1、1AAA 制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch A 股市场 A share market 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages爱国统一战线 patriotic united front“爱国者“导弹 Patriot missile爱丽舍宫 Elyse 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) 安家费 settl
2、ing-in allowance按键式电话 push-button phone; Touch-Tone; key phone安乐死 euthanasia安理会 Security Council安全第一,预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.安慰奖 consolation prize 暗箱操作 black case work按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority安第斯集团峰会(拉美国家) Andean Summit按揭贷款 mortgage loan 按揭购房 to buy a house on mort
3、gage; to mortgage a house安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project 按劳分配 distribution according to ones performance 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administration Region (SAR)奥委会 Olympic CommitteeB把关 guard a pass巴解
4、the Palestinian Liberation Organization 霸权主义 hegemonism把握大局 grasp the overall situation 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war 摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality; lacking substance 白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace拜金主义 money worship白领 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
5、”顾名思义,表示其职业要求着装整齐、清洁。)百年老店 century-old shop白热化 be white-hot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.拜把兄弟 sworn brothers 摆架子 put on airs 2白马王子 Prince Charming拜年 pay New Year call 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearance
6、s 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办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)
7、半决赛 semifinals半决赛四强 four semifinalists半拉子工程 uncompleted project斑马线 zebra stripes班门弄斧 teach ones grandma to suck eggs搬迁户 a relocated unit or household版权法 copyright law版权贸易 copyright licensing business版权所有 copyright reserved; Copyrighted版税率 royalty rate半托 day care (for kids) 半脱产 a partial sabbatical f
8、rom work伴宴人员 escort搬运工人 transport worker帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags 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
9、in the national economy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包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell曝光 mak
10、e 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保护主义 protectionism包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane报价单 quotation of prices保健按摩 therapeutic massage保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission 保健品 health care product
11、s爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up3暴力片 splatter film保龄球 bowling保释 on bail;on probate保税仓库 bonded warehouse保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; Bonded area; tax-protected zone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保
12、障措施 supporting measures保证金帐户 margin account保值利率 index-linked interest rate; Inflation-proof interest rate保质期 shelf (storage) life; Guarantee period包装业 packaging business保持国有股 keep the State-held shares 包干到户 work contracted to households 包工包料 contract for labor and materials 报关员 declarant 保健食品 health
13、-care food 保证金 margins, collateral 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings被动吸烟 passive smoking; Second-hand smoking背黑锅 to 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
14、) 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 NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)被摘牌的公司 delisted company 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip 本命年 ones year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches 笨鸟先飞 A s
15、low sparrow should make an early start. 本票 cashiers cheque本土化 localization奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life 本本主义 bookishness 本草纲目 Compendium of Materia Medica 蹦迪 disco dancing蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping 闭关政策 closed-door policy比基尼 bikini比较文学 comparative literature比较经济学 comparative economics闭
16、卷 closed-book exam4闭路电视 close-circuit television 闭门羹 given 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“ 避税 evade tax避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion便当 fast food 边际效益 marginal benefit变相涨价 disguised inflat
17、ion便衣警察 police in plain clothes边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)边际报酬 marginal return 边际薪酬 marginal salaries便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer 表面文章 lip service; Surface
18、 formality标书 bidding documents 表演赛 demonstration match 冰雕 ice sculpture兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; Soldier and horse figures冰毒 “ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug“博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor伯尔尼公约 (有关保护文学和艺术作
19、品版权的公约) Berne Convention 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)剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume博士后 post-doctoral博彩(业) lottery industry 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal
20、of somebody 薄利多销 small profits but quick returns; Small profits and good sales BP 机 beeper, pager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 不打不成交 “No discord, no concord. “ 布达拉宫 Potala Palace 不到长城非
21、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 o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. 5不结盟运动 non-aligned movement不可抗力 force majeure 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods system 不良贷款 non
22、-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)不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie. 不速之客 gate-crasher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 plea
23、sed by external gains, not saddened by personal Losses不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do ones best部长级会议 ministerial meeting 不正当竞争 unfair competition不正当竞选 illicit competition不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; Unhealthy tendencyC擦边球 “edge ball, touch ball“ 财产税 property tax; Estate (or capital) duty采光 ligh
24、ting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 shopping basket program 菜鸟,新手 green hand 采取高姿态 show magnanimity 才疏学浅 be wanting in ability and shallow in knowledge财务报表 financial statement 财务公开 keep
25、 the public informed of the financial affairs财政包干 fiscal responsibility system财政赤字 financial deficit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 taxation; financial taxation财政、信贷双紧方针 policy of tightening control over expenditure and credit才子佳人 gi
26、fted scholars and beautiful ladies财务丑闻 accounting scandal 参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni shrine惨淡经营 work hard and carefully to keep ones business going 参股者 equity participant 6餐巾纸 napkin参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs 参政党 parties participating in the management of state affairs; P
27、arties participating in the government decision-making process 餐桌转盘 Lazy Susan仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket 草根工业 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like world grass)草药 herbal medicine操纵股票市场 manipulate the stock market操作系统 operat
28、ing system侧记 sidelights茶道 sado 差额拨款 balance allocation 差额投票 differential voting 差额选举 competitive election 查封 close down拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 拆迁补偿费 compensation for demolition拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition 禅 Zen产品构成 product composition产品积压 overstocked products产品结构
29、 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, an
30、d scientific management “产权制度、产权关系 property relations; Property order 产权转让 transference of title of property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 industries 产业结构升级 upgrading of an industrial structure 产
31、业升级 upgrade industries 偿付能力 solvency常规裁军 conventional disarmament长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta 长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River场内交易人 floor trader长跑 a long-distance running 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
32、 of weal or woe” 长期国债 long-term government bonds 常设国际法庭 permanent international tribunal7畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project 长途电话 distant 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倡议书 initial written proposal长治久安 a
33、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超编人员 exceed personnel超负荷运转 overloaded operation超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer
34、 炒汇 speculate in foreign currency超级巨型油轮 ultra large crude carrier超前教育 superior education超前消费 pre-mature consumption; Over consuming; excessive consumption; spend beyond ones means超前意识 superior consciousness超文本传送协议 hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)潮汐电站 tidal power stations超载过牧 overgraze炒作 speculatio
35、n (stock); Sensationalization (news) 撤销职务 annul ones position; Dismiss . from; be stripped of; remove. from晨练 morning exercise趁热打铁 make hay while the sun shines; strike while the iron is hot尘云 dust clouds 承包经营权 contract for the managerial right成本分摊 sharing costs成本效益 cost-effectiveness成本效益分析 cost-eff
36、iciency analysis成分指数 component index承购包销 underwrite成活率 survival rate城际列车 inter-city train 承建 contract to build程控电话 program-controlled telephone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城市合作银行 urban cooperative bank城市基础设施建设 the citys infrast
37、ructure construction 城市建设 urban construction城市绿地 urban open space; Urban green land城市绿化 urban landscaping城市美容师 urban environmental worker成事在天,谋事在人 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven; Man Proposes, God disposes8成套引进 package import成药 patent medicine城镇社会保障体系 urban social security syste
38、m 城镇职工医疗保险制度改革 medical insurance for urban workers 承包 contract with 成吉思汗 Genghis Khan 城市规划 citys landscaping plan; Urban planning 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)城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both ur
39、ban and rural areas 赤潮 red tides (which appear on the ocean)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 ones own fat; Bask in ones past glory; rest on ones laurels痴迷者 addict持平 hold the line
40、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“充电 recharge ones batteries
41、; Update ones knowledge; brush up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重复生产 duplication of production冲剂 dissolved medicines; Instant herbal medicines冲浪艇 surfboat宠物医院 pet clinic崇洋媚外 worship things foreign and fawn on foreign countries冲账 strik
42、e a balance; Counter-balance accounts; reverse an entry重复建设 building redundant project; Duplication of similar projects 充值卡 rechargeable card 筹备委员会 preparatory committee 抽调 transfer a portion抽检 spot check 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 sa
43、ve for purchases除草剂 weed killer出风头 show off; In the limelight 出国热 craze for going abroad出家 pravrajana; Cloister 出口创汇型产业 export-oriented industry 9出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports 出口加工区 export processing zones 出口退税率 export rebate rate出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exp
44、orted goods; export (tax) rebate出口押汇 bill purchased (B/P); Outward documentary bill 处理存货 sell-off 处理价格 bargain price; Reduced price出笼 release a bad publication, plan, etc.触摸屏 touch screen出难题偏题 raise out-of-the-way and catchy questions出气筒 punching bag 出勤率 attendance rate出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go
45、除“四害“ eliminate the four pests-rats, bedbugs, flies and mosquitoes出台 unveil fresh policy储运 storage and transport出租业务 leasing传媒 media穿梭外交 shuttle diplomacy传统产业 conventional industries 船务公司 shipping service company传销 pyramid sales; Multi-level marketing 穿小鞋 make it hot for; Make trouble for穿新鞋走老路 wear
46、ing 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创建卫生城市 build a nationally advanced clean city 窗口行业 various service trades 创利 generate profit创业精神 enterprising spirit; Pioneering spirit创业者 start-up创业园 high-tech business incub
47、ator; Pioneer Park 创意 create new ideas or concepts垂直管理 vertical management 垂直贸易 vertical trade吹风会 (advanced) briefing 纯净水 purified water春运 passenger transport around the Chinese lunar new year 春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program 春秋 Spring and Autumn Annals 磁卡电话 magnetic card telephone辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the o
48、ld and usher in the new; Ring out the old year and ring in the new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从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy 10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 Diversificat