researching on the next generation of products
开放边境

open the border
开放带动战略

strategy spearheaded by opening-up
开放地区的辐射和带动作用

radiating and exemplary role of the open areas; spin-off effect and demonstration role of the open areas
开放搞活

open up and enliven the economy
开放式基金

open-ended fund
开放型经济

open economy
开放政策

open policy
开杆

begin a billiard game
开工不足

enterprises running under their production capacity
开红灯

give a stop light to
开工典礼

commencement ceremony
开工率

rate of operation;rate of opening capacity
开光

consecration

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开后门

under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means
开户头

open an account
开价

propose a price; offer a price
开架销售

self service( in a store)
开镜礼

pre-shooting ceremony (for film, TV series, etc.)
开卷

open-book
开锣

begin a project
开门红

good start
开涮

make somebody the laughingstock; make a fool of somebody
开题报告

opening speech; opening report
开拓型

pioneering
开小灶

give special favor
开夜车

burn the midnight oil; work over night
开源节流

increase income and reduce expenditure
开足马力

put into high gear; go full steam ahead
开创具有中国特色的社会主义建设新局面

create a new situation in building socialism with Chinese characteristics
开发票

make out an invoice
开盘价

opening price
开收据

write out a receipt
开通电话

put telephone lines into operation
开拓前进

open up new ways forward
侃大山

shoot the breeze; chew the fat
看跌/看涨期权

put / call option
坎儿井

karez
侃价

bargain

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看守政府,看守内阁,过渡政府

caretaker cabinet
侃爷

北京人嘴贫善侃,故有“侃爷”之称。 Beijingers are very good at talking and have been the nicknamed "big talkers."
看病难、看病贵,上学难、上学贵

the difficulty and high cost of getting medical treatment and receiving an education
抗大梁

take up the main task
抗风险能力

risk resistance capacity
康复工程

rehabilitation project
康复中心

recuperation center; recovery center; rehabilitation center
抗击非典斗争

anti-SARS campaign
康居工程

comfortable housing project
抗美援朝战争

War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
抗日战争

War of Resistance Against Japan
抗议照会

note of protest
抗震鉴定

anti-earthquake evaluation (Under new regulations that come into effect on May 1, all public buildings will be subject to stringent quality tests, including an anti-earthquake evaluation, every five years. 根据将于5月1日生效的新规定,所有的公共建筑每五年都要经过严格的质量检查,其中包括抗震鉴定。)
抗震棚

quake-proof shelter
抗药(性)

drug-resistant (The WHO urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis. 世卫组织21日对亚洲国家发出呼吁,要求采取切实有效的措施来应对不断加剧的肺结核抗药性威胁。)
看守政府

caretaker government (Somchai Wongsawat, deputy PM of Thailand's caretaker government, called a special cabinet meeting Wednesday night, during which he was appointed caretaker PM. 泰国看守政府副总理颂猜・翁萨瓦10日晚召集看守内阁特别会议,并被任命为看守政府总理。)
卡奴

card slave (Freya didn't really understand how credit card interest rates work, and ran up large debts during her college days. Now, she is a credit card slave; because most of her salary goes into paying them off.)
靠边站

be dismissed; be deprived of authority
考核标准

criteria of assessment
考勤

check on work attendance
考勤卡

time card
考勤制度

work attendance checking system
靠山

backer patron
考研

take part in the entrance exams for postgraduate schools
考研热

the craze for graduate school

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烤烟型卷烟

Virginian-type cigarette
靠扩大财政赤字搞建设

increase the deficit to spend more on development
科班

Peking opera school of the old type; professional training class
可比价格

comparable prices
可比经济指标

comparable economic targets
可采储量

recoverable reserves
可持续城镇化

sustainable urbanization (Supporting sustainable urbanization - In China, the trend toward urbanization has been both remarkable and challenging. Remarkable, for the sheer speed at which it has occurred, and challenging for the many problems that are accompanying it: environmental degradation, inadequacy of municipal and social services, and increasing inequality, to name just a few. 支持可持续城镇化――在中国,城镇化取得了卓越的成就,但同时也面临着严峻的挑战。卓越的成就是指中国城镇化的速度很快,而严峻的挑战指的是城镇化过程中涌现出的问题很多,比如环境恶化、市政服务和社会服务贫乏,以及不断加剧的社会不公平现象等。)
可持续发展

sustainable development
可持续发展战略

strategy of sustainable development
客串

guest star (Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston will smooch on season finale of FX's "Dirt." In the episode, Aniston, guest stars as a lesbian magazine editor and rival to Cox's character, ruthless tabloid queen Lucy Spiller. 报道说,安妮斯顿在好友考克斯的新剧《丑闻》中客串了一个同性恋女主编的角色,在《丑闻》大结局时,两位女主编还上演吻别镜头。)
客串演出

cameo appearance (Kristen Bell has revealed she's asked Gossip Girl bosses if she can make a cameo appearance on the show. The 29-year-old is also known for TV shows such as Veronica Mars and Heroes. 因出演《美眉校探》和《英雄》等电视剧而成名29岁女星克里斯汀贝尔曝料称,她已向《绯闻女孩》的制作方申请在该剧中客串演出。)
客队

visiting team
客服人员

service personnel
科幻小说

science-fiction novel
科技奥运

Hi-tech Olympics
科技成果转化为生产力

transfer of scientific and technological achievements
科技成果转化

the commercialization of research findings
科技成果市场化、产业化

commercialize scientific and technological results; to gear sicentific and technological achievements to the market and production
科技扶贫

support poor areas using technology
科技攻关

tackle hard-nut problems in science and technology; tackle hard-nut problems on the strength of science and technology
科技含量

technological content
科技强军、依法治军

strengthen the army by relying on science and technology, and run the armed forces by law
科技是第一生产力

Science and technology constitute a primary productive force.
课件(教师多媒体教学演示片)

courseware
课间操

exercise between classes

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可见度

visibility
科教片

science education film
科教兴国

rejuvenate our country through secience and education
克扣

dock wages
客流量

volume of commuters; passenger volume
刻录机

CD writer; disc-carving machine
科普

dissemination of science
科普活动

activity to popularize scientific knowledge
可入肺颗粒物

PM2.5 (Longtime exposure to particulate matter especially the particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5) which can go directly to the alveoli of the lungs, is a major health hazard. 专家称,长时间呼吸空气中的颗粒物,特别是直径小于2.5微米的可入肺颗粒物(PM2.5)对人体健康危害很大。)
可视电传

visual fax
可视电话

videotelephone
(补贴协议)可诉补贴

actionable subsidy
可塑炸弹

plastique
磕头

kowtow
客席指挥

guest conductor
克星

strong opponent; powerful remedy
可行性研究

feasibility study
科学发展观

Scientific Outlook on Development
科研攻关

work towards key technological breakthroughs
"可印刷"电池

"printable" battery (German scientists recently developed the first "printable" battery in the world, which weighs less than one gram and measures less than 1mm thick. The paper-thin battery can be produced through a printing process.德国研究人员最近开发出了世界上首款"可印刷"电池,它薄如纸张,每个重量不足1克,厚度不到1毫米,用印刷技术就能生产。)
可用收入

disposable income
客运

passenger transport
可再生资源

regenerative resources
可转换债券

convertible bond
客座教授

guest professor

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可交换债券

exchangeable bonds (The national securities watchdog Friday recently plans to allow shareholders of listed companies to issue exchangeable bonds, in an attempt to ease oversupply in the stock market. 目前,中国证监会拟计划允许上市公司的股东发行可交换债券,以缓解股市的抛售压力。)
科教兴国战略

strategy of invigorating the country through science, technology and education
克隆人

human cloning
恳谈

have a frank discussion
坑口电站

pit-mouth power plant
恪守职业道德

observe professional ethics
可透支额度(信用卡)

sky-high credit line (Many US banks including the American Express, Bank of America and Citigroup have begun tightening standards of applicants and are sharply curtailing both credit card offers and sky-high credit lines, US media reported. More borrowers defaulted on their payments as the US economy slows and unemployment rises, probably bringing another wave of unprecedented losses, the report said. 据美媒报道,由于经济衰退,失业率上升,很多人无法偿还信用卡透支的欠款,美国银行可能面临更大损失。因此,美国运通公司、美国银行、花旗银行等多家银行纷纷抬高申请持卡的标准,减少信用卡发行量,并降低持卡人可透支额度。)
科学发展观

Scientific Outlook on Development
科学及民主决策

scientific and democratic decision-making
控制新增产能

control expansion of production capacity
恐艾症

AIDS phobia ("We have not found a new virus and they are most likely just suffering from a mental health problem called AIDS phobia," said Hao Yang, deputy director of the disease prevention and control bureau under the Ministry of Health. 卫生部疾病预防控制局副局长郝阳说:“我们没有检测到新病毒,他们很可能患上了一种名为恐艾症的心理疾病。”)
恐怖大亨

terrorist mastermind
恐怖分子

terrorist
恐怖片

horror film
恐怖事件

terrorist incident
空巢家庭

empty nest (Empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of loneliness that parents or other guardian relatives may feel when their children leave home. 空巢家庭综合症是父母亲或其他监护人在一个或更多的子女离开家后感受到的一种孤独感.)
控股公司

holding company, controlling company
恐归族

home-fear group (In contrast to the mass enthusiasm for returning home for family union during the upcoming Spring Festival, there are some, becoming known as the "home-fear group", who have deep reservations about going back home. 春节临近,很多人急切盼望着回家与亲人团聚,但与之相反,一些被称为“恐归族”的人们却对于回家有着深深的顾虑。)
恐慌购买

panic buying (Major suppliers of pills that provide protection from radiation say they're out of stock due to panic buying, even though experts say that the Japanese nuclear catastrophe poses no health threat to Americans. 虽然专家表示日本核辐射不会影响美国民众健康,但防辐射药物主要供应商表示,由于恐慌购买,药品已经断货。)
空间病

space sickness; space syndrome
空间对接

space docking (China plans to launch an unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, in the second half of 2011 for the nation's first space docking. 中国计划在2011年下半年发射无人目标飞行器“天宫一号”,并完成中国首次空间交会对接任务。)
空间垃圾

space junk
空间站

space station
空降部队

paratroops
空难

air crash

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空气污染

air pollution
空气污染物

air pollutants
空气浴

air bath-a method of health protection by exposing the body to fresh air
空气质量监测

air quality monitoring (The public debate on PM2.5 and PM10 first began when air quality monitoring results released by Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau and the US Embassy in Beijing often differed based on the different measurements. 由于标准不同,北京市环保局和美国驻华大使馆公布的北京市空气质量监测数据存在差别,这也引发了有关PM2.5标准和PM10标准的首次公开大讨论。)
空勤

air duty
空嫂

married airline stewardess
空头市场

bear market
空头司令

leading cadre estranged from the people
空头政治

phony politics
空头支票

1. unconvertible cheque; blank check 2. empty promise; unfulfilled promise
控制人口数量

control the population size
空中巴士客车、空中客车

Airbus plane
空中飞人

frequent flyer. This Chinese term, “man flying in the sky,” is sometimes used to refer to trapeze artists. But here it refers to frequent plane travelers.
空中教育

education through broadcast media
空中楼阁

castle in the air; daydream; ivory tower
空中小姐

air hostess; air stewardess
空中走廊

air corridor; air lane
恐韩症

Koreaphobia (Koreaphobia is an expectation of being beaten by Korea.)
空降师

airborne division
孔雀女

silk-stocking lady (This tag refers to a girl from a big city and a rich family. Many such girls have been brought up under their parents' care and have yet to experience one of life's big storms. In English, we could say that they have been "sheltered", and that they were "born with a silver spoon in their mouth".) (来源:21世纪英文报第753期 中山大学陈萌整理)
空中交通管理

air traffic control
空中信号灯

sky beamer
扣帽子

put a label on
口蹄疫

foot-and-mouth disease
口头禅

pet phrase

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口碑

word of mouth (Word of mouth is one of the best ways of getting business.)
酷毙

extremely cool; the coolest
苦果

bitter fruit――something unpleasant as a result of some action
哭穷

complain about impoverishment;pretend to be poor
枯水季节

dry season
跨国公司

transnational corporation
跨国婚介

mail-order bride trade (In the age of globalization, the international matchmaking industry ― still known in many circles as the mail-order bride trade ― is thriving like never before. 在全球化时代,国际婚介机构,也就是很多人所谓的“邮购新娘”业务,正迎来从未有过的繁荣发展。)
跨国婚姻

Mixed marriage (Frequent migration across borders, driven by the country's rapid economic growth, is a major reason behind the growing number of mixed marriages. 跨国婚姻增多的主要原因是我国经济高速发展所带来的频繁移民。)
跨行转帐

inter-bank transfer service. (Do you offer an inter-bank transfer service? 你们有提供跨行转帐的服务吗?)
跨境婚姻

cross-country marriage; marriage of a native with a foreigner
跨境交付(服务贸易)

cross border supply
跨领域问题

cross-border issue
跨年晚会

countdown party (The New Year Countdown party at Singapore's Marina Bay is expected to draw in a bigger crowd this year, with the completion of key developments in the area and more vantage points on offer. 据预计,在新加坡滨海湾举办的跨年晚会今年将吸引更多的观众,这一地区的几处关键修缮工程已完工,将呈现给观众更多亮点。)
跨世纪

cross-century; trans-century
跨世纪的一代

a generation of people who span the two centuries
跨世纪工程

a trans-century project
跨世纪绿色工程规划 

trans-century green engineering program
跨业公司

conglomerate company
跨越式发展

leapfrog development (He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged governments and people in Heilongjiang Province, an industrial and grain production base of China, to tap its unique potentials for a "leapfrog development." 中共中央政治局常委、中央纪委书记贺国强敦促黑龙江省政府和人民利用黑龙江独特的潜能实现“跨越式发展”。黑龙江是我国的工业和粮食生产基地。)
跨种姓婚姻

inter-caste marriages (Finance Minister Surendra Pandey said inter-caste marriages were still frowned upon in Nepal. 尼泊尔财政部长苏伦德拉潘迪说,跨种姓婚姻至今仍为一些尼泊尔人所排斥。)
扩大直接融资

expand the scope of direct financing
跨国恐怖组织

transnational terrorist groups
快餐

fast food; MRE (meals ready to eat)
快递

express delivery
会计电算化

accounting computerization

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快镜头

quick motion
快闪族

flash mob (Liverpool Street Station, one of London's largest railway stations was forced to close for about 90 minutes on Friday evening after a flash mob with over 13,000 people congregated at the same time, dancing to mimic an advert in which 400 actors had been filmed dancing at the station. The police closed the railway station due to fears of overcrowding. 周五晚,超过13000人组成的“快闪族”聚集在伦敦最大的车站之一――利物浦车站,模仿一段广告中400演员同时起舞的情景。警方担心出现踩踏,将车站关闭了90分钟。)
快速反应部队

rapid response force
快速立法

fast track
快速通道

fast track
快速消费品

fast-moving consumer goods
快讯

news flash; flash
快译通

electronic dictionary
快车线路

express line
快递公司

courier (Courier giant UPS announced Tuesday it expected to deliver more than 19m items for the ongoing Olympic Games. 快递巨头UPS12日称,预计将为北京奥运递送货物逾1900万件。)
快捷图标

shortcut icon
快乐男声(比赛)

Happy Boy
快速拨号

speed dial
宽带(ADSL技术即非对称数字用户环路技术)

ADSL(Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line)
宽带接入

broadband access
宽带接入网

broadband access network
宽带网

broadband networks
宽限期

grace period
宽严相济

tempering justice with mercy (The changes to the draft amendment will help restructure the country's system of criminal law in accordance with its policy of "tempering justice with mercy". 对修正案草案所做的修改将有助于依照“宽严相济”的政策对国家的刑法体系进行重组。)
矿井瓦斯

mine gas
狂犬病

rabies(Bali administration reported it had vaccinated 9,000 dogs in an effort to control a recent outbreak of rabies in the island. 巴厘岛当局开始对约9千条狗采取注射疫苗等方法全力防止疫情蔓延。)
狂犬疫苗

rabies vaccine. ( 3010 doses of flawed rabies vaccine for human use produced by a Dalian company were brought into Xi'an. 3010份大连某公司生产的问题人用狂犬疫苗流入西安。)
匡算

rough estimate
矿物肥料

mineral fertilizer
矿源

mineral resources

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跨越式发展

great-leap-forward development
亏本生意

losing proposition
亏损

loss; deficit
亏损包干

loss contract system
亏损企业

enterprises running in the red/under deficit
困难职工

the needy worker
扩大公民有序的政治参与

Expand citizens' participation in political affairs in an orderly way
扩大内需

expand domestic demand
扩大内需,刺激消费

expand domestic demand and consumption
扩大企业自主权

expand enterprise autonomy; delegate more decision-making power to an enterprise
扩大消费需求

expand the consumer demand
扩大中等收入者比重

Raise the proportion of the middle-income group
扩建工程

extension project
扩军备战

arms expansion and war preparation
扩容

market expansion
扩张主义

expansionism
扩招

increase enrollment
扩大党内民主

to expand intra-Party democracy
扩大国内需求

expand domestic demand
扩大贫富差距

widen the gap between the rich and the poor
扩大市场准入

increase market access

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来电显示

caller ID
蜡雕

wax carving; wax sculpture
拉动经济增长

fuel economic growth
拉关系

try to curry favor with
垃圾融资

junk financing
垃圾邮件

junk e-mail
垃圾邮件

junk email; spam
垃圾债券

junk bond
垃圾综合处理

integrated garbage treatment
辣椒手榴弹

chili bomb (An Indian defense official said scientists were using the world's hottest chili to develop chili bombs that can be used to control riots and combat separatists.印度国防部官员25日说印度安全部队正计划用世界上最辣的一种辣椒面制成手榴弹,以用于控制骚乱和打压叛乱活动。)
拉锯战

seesaw battle
啦啦队

cheering squad
啦啦队长

"cheer-leader, rooter king"
拉力赛

endurance race
拉练

undergo field training by marching and camping
拉链工程

zipper project
拉尼娜现象

La Nina phenomenon
蜡染

batik; wax printing
蜡像馆

wax work museum
拉选票

seek a vote
拉闸限电

power rationing (Cold wave causes power rationing: A cold wave sweeping across large swathes of the country since Saturday has forced some provinces to ration electricity for industrial use, but State power company officials promised yesterday that supply to residents across those regions would not be affected. 寒潮导致多地拉闸限电:自上周六开始侵袭我国多个地区的寒潮已导致一些省份限制工业用电,但国家电力公司的有关官员昨日承诺,这些地区的居民用电供应不会受到影响。)
来电

fall in love with someone
来电显示电话机

caller ID telephone
来料加工

process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing
来料、来样、来件加工产品

process products with materials supplied by clients

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来世,下辈子

the next life
垃圾分类收集

separate waste collection
蓝筹股

blue chips
滥发文凭

issue diplomas recklessly
滥发纸币

excessive issue of bank notes; excessive note issue
蓝光光盘

Blue-ray Disc
蓝盔人员

blue helmet personnel
蓝领工人

Blue-collar worker
烂摊子

awful mess
蓝牙技术

bluetooth
滥用权力

abuse of power
滥用职权

abuse one's power;misuse one's authority
浪子回头

return to the fold; turn over a new leaf; return of the prodigal son
朗诵比赛

recital contest
兰花指

orchid fingers (In Peking Opera, finger movements express different emotions and characters. For actresses, this is called "orchid fingers". 在京剧中,手势表达着不同的情感和性格。京剧旦角的这种手势就叫做“兰花指”。)
劳保医疗制度

labor medicare system
“老大难” 问题

long-standing problem; big and difficult problem; lasting, complex and hard-to-solve problem
劳动服务公司

labor service company;service company
劳动定额

labor quota
劳动合同制

labor contract system
劳动教养

education through labor; rehabilitation through labor; indoctrination through labor
劳动力产权

labor property rights
劳动力的流动性

fluidity of labor
劳动力过剩

labor surplus;manpower surplus
劳动力资源配置

allocation of labor resources

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劳动密集型

labor-intensive
劳动密集型产业

labor-intensive industry
劳动模范

model worker
劳动年龄人口

working-age population (The emergence of negative growth in the total working-age population, which some demographers predict will happen as early as 2013, is likely to contribute to slower economic growth and higher inflation, according to analysts. 据一些人口统计学家预测,从2013年起中国劳动年龄人口将可能开始出现负增长,分析家称,这将会导致经济增速放缓,加剧通货膨胀。)
劳动预备制度

vocational training system
劳动者素质

quality of the workforce
劳动争议

labor dispute
劳改农场

reforming farm; reform-through-labor farm
老化效应

aging effect
老黄牛

a person who serves the people whole-heartedly; an honest and industrious worker
劳教

re-education through labor (Prominent lawyers are joining those now calling on China to reform its controversial laojiao system, or re-education through labor system, which allows suspects to be sentenced to forced labor without first undergoing a trial. 知名律师加入声讨大军,要求国家对劳教制度进行改革。劳教制度可以在未经审判的情况下对犯罪嫌疑人做出强制劳动处罚。)
老龄委

senior citizens' work committee
老年保险制度

endowment insurance
老三届

junior and senior high school graduates of 1966~1968; school leavers of 1966~1968
老少边穷地区

"former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas "
老生常谈,陈词滥调

cut and dried, cliché
老鼠仓

rat trading. The term has recently come into the spotlight as some mainland brokers were believed to have made illegal profits by conducting so-called “rat trading” or a kind of scalping scheme in the stock market by cheating their clients.
劳务费

service charge; service fee
劳务派遣工

contractor (The bill also includes an article requiring agencies and employers to follow the principle of "equal pay for equal work" when negotiating payment for their contractors. 该草案还包括以下条例:劳务派遣单位及用工单位在协商劳务派遣工的工资时应遵守“同工同酬”的原则。)
劳务市场

labor market
劳务输出

export of labor services
老爷车

vintage car (It is evident that many Canadian baby boomers are indulging in vintage cars they could not afford when they were young. 显然许多在二战后生育高峰期(1945-1952)出生的加拿大人都对老爷车情有独钟,他们年轻时是买不起的这样的车的。)
老爷式的态度

bureaucratic attitude
老一套

old practice; the same old stuff; the same old story; the beaten track
老油条

wily old bird; old slicker

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老中青三结合

combination of the old, the middle-aged and the young in the leadership
劳资

labor and capital
老字号

an old and famous shop or enterprise; time-honoured brand
劳资纠纷

trouble between labor and management
老子天下第一

regard oneself as the No.1 authority in the world
老赖(欠钱不还)

deadbeat (They are New York's Cheapest: an elite collection of wealthy fraudsters and deadbeats who owe more than $1 million each in state income taxes.)
老龄化社会

aging society
老年学校

school for the aged
劳保

labor insurance
(面部)拉皮手术

facelift (The 65-year-old US Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden appeared to have had a facelift in the lead up to the debate on October 2, a cosmetic surgeon said. The surgeon made the claims after comparing the photos of Biden taken before and on the debate day. The facelift is mainly made by tightening the temple and eyelids, the US media reported. 有整容医生断言,65岁的民主党副总统候选人拜登在出席2日晚的辩论会前曾接受过拉面皮手术。美媒称,该医生通过对比辩论前后照片,指出拜登的"重灾区"位于眼部周围,手术拉紧了眉侧和眼睑。)
克隆

clone
雷达覆盖区

radar coverage
雷达跟踪

radar tracking
累犯

recidivist; incurable criminal
累计雨量

cumulative rainfall
勒紧裤带

tighten one's belt
累进税率

progressive tax rate
冷板凳

cold stool; an indifferent post or a cold reception; cool one's heels
冷门

ark horse; a profession, trade or branch of learning that receives little attention; an unexpected winner
冷遇

cold reception; indifferent treatment
冷战思维

Cold War mentality
冷笑话

bad joke (Some bad jokes are very popular in many online forums these days. 如今,一些冷笑话在许多网络论坛里非常流行。)
乐透

lotto (一种彩票游戏)
离岸价格

free on board(FOB)
离岸金融市场

offshore market

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篱笆墙

barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading
理财

arrange the finance;money management
理财产品

wealth investment product (The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), the nation's banking regulator, on Oct 9 unveiled new measures to improve regulations over banks' wealth investment products. 中国银行监管机构银监会本月9日公布了新措施,来加强银行理财产品的监管。)
力挫

defeat with utmost effort
离岛免税政策

offshore duty-free policy (The offshore duty-free policy for Hainan has been completed and submitted to relevant departments for approval, said Chen Cheng, vice governor of Hainan province on the 18th Conference of the Fourth Standing Committee of the NPC of Hainan. This means that the specific regulations of the policy have basically been confirmed. 海南省副省长陈成在海南省四届人大常委会十八次会议上称,海南离岛免税政策已经制定完成并提交相关部门审批。这意味着该政策的具体条款已经基本确定。)
立等可取服务

instant service; on-the-spot service
立法真空

legislation vacuum
利改税

substitution of tax payment for profit delivery
力争上游

strive for the best; aim high
立国之本

the foundation underlying all efforts to build the country
利好因素

wrinkle
利好因素

feel-good factor ("It may provide a feel-good factor, but it's unlikely to make people feel any more confident about their own finances," said Nick Moon, managing director of the polling group. GfK NOP市场调查公司总经理尼克•莫恩说:“这场婚礼会为英国带来利好因素,但不太可能会让人们对自己的钱袋更有信心。”)
离婚诉讼

divorce proceedings
离婚协议书

divorce settlement (Most try to sign a divorce settlement by themselves first. After failing to reach an agreement on issues such as the division of property or custody of children, they turn to legal resolution. 大多数夫妻会先行签定离婚协议书。无法在财产分配或子女监护等问题上达成一致时,他们才采取法律手段。)
理货公司

tally company
利基

niche
离经叛道

rebel against the orthodoxy
理论与实际相结合

integrade theory with practice
礼品回收

gift-recycling (Recipients of expensive, but unwanted holiday gifts are turning to "gift-recycling" businesses for help getting rid of the things they don't want. 收取昂贵的、但又不需要的节日礼品正在转变为帮助人们摆脱不需要东西的礼品回收产业。)
礼尚往来

courtesy calls for reciprocity; courtesy demands reciprocity
历史遗产

historical heritage;legacy of history
历史遗留下来的问题

roblem left over by history; an issue rooted in history
利税分流

payment of the tax plus a percentage of profits to the state
理顺经济秩序

straighten out the economic order
力所能及

within one's power;to the bes of one's ability( capacity)

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立体电视

three-dimensional television
立体开放口岸

trading port open to sea, land and air
立体快巴

straddling bus (The straddling bus, first exhibited on the 13th Beijing International High-tech Expo in May this year, may be one possible answer to the traffic problem. In the near future, the model is to be put into pilot use in Beijing’s Mentougou District. 今年五月在第十三届北京国际科技产业博览会上首次展出的立体快巴将可能成为解决交通问题的一条出路。在不久的将来,这种新型车将在北京门头沟区进行试运行。)
立体农业

three-dimensional agriculture
立体式报道

an in-depth and comprehensive report
立体思考

three-dimensional thinking
立体战争

three-dimensional war
离退办

office for the affairs of the retired workers
离退休人员基本养老金

basic pensions for retirees
理想雇主

preferred workplace (Samsung was selected as thepreferred workplace for a 2nd straight year in a survey of 1146 college seniors, done by Job Korea, a recruitment portal of South Korea. 韩国就业门户网站Job Korea对1146名大四学生进行的调查中三星连续第二年被选为韩国大学生的理想雇主。)
礼仪小姐

ritual girl
礼仪小姐

guiding girl
礼仪小姐

Miss Etiquette (The final selection of Shanghai ExpoMiss Etiquette was held in Hangzhou city, Zhe Jiang province on Jan 31, 2010. 上海世博会礼仪小姐选拔活动总决赛于2010年1月31日在浙江省杭州市启动。)
立于不败之地

be in an invincible position;remain invincible
恋爱登记

relationship registration (In response to critics, the university denied having a policy asking students to participate in "relationship registration". It said the forms were released by a group of students who thought the questions offered a good means of learning about the relationships of their classmates. (福州)大学对评论做出回应,否认推行让学生参加“恋爱登记”的政策。福州大学称(登记)表格是一群学生发放的,他们认为表格上的问题是了解班上同学情感关系的一个好方式。)
联产承包责任制

system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output
连带责任

joint liability
联防

joint defense
恋父情结

Electra complex
联购联销

joint purchasing and marketing
联合公报

joint communique
联合国反腐败公约

UN Convention Against Corruption
《联合国海洋法公约》

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
联合国环境署

UNEP (United Nations Environment Program)
联合国会费

the UN membership dues (fee)

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联合国开发计划署

UNDP (United Nations Development Program)
联合国粮农组织

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation)
联合国维持和平部队

United Nations Peace Keeping Forces
联合国维和行动

UN peacekeeping operations
联合;合并

merger
联合兼并

conglomeration and merger of enterprises
联合联络小组

joint liaison group
联合投标

syndicated tender
连环杀手

serial killer (A female serial killer who terrorized Mexico City as the "Little Old Lady Killer" was sentenced to 759 years in jail on Monday for killing 16 elderly women. 本周一,以"小老太太杀手"之名震惊墨西哥城的女连环杀手因杀害16名老年妇女而被判入狱759年。)
连环相撞

rear-end collision (A rear-end collision of at least 30 vehicles occurred at 10 am Monday morning at the Jianyang section of the Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway, local media reported. 据当地媒体报道,15日上午10时许,成渝高速简阳段发生特大车祸,至少有30辆车连环相撞。)
连环撞

chain collision
连环追尾

pileup (More than 100 cars and trucks are involved in the massive pileup on Highway 99 just south of Fresno as patches of dense fog obscured visibility on the heavily traveled roadway, the California Highway Patrol officials Paul Solorzano Jr. said. 加州高速公路巡逻局官员保罗·索洛萨诺说,出事路段交通繁忙,属于弗雷斯诺市以南的第99号高速公路。当时雾很大,能见度很低,造成100多辆车连环追尾。)
联机环境

on-line environment
廉价商店

discount shop;budget store; discount shop
廉价市场

bargain market; bargain center
廉洁奉公,以正治国

(of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness
恋母情结

Oedipus complex
联赛

league match
连锁店

chain store
连锁反应

chain effect; domino effect
练摊

to be a vendor
联体婴儿

Siamese twins
联网

on-line;be networked
联想集团

Legend Group
连续抽烟的人

chain smoker

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廉政公署

Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
廉政建设

construction of a clean and honest administration
廉政建设

build a clean and honest government; strive for a clean government
廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府

an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government
廉租房

low-rent houses (The premier said the government plans to earmark 6.8 billion yuan in its 2008 budget to build low-rent houses for the urban poor. 温总理说,今年政府计划投入68亿元为城市低收入者建设廉租房)
两岸民间行业组织

non-governmental trade organizations across the Straits
两岸三地

the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong
两岸直航促进会

Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation
两岸直航

cross-Straits direct transportation link
两岸直航包机

Direct Chartered Flight Across the Taiwan Straits
两大历史性课题(提高党的执政水平和领导水平、提高拒腐防变和抵御风险能力)

the two major historic subjects of enhancing the abilities of administration and art of leadership and resisting corruption, guarding against degeneration and wardingoff risks
两弹一艇

"A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine"
两弹一星

atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and artificial satellite
亮底牌

reveal the ins and outs
两个对等的政治实体

two equal political entities
两个文明一起抓

place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress
两会

two Conferences (i.e. the National People's Congress and the Chinese Political Consultative Conference)
粮食风险基金

grain risk fund
粮食流通体制

grain distribution system
粮食收购部门

(government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies
粮食主产区

major grain producing areas
两手抓两手都要硬

grasp both links at the same time and attach sufficient importance to both
两思(致富思源,富而思进)

to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence
两条腿走路

walking on two legs
两头大、中间小

be small at both ends and big in the middle; a few at each extreme and many in between

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亮相

pose; state one's view
良性循环

virtuous circle
两伊战争

the Iran-Iraq War
粮油关系

grain and oil rationing registration
两院院士

academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering
两者不可兼得

You cannot eat your cake and have it.
量子力学

quantum mechanics
两岸关系

relations across the Taiwan Straits
两岸周末包机直航

cross-Straits weekend charter flight (Chen Ling, vice-director of the Fujian Taiwan affairs office, said: "The launch of the cross-Straits weekend charter flights marks a great leap forward for relations between the mainland and Taiwan." )
两个确保

two guarantees (确保国有企业下岗职工的基本生活,确保离退休人员的基本生活,保证按时足额发放基本养老金。guaranteeing that the living allowances for workers laid off from state-owned enterprises and that the pensions of retirees are paid on time and in full)
食品安全

food safety
良种补贴

subsidies for growing superior grain cultivators
连环漫画

comic strip
联名存款帐户

joint account
连锁经营

chain-store operations
连体姐妹

conjoined twin sisters
连体婴儿

conjoined twin babies
疗效食品

remedy diet
《聊斋志异》

Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio
劣等品

shoddy goods; substandard goods; lemon (informal)
猎头公司

head-hunting company
列席会议

attend a conference without voting rights
立法听证会

legislative hearing
利率形成和传导机制

setting and transmitting interest rates
临界点

tipping point (The amount of debris orbiting the Earth has reached "a tipping point" for collisions, which would in turn generate more of the debris that threatens astronauts and satellites, according to a US study released on Thursday. 美国上周四发布的一份报告称,地球轨道上太空垃圾的数量已经达到“临界点”,有撞击风险,而后可能产生更多碎片,威胁宇航员和人造卫星的安全。)

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临时巴勒斯坦国

provisional Palestinian state
临时工

temporary worker
临时牌照

temporary licence
临时停车

temporary stop
临时医院

makeshift hospital (Aid officials in Haiti worked to clear rubble from roads, buildmakeshift hospitals and remove bodies from the rubble despite transportation problems and broken phone lines. 在海地交通和通信阻断的情况下,救援人员正在清除道路上的碎石瓦砾,搭建临时医院,把尸体从瓦砾中挪开。)
临时政府

interim government (An opposition coalition in Kyrgyzstan proclaimed a new interim government on Thursday after clashes left dozens dead in the Central Asian country. 在吉尔吉斯斯坦中部发生一场导致数十人死亡的冲突后,吉尔吉斯斯坦共和国反对派上周四宣布成立新的临时政府。)
临时主教练

caretaker coach
领海

territorial waters
零和博奕

zero-sum game; zero game
“零和”冷战思维

zero-sum Cold War mentality (President Hu Jintao on Monday praised China-US relations, highlighted recent progress in ties and called for both sides to "abandon the zero-sum Cold War mentality" for a better future. 胡锦涛主席本周一赞扬了中美关系的健康发展,特别强调了两国关系近期的进展,并呼吁中美双方今后“摒弃零和冷战思维”。)
另类

a different, special, completely new or fashionable type or trend
另类音乐,非正统音乐

alternative music
零配件

spare and accessory parts
另起炉灶

make a fresh start
灵巧导弹

agile missile
(建议)零售价

(suggested)retail price
领头羊

bellwether
领土归属

territorial entitlement
领土完整

territorial integrity
薪领工人

new-collar workers
零星抵抗

scattered resistance (Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered resistance but there was little sign that the rebel offensive was meeting any coordinated opposition. 利比亚政府军的坦克和狙击兵进行了零星的抵抗,但是没有迹象表明反对派力量遇到了任何有组织的抵抗。)
零排放屋

Zero Emissions House (The G8 summit in Hokkaudo, Japan, has clearly focused minds on environment issues and a fururistic "Zero Emissions House" will now be showcased following the summit. )
邻家女孩

the girl next door
临时抱佛脚

make hasty, last-minute efforts
临时价格干预措施

interim price control measure (The National Development and Reform Commission announced its decision Monday to scrap its interim price control measures on grain, food processed from grain, edible oil, meat, dairy products and eggs starting from January as a step to tackle inflation, now that the country's CPI, the main gauge for inflation, slowed in October for the 6th month in a row to 4%. Food producers and traders will resume the right to set prices of those products independently. 发改委1日表示,因10月CPI为4%, 同比涨幅连续第6个月回落,自12月1日起,将解除1月起为应对通货膨胀而对成品粮及粮食制品、食用植物油、肉、奶、蛋等食品类商品的临时价格干预措施,生产者和经营者可自主定价。)

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临时线路

temporary line
流窜犯

mobile criminal
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧

"Where there is life, there is hope."
流动服务

mobile service
流动人口

transient population; floating population
流动售货

mobile vending
流动图书馆

travelling library; bookmobile
流动性负债

current liabilities
流动性资产

current assets
流动医院

mobile clinics (A hundred "mobile clinics" donated by the China Health & Medical Development Foundation (CHMDF) have to date benefited over 30 million villagers and herdsman in remote areas of China, according to an announcement by the charity. 由中国医药卫生事业发展基金会捐赠的100所“流动医院”,迄今以来已使中国边远地区的3000多万农牧民受益。)
流动资产

current assets; liquid assets
流动资金

circulating fund; floating money; liquid fund; working fund
六合彩

mark-six lottery (In October 2007, Laibin city police in Guangxi broke up a gambling ring running a racket called "liuhecai" or "mark-six lottery," and found it was just the tip of the iceberg. 2007年10月,来宾市警方粉碎了一个六合彩赌博集团,而这只是当地赌博犯罪的冰山一角。)
流水账

daybook;day-to-day account;current count
流通股

circulation stock
流通领域

circulation domain
流通企业

distribution firm
流通系统

system for the distribution of commodities
留校

work at one's Alma Master after graduation
流行款式

fashion
流行事物

the in-thing
流行文化

pop culture
流星雨

meteor shower
流行字眼

vogue word; in-word; often-heard word
溜须拍马

fawn on; apple polish

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留学咨询

consulting on the study abroad
六艺:礼、乐、射、御、书、数

"six classical arts: rites, music, archery, riding, writing, arithmetic"
留职停薪

retain the job but suspend the salary
流转税

turnover tax; indirect tax
六方会谈

the Six-Party Talks
流感监测站

influenza monitoring station
流感疫苗接种

influenza vaccinations
流浪猫

stray cat
流氓软件,恶意软件

malicious software, malware
流媒体

streaming media
留守儿童

leftover children
流通股

tradable share
流行偶像

pop idol
利息率

interest rate
利息税

tax on interest from deposits
龙的传人

descendants of the dragon—the Chinese people
垄断行业

monopolized industry
隆乳

mammaplasty
龙头产品

flagship product
(行业中的)龙头老大

leading enterprise; flagship of the industry
隆重欢迎仪式

red-carpet greetings (President Hu Jintao was welcomed to the White House on Wednesday with full honors that included a 21-gun salute and red-carpet greeting as he and his US counterpart Barack Obama seek to open a new chapter in Sino-US relations. 本周三,美方以全套的外交礼仪欢迎胡锦涛主席的到来,鸣放21响礼炮,并举行隆重欢迎仪式。胡主席和奥巴马总统将寻求翻开中美关系的新篇章。)
露马脚

give oneself away; reveal oneself; let the cat out of the bag; show the cloven hoof
路标

guidepost
陆地和海洋生态系统

terrestrial and marine ecosystems
陆基巡航导弹

ground-launched cruise missile

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录取通知书

letter of admission
录取通知书

acceptance letter
录取线

admission line
路演

road show
录音笔

digital voice recorder
乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费

"unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises "
乱检查

make unwarranted inspections
乱码

messy code
乱收费

arbitary charges
乱摊派

requisition donations arbitrarily
乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款

"arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines"
劣质工程

shoddy engineering
轮岗

work shift
轮流(坐庄)

in turn
轮流停电

rolling blackout (Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) had reported early on Monday that it would schedule rolling blackouts in Tokyo and surrounding cities to conserve energy amid the crisis at nuclear power plants in the earthquake-affected areas. 东京电力公司周一宣布,计划在东京和周边城市实行轮流停电,此举是为了在地震灾区核电站危机期间节省能源。)
论文答辩

(thesis) oral defense
《论语》

Analects of Confucius
轮值主席

rotating chairman
裸奔

streaking (A recent Internet post publicizing 2 male students celebrating their graduation by streaking naked across campus at Fudan University in Shanghai has aroused heated online debate. 近日,复旦大学的两名毕业生为纪念毕业,在毕业前一晚的午夜时分在校内裸奔并拍照留念,成为网络热议事件。)
裸辞

naked resignation
落地签证

visa upon arrival (A new policy allowing overseas tourists traveling in a group to get visas upon arrival in East China's Zhejiang province may greatly boost local tourism, local authorities said on Sunday. 当地政府周日表示,将推出新政策允许前往浙江省的外国旅游团取得落地签证,此举将极大推动当地旅游业的发展。)
裸官

naked official (The Communist Party of China (CPC) has released new restrictions governing "naked officials", or those whose family members have all gone abroad. 中共中央发布了针对家属都已移居国外的官员,即“裸官”,的管理规定。)
裸官

naked official (The Communist Party of China (CPC) has released new restrictions governing "naked officials", or those whose family members have all gone abroad. 中共中央发布了针对家属都已移居国外的官员,即“裸官”,的管理规定。)
裸婚

naked wedding (I was a little dismayed when I heard the word "naked wedding" on a news broadcast the other day, but then understood it was definitely not anything obscene. 当我前几天在新闻广播节目上听到“裸婚”一词时,我有点不快,但很快就意识到这个词和淫秽没有关系。)
裸机

bare mobile phone

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裸体挂历

nude calendar.( Six members of Rylstone and District Women's Institute in the UK posed for a nude calendar for helping leukemia patients.英国瑞尔斯通妇女研究所的6个成员拍摄了她们的裸体挂历,来帮助白血病患者筹款。)
裸照

nude photo (French first lady Carla Bruni told Vanity Fair magazine that her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modeling days. 日前,法国第一夫人布吕尼在接受美国《名利场》杂志采访时透露,萨科齐得知她当模特时拍裸照后,并不介意,也不生气。)
录取分数线

entry score
绿地覆盖率

forest coverage rate
绿化

afforestation
绿化运动

afforestation drive
绿卡

green card
旅客列车票价

price of passenger train tickets
绿色奥运,科技奥运,人文奥运

Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics, People's Olympics
绿色产品

green product
绿色电脑

green computer
绿色急救通道

emergency green path
绿色科技

green science annd technology
绿色能源

green energy resource
绿色农业

green agriculture
绿色企业

green enterprise
绿色食品

green food
绿色通道(办证快捷通道)

green channel; landscaped roadways
绿色银行

green bank
旅行纪录片

travel documentary
旅行结婚

honeymoon trip; wedding vacation; wedding travel
驴友

travelers.(A brand new tiny-roomed hotel will open in the center of Shanghai at the end of April, targeting travelers from home and abroad for the World Expo in 2010 and young people thereafter. 一种新型"袖珍旅馆"将于4月底在上海市中心开张,主要用以满足世博会期间来沪的国内外"驴友"和年轻人的需求。)
绿色旅游

green tourism (In recent years, mountain regions are attracting great attention to Indian tourists in general and foreign tourists in particular. The potential mountain resources for promoting green tourism are enormous in the form of natural and cultural heritage such as biosphere reserves, flora and fauna, lakes and rivers and traditional rural resources. )
绿色通道(快速通道)

green channel (China's banking regulators Wednesday ordered all the banks to open a "green channel" disaster relief donations from home and abroad and scrape the remittance charge. 银监会周三要求各银行金融机构开辟抗震救灾捐款快速通道,不得向境内外汇往灾区的捐款收取手续费。)
履行义务

fulfill obligations

touring bus
旅游城市

tourism city
旅游定点饭店

certified restaurant/hotel for tourism
旅游黄金周

golden week for tourism
旅游热

tourism wave

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马大哈

careless, casual and carefree
马到成功

achieve immediate victory; win instant success
马尔萨斯人口论

Malthusian Theory of Population; Malthusianism (Thomas Robert Malthus, 1766-1834, British economist)
码分多址 (一种扩频多址数字式通信技术)

CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
马拉松会议

marathon meeting
马拉松式竞选活动

marathon campaign
马路菜场入室工程

the project to build indoor free market to accommodate street vegetable vendors
马路新闻

hearsay;gossip
马屁精

flatterer;boot-licker;apple-polisher
马票

lottery on horse racing (Hainan to pilot lottery on horse racing--Hainan has started exploring ways to introduce betting-type lotteries on major international competitions, including horse racing in Hong Kong. 海南将试行赛马彩票——海南已经开始探索把博彩引入香港赛马等重大国际比赛中的方法。)
马赛克

mosaic
马赛克

digital mosaic (CCTV covered the genitals of the statue with digital mosaics while broadcasting images of the exhibition at 11:48 am on July 9. 7月9日中午11:48央视在播出展览的画面时,在著名雕像大卫的生殖器部位打上马赛克。)
马太效应

"the Matthew effect (A phenomenon in specific circles whereby one's accomplishments and reputation tend to snowball, and those with meager accomplishments have greater difficulty achieving accomplishments. ) "
玛雅文化

Mayan civilization
脉冲发射器

impulse sender
买方市场

buyer's market
麦克马洪线

McMahon Line
买壳上市

go public through buying a shell
买空卖空

bulls and bears; fictitious transaction
买一送一

"two-for-one offer, buy one get one free"
瞒产

give a false report of the out put; lie about the grain output
满产

produce in a full capacity
慢车道

lowway; slow-traffic lane
慢递

future mail (Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail represents efficiency and speed and is prevalent in China, there is another type of mail emerging as a new business: "future mail." 你有没有想过寄一封信给未来的你或你的朋友?虽然代表效率和速度的快递服务在中国很盛行,不过如今另一种新的邮递业务正在兴起,这就是“慢递”。)
漫话

talk at random;discuss informally

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慢镜头

slow-motion
满勤

1. work full hours; 2. perfect work attendance record
漫谈会

informal discussion
满堂红

successful in every endeavour
慢性萧条

chronic depression 
满意度

degree of satisfaction
漫游费

roaming fees (China Mobile has slashed the international calling and roaming fees for the 2nd time in nearly 4 years, according to people.com.cn. 据人民网报道,近日,中国移动大幅降低了国际长途和漫游资费,这是中国移动近4年内第2次大幅度下调国际资费。)
盲流

blind influx (labourers aimlessly flowing from rural areas into large cities)
盲流和倒流人员

transient from the countryside
盲目改造

blind rebuilding (The nation’s cultural relics chief is opposed to the blind reconstruction of old city towns, the Beijing times reported Tuesday. 《京华时报》周二报道称,国家文物局局长反对盲目改造旧城。)
盲目投资

blindness in investment
盲目投资

blind investment, haphazard investment
忙音

signal for the busy line
漫游

roaming service
冒充包装(销售)[指将劣质商品包装成外观像名优产品出售的做法]

copycat packaging
矛盾的普遍性

universality of contradictions
毛利

gross proceeds
猫腻儿

illegal deal; underhanded activity;something fishy
茅塞顿开

be suddenly enlightened
贸易壁垒

trade protectionism
贸易和投资自由化和便利化

TILF (Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation)
贸易纠纷

trade rows (US moves won't cease trade rows, say experts: Though the United States has refrained from conducting fresh currency probes and imposing new anti-dumping duties, this does not signal an end to its trade protectionist measures against China, experts said on Wednesday. 专家称,美国的举措不会平息贸易纠纷:专家周三称,尽管美国没有进行新一轮人民币汇率调查,也没有对华征收新的反倾销关税,但这并不意味着美国终止了对华的贸易保护主义措施。)
贸易逆差

adverse balance of trade; trade deficit; trade gap
贸易顺差

favorable balance; trade surplus
贸易与发展委员会

Committee on Trade and Development

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贸易战

trade war
贸易制裁

trade sanction
贸易自由化

trade liberalization
帽子戏法

hat trick
每逢佳节倍思亲

On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away./ It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
美国之音

Voice of America (VOA)
媒介语

mediating language
煤矿爆炸

mine blast (The country's top work safety official has blamed poor management and inadequate safety precautions for Saturday's mine blast in Heilongjiang province that claimed at least 104 lives. 国家安监总局局长表示上周六发生在黑龙江省的煤矿爆炸事故原因在于管理不善和安全措施不健全。该煤矿爆炸已造成至少104人遇难。)
眉毛胡子一把抓

go about several tasks at a time
美声唱法

bel canto
美食节

gourmet festival
没有规矩不成方圆

Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
美元陷阱

dollar trap (He said the global monetary system had fallen into a "dollar trap". While it would be sensible to reduce dollar holdings in official currency reserves, nations cannot easily cut back, because doing so would only lead the dollar to weaken and so hit the value of their assets, he said. 中国国际经济交流中心信息部副部长徐洪才表示,全球货币体系已经掉进“美元陷阱”。尽管理智上应该减少官方的美元货币储备,但实际上所有国家都很难做出削减,因为这样做只会进一步削弱美元地位,从而威胁到本国持有的美元资产的价值。)
没治

1. hopeless; 2. too bad; 3. terrific; very good; excellent
美人痣

beauty spot, beauty mark
美容院

beauty parlor, beauty salon, beauty shop
美元贬值

dollar depreciation (Vietnam's central bank even had to order the country's commercial banks late last month to resume buying dollars within the tight range of exchange rates set by the government. Many banks had started betting on dollar depreciation and refusing to accept large sums in dollars, to the point that multinationals and exporters had trouble wiring money into the country to pay their employees' salaries.)
门儿清

well-informed; completely aware
门户开放政策

open-door policy
门户网站

portal
门罗主义

Monroe Doctrine
门前三包

"be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building "
蒙古包

(Mongolian) yurt
蒙古大夫

quack; quack doctor
朦胧诗

misty poetry

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孟子

Mencius
门禁系统

Access Control System
迷彩服

battle fatigues; camouflage coat
米袋子省长负责制

provincial governors assuming responsibility for the rice bag (grain supply)
蜜罐

honey jar
密码电话学

ciphony(cipher telephone)
密码箱

code case
蜜月旅行

honeymoon trip
免费搭车者(享受其他国家最惠国待遇而不进行相应减让的国家)

free-rider
面目一新

take on an entirely new look
免税商店

duty-free shop
免税商品

tax-free commodities
免淘米

clean rice
面条外交

noodle diplomacy (Black bean sauce noodles and other delicacies served at one Beijing eatery are being snapped up by customers eager to order the dishes eaten by US Vice President Joe Biden on a recent visit, a meal dubbed “noodle diplomacy”. 美国副总统乔•拜登访问中国时在北京一家饭馆点的炸酱面和其他小吃近来受到食客们的追捧。那顿饭也被冠以“面条外交”的美名。)
面向21世纪的中美建设性伙伴关系

a constructive, strategic partnership between China and the United Stated aimed at the next century
免验放行

pass without examination (P.W.E)
面值

face value
面子工程

face job (The CNN website has targeted a phenomenon called "Face job" in which Chinese companies "rent" white foreigners. 美国有线电视新闻网日前报道不少中国企业“租借”白种人老外撑门面,报道中把这种现象称为“面子工程”。)
面子消费

face consumption (These purchases, which are not for practical needs, but merely to show off and gratify the owners'vanity, are called "face consumptions". 这类消费行为不完全是为了实际需要,更多是出于炫耀和满足“面子”的目的,因此被称为“面子消费”。)
免责声明

disclaimer
庙会

temple fair (Visiting temple fairs is one of the most important traditional activities during the Spring Festival holidays. 春节期间,逛庙会是最重要的传统活动之一。)
秒杀

seckilling (Within seconds, and for just 1.1 yuan, a university student from Hangzhou, Yang Jiangming, was the owner of a 800,000 yuan ($117,000) apartment in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The property was his at the click of a mouse, thanks to a new online phenomenon called "seckilling". 仅仅用了几秒钟时间,花费1.1元人民币,杭州大学生杨江明就成为了四川成都一套价值80万元住宅的主人了。这处房产是用鼠标“秒”到的,这种新生的网络现象被称为“秒杀”。)
灭绝的物种

extinct species
民办教师

citizen-managed teachers (teachers in rural citizen-managed or state-managed schools who do not receive the normal remuneration from the government)
民办教育

non-government funded education

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民法通则

general provisions of the civil law
民工潮

farmers' frenzied hunt for work in cities
民航

civil aviation
民间投资

private investment (The central government released guidelines on further encouraging private investment in a wider range of key industries, a move indicating the authorities are placing more importance in private investment's role in sustaining economic growth. 中央政府近日发布关于进一步鼓励民间资本在更多关键领域投资的指导意见。此举意味着政府将更加重视民间资本在经济可持续发展中的角色。)
民间协商

consultation on a non-governmental basis
民间艺人

folk artisan
民间资本

private capital
民进党

Democratic Progressive Party
民生问题

livelihood issues ("Livelihood issues", including an improved social security system and the provision of affordable housing, remain the top concerns of Chinese people, according to online polls conducted ahead of the country's annual parliamentary and political advisory sessions. 根据两会前的网络调查,“民生问题”成为我国民众关注的焦点,比如改善社保体制、保障房供应等等。)
民事诉讼

civil procedure
民意病毒

public opinion viruses (Internet manipulation, or "public opinion viruses," harmed the healthy development of the Internet, and could affect public emotions and mislead public opinion, which could intensify or magnify social conflicts. 网络操控或“民意病毒”危害了互联网的健康发展并可能会影响公众情绪、误导民意,可能会激化或放大社会矛盾。)
民意测验

opinion poll; opinion survey
民以食为天

people regard food as their prime want; food the first necessity of man
民营企业

individually-run enterprises
民约

non-governmental regulations; folk law
民政

civil affair
民主党派、工商联与无党派人士

"non-Communist parties, federations of industry and commerce, personages without party affiliation "
民主集中制

democratic centralism
民主监督

democratic supervision
民主决策

make decisions through a democratic process
民族国家

nation state
民族凝聚力

national cohesion
民族区域自治

regional autonomy of ethnic minorities
民族事务委员会

Ethnic Affairs Commission
民族文化大省

a province with rich ethnic culture

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民族乡

minority town
民族意识

national consciousness
民族优越感

ethnocentrism
民办高校

private higher learning institution
名利双收

gain in both fame and wealth
明码标价制度

system that commodity prices must be marked
明明白白消费(2000年保护消费者权益工作主题)

transparent consumption
名片

business card
名人恋

celebrity romance(French first lady Carla Bruni, whose celebrity romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy sent his ratings into a tailspin, is proving a hit with the public in her new role. 法国新任第一夫人卡拉·布吕尼时下人气大涨,而总统尼古拉斯·萨科齐则因大搞名人恋,导致其民众支持率一路下滑。)
名人堂

walk of fame (New York's Apollo Theater took on a touch of Hollywood on Monday when it began installing its own Walk of Fame with plaques that will honor entertainers including late singers James Brown and Michael Jackson. 纽约阿波罗剧院本周一效法好莱坞的做法开始建立自己的“名人堂”,已故歌手詹姆斯•布朗和迈克尔•杰克逊的纪念板均被率先收入其中。)
名人效应

celebrity charm
明文

explicit terms
明星代言

celebrity endorsement (One of the highlights of the proposed changes to Chinese Advertisement Law includes making celebrity spokespersons more responsible for the endorsement deals they take on. These changes were made to strengthen controls over celebrity endorsements and advertising. 《中国广告法》修订建议的重点之一就是要让明星代言人要对他们所代言的产品担负更多的责任。这些修订是为了加强对名人代言和名人广告的管控。)
名优

famous actor; famous high quality brand
名誉教授

honorary professor; emeritus professor
名誉教授

Professor Emeritus
民工

migrant worker
名企

name-brand company 明星效应

celebrity effect
民间文化遗产

folk cultural heritage
民事伴侣关系

civil partnership
民意

will of the people
民怨

social grievance (Officials in southwest China's Guizhou Province have admitted there are social grievances in Weng'an County where a girl's death sparked a violent protest over the weekend.)
民族企业

domestic enterprises
摸彩

draw lot for prize

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模仿秀

imitation show
抹黑

stain somebody's name; bring shame on
模糊逻辑

fuzzy logic
模糊战略(美国在台湾问题上奉行的政策)

indistinct strategy; ambiguous strategy
模块

module
摩门教

Mormon Church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
模拟测试

mock test; simulated exam
模拟装置

simulator
默片

silent movie (Hollywood showed some love for its history at the Oscars on Sunday, giving its best film award and four others to silent movie "The Artist" in a ceremony that recalled why cinema is special to so many people. 周日举行的奥斯卡颁奖典礼重温了电影对于许多人的特殊意义,好莱坞表现出了对其历史的钟爱,将最佳影片奖和其他四个奖项给了黑白默片《艺术家》。)
末日论者

doomster
莫失良机;趁热打铁

make hay while the sun shines
末位淘汰

(under the new personnel system) the person graded last in the performance evaluation will be laid off from his position
磨洋工

dawdle along
摸着石头过河

test each step before taking it;advance cautiously
默哀

silent tribute (President Hu Jintao, who just returned from a three-day visit to the quake-hit areas, paid a three-minute silent tribute to victims of the quake in the central government compound of Zhongnanhai in Beijing. 刚刚结束三天震区支行的胡锦涛主席,在中南海为地震遇难者默哀三分钟。)
末班车时间

final vehicle hour
模仿大赛

look-alike contest
模拟炒股

simulation stock trading, mock stock trading (Online simulation stock trading games have become a big hit on college campuses.)
谋事在人,成事在天

"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
目标跟踪雷达

target-tracking radar(TTR)
目标管理

management by objectives; quota management
目测

visual range estimation
幕后操纵

pull strings behind the scenes; wire-pulling
幕后花絮

behind- the-scenes look
睦邻友好关系(合作)

good-neighborly and friendly relations (cooperation)

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母乳

breast milk
穆斯林

Muslim; Moslem
目无法纪

defy the law ( or standards of discipline)
母系氏族社会

matriarchal clan society
牧业税

livestock tax
母婴传播

mother-baby transmission (mother-to-child HIV transmission)
拇指规则

rule of thumb ("Since October, economic indicators have deteriorated at a pace that defies any rule of thumb," Tetsufumi Yamakawa, chief Japan economist at Goldman Sachs, said in a recent report. "There has been an unprecedented large decline in exports and production-related indicators in particular." 高盛公司首席日本经济学家彻文山川在近日公布的报告中称:“自去年十月始,诸多经济指标严重下滑,速度之快有违任何经验法则。特别是出口和生产相关指标严重下跌。”)

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纳米

nanometer
拿腔拿调

speak affectedly
拿手好戏

masterpiece
拿手项目

specialty
纳税人

tax payer; tax bearer
纳税申报制度

tax declaration system
纳斯达克

National Association of Securities Deal Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)
耐用品

durable goods (US orders for durable goods edged up 0.2 percent in November, weaker than expected, according to government data released Thursday. 根据周四发布的政府数据,美国11月份收到的耐用品的订单仅上升了0.2%,低于预期水平。)
耐用消费品

durable consumer goods, consumer durables
奶嘴男

mama's boy (What if your boyfriend always opposed you by saying, "Mom said this," "Mom said that"? A 28-year-old woman in Chongqing finally couldn't stand it anymore and "ran away from home" on Nov 19, Chongqing Evening News reported. 如果你的男友经常用“妈妈说这个”、“妈妈说那个”来反对你,你会怎么办?据《重庆晚报》报道,11月19日,一位28岁的重庆女子最终无法忍受男友而选择“离家出走”。)
南北对话

North-South dialogue
难得糊涂

"Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise."
男高音演唱家

tenorist
难民营

refugee camp
南南合作

South-South cooperation
男女同工同酬

equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex
男权主义思想

male chauvinism
南水北调

divert water from the south to the north
南水北调工程

South-to-North water diversion project
男性车厢

Men-only metro train cars(Seibu Holdings, which runs trains in the Tokyo area, is considering to introduce some carriages reserved for men only. 东京轨交运营商西武集团日前考虑在列车中开设"男性专用车厢"。)
南巡讲话

South Tour Speeches
囊括

complete a sweep
闹情绪

be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique
内宾

domestic guest
内当家

wife

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内定

decide internally
内阁成员

cabinet lineup (US President-elect Barack Obama named 4 members for his administration Friday, completing his cabinet lineup ahead of the Christmas holiday. 美国当选总统奥巴马19日宣布4项官员提名,在圣诞节到来之前确定了全部内阁成员人选。)
内耗

in-fighting
内环路

inner ring road
内联企业

inland associated enterprises
内联网(计算机)

Intranet
内水

inland waters
内退

early retirement
内向型经济

domestically-oriented economy
内销公寓

apartments leased only to natives
内置的

built-in (Japanese toy company Tomy released a digital camera with a built-in printer. 日本玩具制造商Tomy公司推出了一款配备内置打印机的数码相机。)
内地上市公司

mainland-listed company
内衣外穿

underwear as outerwear (As a fashion statement, underwear as outerwear is hardly breaking news; it possesses, as Valerie Steele and Hollander have observed, a long history.)
内政部长

interior minister (A small plane crashed in Mexico City Tuesday, killing the nation's interior minister and at least 7 others, and setting dozens of cars ablaze. 一架小型客机4日晚上在墨西哥首都墨西哥城坠毁,墨西哥内政部长及另外7人遇难,并导致数十辆轿车着火。)
能官能民

be ready to both serve as an offical and be one of the common people
能见度

visibility
能进能出,能上能下

competent to work both at the top and at the grass roots
能进能出,能上能下,方谓好汉

He who knows how to fight and how to retreat deserves to be called a brave man.
能量预算

energy budget
能上网的手机

Wireless Application Protocol(WAP) phone
能源农业

energy agriculture
能源强度

energy intensity (Between 2006 and 2010, the country achieved a 19.1-percent drop in energy intensity, roughly meeting its five-year target to improve energy efficiency by 20 percent, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday during an online conversation with netizens. 温家宝总理上周日在与网民在线交流时表示,在2006年至2010年间,我国的能源强度下降了19.1%,基本完成了“十一五”制定的将能源利用率提高20%的目标。)
逆反心理

negative mentality
匿名跟帖

anonymous online comments (China will push to end anonymous online comments, according to Wang Chen, director of the State Council Information Office, who recently reiterated the need for more regulations in cyberspace. 国务院新闻办主任王晨表示,我国将推动取消匿名网上评论。他近日还重申了加强网络监管的必要性。)
尼姆达(病毒)

Nimda

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泥菩萨

like a clay Buddha fording the river-hardly able to save oneself; each one is looking out for his own survival
泥石流

mud-rock flow
你真奥巴马(Obama)

You are cool (The 160-page English slang lexicon records such terms or phrases as 'You so obama,' which means 'You are cool,' 'presh' for cute or precious and 'schwa' for wow. 这本英语俚语词典共160页,囊括了"你真奥巴马",意思是"你真酷"。其它被收入的词汇如"presh",意思是可爱的、宝贵的,等词语。)
年度国家预算

annual State Budget
年会恐惧症

year-end party phobia (While many employees enjoy the activities, some suffer from "year-end party phobia". Some complain that preparing shows takes extra energy. 虽然很多员工很喜欢参与年会活动,但也有些员工患上了“年会恐惧症”。一些人抱怨排练节目很费力。)
年利润

annual return
年龄结构

age structure
年末促销

year-end promotion (Gold jewelry sales jumped more than 30 percent over the weekend in Beijing, as bargain shoppers swarmed the city's major jewelry stores onyear-end promotions. 随着钟爱打折货的购物者在年末促销中涌入北京市的几大珠宝商店,黄金珠宝的销量在上周末增长幅度超过30%。)
年同比

year-on-year; on an annual basis
年夜饭

family reunion dinner
(信用卡的)年费

annual fee
年画

New Year painting
涅磐(佛)

nirvana
凝聚力

cohensive force
扭亏为盈

turn losses into gains
扭转局面

"reverse the tide, turn the table"
农产品出口补贴

agricultural export subsidies
农产品的统购派购

unified purchasing of farm produce by the state according to fixed quotes
弄潮儿

wave rider; current leader
农村非农产业

non-agricultural industries in rural areas
农村留守人口

rural left-behind population
农村剩余劳动力

surplus rural labour (labourers)
农村税费改革试点

the experimental reform of rural taxes and administrative charges
农村信用社

rural credit cooperatives
农工党

Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party

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农工商联合企业

agro-industrial-commercial combines
农机

agricultural machinery
农垦

agricultural reclamation
农林间作

agro-forestry
农民人均纯收入

rural per capita net income
农奴制

serfdom; serf system
弄巧成拙

be too smart by half; cunning outwits itself.
农药残留物

pesticide residue;agricultural chemicals residue
农业产业化经营

the industrialization of agriculture; industrialized agricultural operation
农业生态学

agricultural ecology
农业生物工程

agro-biological engineering
农业税费改革

reform of rural taxes and administrative charges
农业特产税

taxes on special agricultural products
农业增加值

added value of agriculture
农转非

rural residents become urban residents
农村电网改造工程

projects to upgrade rural power grids
农村电网改造项目

projects to upgrade rural power grids
农村合作医疗

rural cooperative medical service
农村劳动力转移培训

job training for farm laborers looking for urban employment
农村六小工程

six categories of small projects for rural areas (water-efficient irrigation, potable water supplies, roads, methane production facilities, hydroelectric plants and pasture enclosure)
农村养老金制度

rural pension system
农村综合试点改革

trials of comprehensive rural reform
农机具补贴

subsidies for agricultural machinery and tools
农技站

agro-technical station
农业面源污染

widespread pollution from the overuse of fertilizers and pesticides in rural area

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农业税

agricultural tax
浓妆

heavy makeup (The article gives you tips on cosmetics and beauty products for winters and heavy makeup that you can use in winter season. )
暖温带

warm temperate zone
诺亚方舟

Noah’s Ark
挪占

misappropriate; embezzlement
女权运动

movement for women's rights
女权主义者

feminist
女士专用车厢

women-only compartments (Guangzhou Daily recently launched a survey on its micro blog about the necessity to open women-only compartments after reports of several molestation cases. Around two in three respondents ticked "yes". 针对近日发生的多起“猥亵”案件,广州日报近期在微博上发起一个调查,询问人们地铁有无必要开设女性专用车厢,三分之二的调查参与者认为有必要。)
女性车厢

woman car (The Beijing Subway Company said they are considering the feasibility of creating woman’s section on the cars running Line 1 and Line 2. 北京市地铁公司表示可考虑在1、2号线的少数车厢试点女性专用。)

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欧盟

European Union
欧盟一体化进程

the integration process of Europe
欧佩克

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)
偶像

idol
欧亚大陆桥

Eurasia Land Bridge
欧元

Euro
欧洲共同体

European Communities (EC)
欧洲货币

Euro-currency
欧洲货币一体化

European monetary integration
欧洲委员会

European Commission
欧洲自由贸易联盟

EFTA (European Free Trade Association)
粮食综合生产能力

overall grain production capability

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爬格子

engage in writing
帕金森症

parkinsonism
扒窃

pickpocket
拍板

have the final say(or last word);make a decision
派出所

local police station
拍档

collaborator;partner
排档

stall
派对

party
派购

assigned purchasing
排华政策

policy of discrimination against the Chinese
派活

assign work
拍马屁

flatter sb. (The chief hasn't accepted our plan yet. I guess I'd better go in and polish the apple a bit. 头头还没有批准我们的计划。我看,也许去拍拍马屁会好些吧。)
排头兵

bellwether;vanguard
拍拖

date somebody;have a date with somebody;go on a date with somebody
排外主义

exclusivism
拍胸膛

strike one's chest to guarantee something
派驻

dispatch to...(a post);send to...
排名不分先后

(names) listed in no particular order
盘点

stock count; take stock of
潘多拉魔盒

Pandora's box
攀高枝

put oneself under the patronage of a higher-up
盘活存量资产

liquidize remnant assets
攀亲

establish friendly relationship with other units or organizations
攀岩

mountain-climbing
泡吧

kill time in a bar(Internet or wine)

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跑车

SUV(sports utility vehicle)
炮灰

cannon fodder (Hoffenheim were instantly dismissed by many as cannon fodder after their promotion last season. 霍芬海姆上赛季升入甲级伊始就被众球队当做是炮灰。)
跑龙套

"utility man, play a bit role, general handyman"
抛媚眼

give somebody the glad eye. (The man is overjoyed because a pretty girl gave him the glad eye yesterday. 那个人因昨天一位美女的目送秋波而狂喜不止。)
泡沫经济

bubble economy
泡沫浴

bubble bath
泡妞

chase after the girls
跑腿

run errands (I don’t mind run errands for you occasionally, but I’ve got my own work to do. 我并不介意偶尔为你跑腿儿,但是我还有自己的工作要做。)
抛砖引玉

a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
跑步机

treadmill
陪床

look after a patient
配额

quota
配股

allotment of shares;rationed shares
配给制

rating system
配件

accessories
陪酒女郎

barmaid
赔了夫人又折兵, 花钱填无底洞

throw good money after bad
陪聊

chatting service. (The most striking item is a luxury pack, which costs RMB10 and provids a chatting service. 最雷人的是价值10元的豪华套餐,竟然有专业陪聊的服务项目。)
配偶赡养

spousal support
配套措施

supporting measures
配套政策

supporting policies
培养费

training expense
配音棚

dubbing studio(or room)
配音演员

Voice actor (Talks are underway with the voice actors including Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy. 公司正在和配音演员们进行洽谈,其中包括卡梅伦•迪亚兹和埃迪•墨菲。)
培育新的经济增长点

foster new growth areas in the economy

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片面追求升学率

place undue emphasis on the proportion of students entering schools of a higher level
票贩子

scalper;ticket tout
票房

box office
票房毒药

box office flop / box office bomb (The producers of movie 'Pledge This!' told a court in 2008 she owed them $8.3million - the amount it cost to make the box office flop - because she didn't promote it properly. 电影《风云才女》的制片人在2008年将希尔顿起诉致法院,称她没有恰当宣传这部影片,因此欠剧组830万美元,而这恰好是这部“票房毒药”影片的制作经费。)
漂移农场

floating farm (China’s shipbuilding ability has represented its power throughout history and the China Shipping Pavilion at this year’s Shanghai Expo is showcasing some major improvements in the country’s shipbuilding industry along with a new concept for the future – a floating farm ship. 中国已经在历史上展示了自己的造船能力。本届上海世博会中国船舶馆中,科学家向人们展示了中国造船业的主要成就,以及未来新概念:漂移农场船。)
票友

amateur performer
票证

purchase certificate;coupon
疲劳驾驶

fatigue driving / drowsy driving
贫富差距

wealth gap (Amid a widening wealth gap between rich and poor, a new survey has found that 96 percent of the public said they feel resentful toward the rich. 面对不断加大的贫富差距,最新相关调查显示,有96%的受访者承认自己有仇富心理。)
贫富悬殊

wide gap between the rich and the poor
贫困线

poverty line
品牌定位

brand positioning ("Due to its unclear brand positioning, Pacific Department Store failed in Beijing," said Lai Yang, director of the Beijing Vocational College of Finance and Commerce's business research institute. 北京财贸职业学院商业研究中心主任赖阳说:“太平洋百货败走京城是因为它品牌定位不清。”)
品牌效应

brand effect
品牌忠诚度

brand loyalty (Youth, self-reliance and brand loyalty are the defining characteristics of luxury outbound travelers in China. 我国豪华出境游游客的定义性特征为年轻、自主、品牌忠诚度高。)
拼图

jigsaw
贫铀弹

depleted uranium bomb
拼车

carpool (The city government wants citizens to organize car pools for transportation. 该市政府希望市民拼车出行。)
品德教育

moral education
屏蔽

to block. ( 3 major telecommunication operators in China will jointly launch a technical platform to block junk cellphone messages. 我国三大电信运营商将正式上线运行网间垃圾短信联动处理平台,联手进行垃圾信息自主屏蔽。)
评标

bidding evaluation
平仓

close a position
平等互利、讲求实效、形式多样、共同发展的方针

pursuing practical results, adopting various waysand seeking common development/ the principle of equality, mutual benefit, efficiency, diversity andmutual development
平等、互利、互相尊重主权和领土完整

equality,mutual benefit, mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity
平等互利原则

principle of equality and mutual benefit
平等协商

consultation on the basis of equality; consultation on an equal footing

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评分机

scoring machine
平衡预算

balance a budget; a balanced budget
平纪录

match a record
瓶颈制约

"bottleneck" restrictions
平局

draw; tie (South Africa nearly made a perfect start to the World Cup on Friday, scoring early in the second half before conceding a late goal in a 1-1 draw with Mexico in the opening match of the tournament. 南非队为本次世界杯带来了一个近乎完美的开端。在揭幕赛中,南非队在下半场开始不久便打入一球,后来被墨西哥队扳回一球将比分逼平。)
平均主义

equalitarianism
平面设计师

graphic designer
乒乓外交

ping-pong diplomacy
平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚

"never burn incense when all is well, but clasp Buddha's feet when in distress"
评头论足

nit-pick
平稳过渡

smooth transition
平抑(稳定)物价

stabilize commodity prices
凭证式国债

certificate T-bonds
评职

professional evaluation
平等保护物权

equal protection of property rights
平面广告

print ad (The designer's specialty is creating breathtaking print ads.)
品牌产品

brand name products
品牌代言人

brand spokesman (In March 2007, 110m Men's Hurdles World Record holder and Olympic 2004 Champion, Lui Xiang of China has also been appointed as a Global Brand Spokesman for Nutrilite(纽崔来).)
品牌知名度

brand awareness (To increase brand awareness, we will have to advertise on TV to reach the largest possible audience.)
破釜沉舟

cut off all means of retreat; burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
破格

break old conventions( in selecting or appointing talented people)
迫降

emergency landing
泼冷水

pour cold wate on the enthusiasm of; dampen the spirit of; throw a wet blanket over
泼水节

Water-Sprinkling Festival
破土

break ground for new construction;start a construction project

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破土动工仪式

ground-breaking ceremony
普遍优惠制

generalized preferential system; general system of preferences
普法

disseminate knowledge of the law; popularize knowledge of the law
普惠制

system of generalized preferential treatment in custom duties
普及率

popularity rate
普通高等教育

regular higher education
普通高校

regular institutions of higher learning
扑网(体)

"rush-up, rushing"
铺新摊子

launch new projects
普选

general election
普选制

general election system
普及九年制义务教育

make nine-year compulsory education universal