1、 现代热门词汇词义新解C 2008-01-30 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 ba
2、sket 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 a
3、gent财务公开 keep 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 levy;fiscal taxation;financial taxation财政、信贷双紧方针 policy of tightening control over expend
4、iture 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彩票；刮刮卡 scratchcard彩屏 color screen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 financia
5、l support参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine惨淡经营 work hard and carefully to keep ones business going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掺水文凭 diploma obtained by using unfair or unlawful means餐饮业 catering industry参与国际分工 parti
6、cipate 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仓储式超市 stockr
7、oom-style supermarket 藏书票 book labels identifying a collector (or collection)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操纵股票市场 manip
8、ulate 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 查封 close down插杠子 poke ones nose into someones businesses茶话会 tea
9、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 someones fee
10、t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 trans
11、fer 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
12、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 up
13、grading 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 wave
14、s 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 tra
15、der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 常设国际法庭 permanent international tribunal唱双簧 play a duet-collaborate; echo each ot
16、her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; excutive director常务理事 executive member of the council长线产品 product in excessive supply 倡议书 initial written proposal长治久安 a long period of stability; prolonged political st
17、ability; 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产权和资产出让 property right and asset transfer产权界定 delimitation of property rights产权收益 incom
18、e from property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 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 t
19、ime 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 surrealis
20、m超载过牧 overgraze超支户 household (or family) living perpetually in debt炒作 speculation (stock); sensationalization (news) 朝鲜半岛核问题 the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula查票 ticket checking扯后腿 hold (or pull) somebody back; be a drag on somebody扯皮 shirk; pass the buck彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary
21、 political force 撤销原案 rescind the case撤销职务 annul ones position; dismiss . from; be stripped of; remove. from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 disp
22、osable 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承购包销 underwrite成活率 survival rate城际列车 in
23、ter-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成人中等职业技术教育 adult secondary vocational and technical education 成人中等专科学校 se
24、condary specialized (technical) school for adults 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 citys infrastructure construction 城市建设 urban construction城市景观 townscape城市经济学 urban economics城市居民自治 self-governance by urban residents城市居民最低生活保障 subsistence allowanc
25、es 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城市绿化 urban landscaping城市美容师 urban environmental worker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 li
26、es 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 an
27、d 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 Kha
28、n 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
29、投资 urban fixed-asset investment城市规划 citys 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 bou
30、tiqueification，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 ea
31、t 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 functio
32、naries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, eat on ones own principals, live off ones past gains or achievements痴迷者 addict
33、吃偏饭 enjoy special privilege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 deve
34、lopment吃大锅饭 “egalitarian practice of “everybody eating from the same big pot“ “ 吃豆腐 take advantage of充电 recharge ones batteries; update ones 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
35、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 inroduction of redundant technical facilities; importation of redundant technical facilities冲剂 dissolved medicines; instant herbal medicine
36、s冲击波（电脑病毒） Blaster冲浪艇 surfboat宠物医院 pet clinic冲销账目 write off accounts崇洋媚外 worship things foreign and fawn on foreign countries冲帐 strike a balance; counter-balance accounts; reverse an entry充值卡 rechargeable card 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 co
37、mmittee 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/
38、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 exc
39、hange-earning enterprise出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports 出口加工区 export processing zone; area for processing export products 出口卖方信贷 sellers 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 (t
40、ax) rebate 出口押汇 bill purchased (B/P); outward documentary bill 出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally 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 question
41、s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除烟叶外，取消农业特产税 all taxes on special agricultrual products will be repealed except for tobacco储运 storage and transport出租业务 leasing传媒 media传染病防治法 law
42、 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 fo
43、rm 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
44、 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 窗口行业 service trade 创利 generate profit创业精神 enterprising spirit; pioneering spirit创业者 start-up创业园 high-tech business incubator; pionee
45、r 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吹风会 (advanced) briefing 出境游客 outbound tourist出口信贷 export credit纯净水 purified water春运 (passenger ) tr
46、ansport 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此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously
47、protesting his innocence. 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，
48、到群众中去 from the masses, to the masses从众心理 group psychology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
