chinadailyvocabulary.doc

1、China daily vocabulary list ( Chinese-English) 中国日报单词表（汉英）A“爱国者“ 导弹 Patriot missileAA 制 Dutch treatment; go DutchA 股市场 A share market阿 Q 正传 The True Story of Ah Q奥委会 Olympic Committee奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs-pick the best

2、out of a mediocre bunch艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征 ) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)爱丽舍宫 Elyse Palace爱心工程 Loving Care Project爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week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安理会 Security Council安乐死 euthanas

3、ia安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.安全岛 safety strip安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project按劳分配 distribution according to ones performance按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost按揭贷款 mortgage loan按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house按资排辈 to assign priority accord

4、ing to seniority暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly暗箱操作 black case workBB to B (B2B) business to businessB to C (B2C) business to consumerBP 机 beeper, pagerB 超 type-B ultrasonic北美自由贸易协定 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)本草纲目 Compendium of Materia Medica伯尔尼公约 （有关保护文学和艺术作品版

5、权的公约） Berne Convention不见不散 Be there or be square.搬迁户 a relocated unit or household半拉子工程 uncompleted project半脱产 a partial sabbatical from work半边天 half the sky半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products半决赛 semifinals巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse巴勒斯坦民族解放运动，简称 FATEH帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more tro

6、uble in the process拔河(游戏) tug-of-war巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization把握大局 grasp the overall situation把关 guard a pass棒球运动记者 scribe霸权主义 hegemonism摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances摆花架

7、子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance摆架子 put on airs包销人 underwriter拜年 pay New Year call拜把兄弟 sworn brothers包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)包房 to reserve rooms in a ho

8、tel or guest house for exclusive use包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash包干到户 work contracted to households包工包料 contract for labor and materials包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell包机 to charter a plane; a chartered plane拜金主义 money worship版权法 copyright

9、 law版税率 royalty rate白马王子 Prince Charming白领犯罪 white-collar crime白领工人 white-collar worker白手起家 starting from scratch白色行情表 white sheet白色污染 white pollution白色农业 “white agriculture (also called “white engineering agriculture“; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)“白色农业

10、white agriculture白雪公主 Snow White白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody斑马线 zebra stripes便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreci

11、ate (of a currency)便当 fast food标书 bidding documents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“比基尼 bikini比较经济学 comparative economics表面文章 lip service; surface formality表演赛 demonstration match毕业生分配制度 assignment of graduates表见代理 agency b

12、y estoppel闭门羹 given cold-shoulder闭关政策 closed-door policy闭卷 closed-book exam冰雕 ice sculpture冰毒 “ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug“避税 evade tax逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives变相涨价 disguised inflation变相涨价 disguised inflation蹦迪 disco dancing蹦极 b

13、ungee, bungee jumping薄利多销 small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume保理业务 factoring business保龄球 bowling保释 on bail保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area保税区 tax-protected zone保税仓库 bonded warehouse保质期 guarantee period保证重点支出 ensure funding fo

14、r priority areas保证金 margins, collateral保证金帐户 margin account保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy保持

15、国有股 keep the State-held shares保兑银行 confirming bank保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment保护伞 protective umbrella保护主义 protectionism保护关税 protective duty/tariff保护价格 protective price保健食品 health-care food保健按摩 therapeutic massage报销 apply for reimbursement报复性关税 retaliatory duty报国计划的实施 implementation of

16、Dedicators Project报关员 declarant暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up北约 NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank背投屏幕 rear

17、projection screen背黑锅 to become a scapegoat备件 spare parts被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life本命年 ones year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip本票 cashiers cheque本本主义 bookishness笨鸟先飞 A

18、slow sparrow should make an early start.兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals边缘科学 boundary science边缘科学 borderline science边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas边际效益 marginal benefit边际薪酬 marginal salaries边际报酬 marginal return并网发电 combined to the grid博士生 Ph.D can

19、didate博士后 post-doctoral博彩（业） lottery industry博导 tutor of a Ph.D. student伯乐 a good judge of talent (a name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses)补缺选举 by-election补偿贸易 compensatory trade不买帐 not take it; not go for it不良贷款 non-perf

20、orming loan不眠之夜 white night 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency不正当竞争 unfair competition不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do ones

21、 best不夜城 “sleepless city, ever-bright city“不败记录 clean record, spotless record不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force不打不成交 “No discord, no concord. “不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result不管部部长 minister

22、without portfolio不怀恶意的谎言 white lie 不记名投票 secret ballot不结盟运动 non-aligned movement不可再生资源 non-renewable resources不可抗力 force majeure布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods system布达拉宫 Potala Palace步行天桥 pedestrian overpass步行街 pedestrian street步步高升 Promoting to a higher position部长级会议 ministerial meetingC禅 dhyana重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects春秋 Spring and Autumn Annals擦网球 net ball擦边球 “edge ball, touch ball“层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition