1、A.矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs-pick the best out of a mediocre bunch艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)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爱丽舍宫 Elys e Palace爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week爱屋及乌 Love me, love m
2、y dog.爱心工程 Loving Care Project安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit安家费 settling-in allowance安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project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.安慰奖 consolation prize按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; ke
3、yphone按揭贷款 mortgage loan按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house按劳分配 distribution according to ones performance按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly暗箱操作 black case work奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit奥姆真理教 Japane
4、se Aum Doomsday Cult奥委会 Olympic Committee澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administration Region (SAR)B. 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse吧台 bar counter拔河(游戏 ) tug-of-war把关 guard a pass把握大局 grasp the overall situation霸权主义 hegemonism白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace
5、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”顾名思义，表示其职业要求着装整齐、清洁。)白领犯罪 white-collar crime白领工人 white-collar worker白马王子 Prince Charming白皮书 white paper白热化 be white-hot白色农业 white agriculture 白色农业 “white agriculture (also called “white engineering agriculture“; It refers to micro
6、biological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)“白色污染 white pollution白色行情表 white sheet白手起家 starting from scratch白雪公主 Snow White百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle百年老店 century-old shop百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance摆架子 put on
7、airs摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty拜把兄弟 sworn brothers拜金主义 money worship拜年 pay New Year call班车 shuttle bus班门弄斧 teach ones grandma to suck eggs斑马线 zebra stripes搬迁户 a relocated unit or household搬运工人 transport worker板儿寸 bush-top板楼，板式楼 slab
8、-type apartment building版权法 copyright law版权贸易 copyright licensing business版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted版税率 royalty rate办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)半边天 half the sky半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products半决赛 semifinals半决赛四强 four semifinalists半拉子工程 uncompleted project半托 day care (for
9、 kids)半脱产 a partial sabbatical from work伴宴人员 escort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棒球运动记者 scribe包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle包二奶 have a concubine (orig
10、inally a Cantonese expression)包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house for exclusive use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包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell包机 charter a p
11、lane; a chartered plane包销人 underwriter包装业 packaging business保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy保持国有股 keep the State-held shares保兑银行 confirming bank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
12、义 protectionism保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission保健按摩 therapeutic massage保健品 health care products保健食品 health-care food保理业务 factoring business保龄球 bowling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
13、help from the family or work unit保息股票 guaranteed stock保障措施 supporting measures保证金 margins, collateral保证金帐户 margin account保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate保质期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period报复
14、性关税 retaliatory duty报关员 declarant报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicators Project报价单 quotation of prices报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad报销 apply for reimbursement暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)暴力片 spl
15、atter film爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank北约 NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)备件 spare parts备用资金 reserve fund背黑锅 to become a scapegoat背投屏幕
16、 rear projection screen被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking被叫方付费电话 Reverse-charge call/ collect telephone call被摘牌的公司 delisted company奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life本本主义 bookishness本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip本命年 ones year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terr
17、estrial Branches本票 cashiers cheque本土化 localilzation笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.蹦迪 disco dancing蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives比基尼 bikini比较经济学 comparative economics比较文学 comparative literature比上不足，比下有余 “worse off than some, better off than many; to fa
18、ll short of the best, but be better than the worst“毕业设计 graduation design毕业生分配制度 assignment of graduates闭关政策 closed-door policy闭卷 closed-book exam闭路电视 close-circuit television闭门羹 given cold-shoulder避税 evade tax避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion边际报酬 marginal return边际效益 marginal benefit
19、边际薪酬 marginal salaries边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)便当 fast food便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer便衣警察 police in plain clothes变相涨价 disgui
20、sed inflation标书 bidding documents表见代理 agency by estoppel表面文章 lip service; surface formality表演赛 demonstration match冰雕 ice sculpture冰毒 “ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug“兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures并网发电 combined to the grid剥夺冠军
21、 strip the gold medal of somebody剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off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)博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)博彩（业） lottery industry博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor博
22、士后 post-doctoral博士生 Ph.D candidate薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume薄利多销 small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales补偿贸易 compensatory trade补缺选举 by-election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
23、 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不感冒 have no interest不管部部长 minister without portfolio不怀恶意的谎言 white lie 不记名投票 secret ballot不结盟运动 non-aligned movement不可抗力 force majeure不可再生资源 non-renewable resources不良贷款 non-performing
24、loan不买帐 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不夜城 “sleepless city, ever-bright city“不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do ones best不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external
25、 gains, not saddened by personnal losses不正当竞争 unfair competition布达拉宫 Potala Palace布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods system步步高升 Promoting to a higher position步行街 pedestrian street步行天桥 pedestrian overpass部长级会议 ministerial meetingC擦边球 “edge ball, touch ball“擦网球 net ball才疏学浅 be wanting in ability and shallow in kno
26、wledge才子佳人 gifted scholars and beautiful ladies财产税 property tax; estate (or capital) duty财务报表 financial statement财务丑闻 accounting scandal财务代理人 fiscal agent财务公开 keep the public informed of the financial affairs财政、信贷双紧方针 policy of tightening control over expenditure and credit财政包干 fiscal responsibility
27、 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 levy;fiscal taxation;financial taxation裁减冗员 cut down on overstaffing ; lay off redundant staff裁军 disarmament采光 lighting采景 choose a location (for movie, TV drama, etc.)采暖 heat
28、ing采取措施后 ex post采取措施前 ex ante采取高姿态 show magnanimity彩扩 color film processing菜篮子工程 shopping basket program菜鸟，新手 green hand参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine参股公司 joint stock company参股者 equity participant参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs参政党 parties participating in the management
29、 of state affairs; parties participating in the government decision-making process餐巾纸 napkin餐桌转盘 Lazy Susan惨淡经营 work hard and carefully to keep ones business going仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket藏书票 book labels identifying a collector or collection藏学 Tibetology操办 make arrangements操纵股票市场 manipulate
30、the stock market操作系统 operating system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侧记 sidelights层层转包和违法分包 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting查房 make/go the rounds of the wards查封 close down
31、茶道 sado差额拨款 balance allocation差额投票 differentail voting差额选举 competitive election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搀水股票 water-down stocks (ordinary stocks that can be bought by persons inside a stock company or a bu
32、siness at a cost lower that their face value)禅 dhyana产假 maternity leave产粮大省 granary province产品构成 product composition产品积压 overstocked products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 enterpri
33、ses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产销两旺 both production and marketing thrive产销直接挂钩 dir
34、ectly 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长二捆 LM-2E长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta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 Y
35、ellow River长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River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 of weal or woe “长期国债 long-term government bonds长途电话 distant calls长线产品 product in excessive supp
36、ly长治久安 a long period of stability; prolonged political stability; lasting political stability偿付能力 solvency常规裁军 conventional disarmament常设国际法庭 permanent international tribunal常委会 standing committee常务董事 managing director; excutive director常务理事 executive member of the council常驻代表 permanent representati
37、ve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场内交易人 floor trader场外证券市场 over-the-counter market敞蓬轿车 open-topped limousine畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project倡议书 initial written proposal唱对台戏 mouth high-sounding words唱高调 mouth high-sounding words唱名表决 roll-
38、call vote唱双簧 play a duet-collaborate; echo each other超编人员 exceed personnel超导元素 superconducting elements超短波 ultrashort wave超负荷运转 overloaded operation超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer超级巨型油轮 ultra large crude carrier超前教育 superior education超前消费 pre-mature consumption; overconsuming; excessive con
39、sumption; spend beyond ones means超前意识 superior consciousness超文本传送协议 hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)超载过牧 overgraze超支户 household (or family) living perpetually in debt朝阳产业 sunrise industry潮汐电站 tidal power stations炒汇 speculate in foreign currency炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news)扯皮 sh
40、irk; pass the buck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 ones position; dismiss . from; be stripped of; remove. from尘云 dust clouds沉没成本 sunk cost晨练 morning exercise趁热打铁 make hay while the sun shines; strike while the iron is hot成本分摊 sharing costs成本效益 cos
41、t-effectiveness成本效益分析 cost-efficiency analysis成分指数 component index成份指数 component index成活率 survival rate成吉思汗 Genghis Khan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成事在天，谋事在人 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heave
42、n; Man proposes, God disposes成套引进 package import成药 patent medicine成组技术 group technology承包 contract with承包经营权 contract for the managerial right承购包销 underwrite承建 contract to build承销商 underwriter城际列车 inter-city train城市规划 citys landscaping plan; urban planning城市合作银行 urban cooperative bank城市基础设施建设 the ci
43、tys infrastructure construction城市建设 urban construction城市经济学 urban economics城市景观 townscape城市恐惧症 urbiphobia城市垃圾 city refuse城市绿地 urban open space; urban green land城市绿化 urban landscaping城市美容师 urban environmental worker城市运动会 municipal athletics meet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
44、boutiqueification，攀比银行存款 bankification 等摆阔作风，由 middle-aged urban yuppie 缩合而成）城乡电网改造 projects for upgrading urban and rural power grids城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system城镇职工医疗保险制度改革 medical insurance for urban workers乘务员 vehicular attendant;
45、conductor惩办主义 doctrine of punishment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程控电话 program-controlled telephone程控交换台 program-controlled telephone switchboard吃饱穿暖 eat their fill and dress warmly; have enough to eat and wear; have adequate fo
46、od and clothing吃大锅饭 “egalitarian practice of “everybody eating from the same big pot“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 ot
47、her 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吃偏饭 enjoy special privilege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痴迷者 addict持币待购 wait to buy with cash in hand
