1、 现代热门词汇词义新解B 2008-01-30 来源：中国日报 B超 type-B ultrasonic八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)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(
2、1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse 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
3、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拜金主义 money worship白领犯罪 white-collar crime白领工人 white-collar worker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
4、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现代热门词汇词义新解B 2008-01-30 来源：中国日报 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 摆架子 put o
5、n airs 白马王子 Prince Charming 拜年 pay a New Years visit 摆平 straighten sth out; sort out摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances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 s
6、tarting 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板儿寸 crew cut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
7、 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building 斑马线 zebra crossing班门弄斧 teach ones grandma to suck eggs办年货 do New Years 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 r
8、eleased from productive labor; partly released from ones regular 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; kiss of death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; wa
9、ter cooler chat棒球运动记者 scribe 办丧事 conduct a funeral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 histo
10、rical 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 rat
11、ioning 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 c
12、onsumers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爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up暴力片 splat
13、ter film保龄球 bowling保龄球馆 bowling alley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
14、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; guarant
15、ee 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 Cantones
16、e 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 year
17、s became agitated when discussing the unpaid wages problem.)报关员 declarant 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicators Project 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 保险费 insurance premium保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs保险索赔
18、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 infl
19、ation-proof bank savings 包装食品 packaged foods八荣八耻 Eight Honors dont be ignorant and unenlightened. Work hard; dont be lazy and hate work. Be united and help each other; dont gain benefits at the expense of others. Be honest and trustworthy, not profit-mongering at the expense of your values. Be disci
20、plined 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
21、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 hea
22、dquarters in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.背包旅行者 backpacker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 ones year of birth considered in relatio
23、n to the 12 Terrestrial Branches 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 本票 cashiers cheque本土化 localilzation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-do
24、or policy比基尼 bikini比较文学 comparative literature比较经济学 comparative economics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 avoi
25、dance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 fronter pass边际效益 marginal benefit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便衣警察 police i
26、n 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边际报酬 marginal return 边际薪酬 marginal salaries便利店 conven
27、ience 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 agency by estoppel标书 bidding documents 表演赛 demonstration match 别跟自己过不去 Dont be too hard on yourself.冰雕 ice sculpture病毒性感染 viral in
28、fection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
29、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 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 prof
30、it, 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, pagerB to B (B
31、2B) 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
32、 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不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower不
33、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 不买帐 not take it; not go for it不眠之夜 white night
34、 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不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do ones best 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence步行街 pedestrian street 步行天桥 pe
35、destrian 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 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
