1、常用中文新词英译 A.AA 制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch阿 Q 正传 The True Story of Ah Q艾滋病(获得性免疫缺损综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)爱丽舍宫 Elyse Palace安居工程 Housing Project for low-income families按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost按揭贷款 mortgage loan按劳分配 distribution according to ones performance暗恋 unrequited
2、 love; fall in love with someone secretly暗亏 hidden loss澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday CultB.B to B (B2B) business to businessB to C (B2C) business to consumer巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse把握大局 grasp the overall situation白马王子 Prince Charming白色行情表 white sheet白色农业 white agriculture (also ca
3、lled “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摆架子 put on airs摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances拜年 pay New Year call搬迁户 relocated families半拉子工程 uncompleted project棒球运动记者 scribe傍大款 (o
4、f a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybags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保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national econ
5、omy保持国有股 keep the State-held shares保健食品 health-care food保理业务 factoring business保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicators Project北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank本本主义 bookishness本草纲目 Compendi
6、um of Materia Medica本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip本命年 ones year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life苯鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.蹦击 bungee, bungee jumping逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives比较经济学 co
7、mparative economics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闭门羹 given cold-shoulder边际报酬 marginal return边缘科学 boundary science变相涨价 disguised inflation便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer标书 bidding documents表演赛 demonstrati
8、on match剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody博彩(业)lottery industry博士生 Ph.D candidate补缺选举 by-election布达拉宫 Potala Palace布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods system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.不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck president
9、ial election result不见不散 Be there or be square.不可再生资源 non-renewable resources不良贷款 non-performing loan不夜城 sleepless city, ever-bright city不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency步行天桥 foot bridgeC.擦边球 edge ball, touch ball擦网球 net ball采取高姿态 show magnanimity菜篮子工程 shopping basket program参政、议政 parti
10、cipate in the management of State affairs沧海桑田 Seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields change into seas-time brings great changes to the world.What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields-the world is changing all the time.仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket草根工业 grass root in
11、dustry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like wold grass)层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting差额投票 differential voting差额选举 competitive election茶道 sado查房 make/go the rounds of the wards拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul拆迁户 households
12、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 business at a cost lower that their face value)禅 dhyana产粮大省 granary province产品结构 product mix产权明晰、权责明确、政企分开、科学管理 clearly established ownership, well defined p
13、ower and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management产权制度、产权关系 property relations; property order产销直接挂钩 directly link production with marketing产业的升级换代 upgrading of industries产业结构升级 upgrading of an industrial structure长二捆 LM-2E长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 long-term c
14、oexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe长线产品 product in excessive supply畅通工程 “Smooth Traffic Project“唱高调 mouth high-sounding words超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer超前消费 overconsuming, excessive consumption彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reacti
15、onary political force城市规划 citys landscaping plan; urban planning城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas吃大锅饭 egalitarian practice of “everybody eating from the same big pot“吃皇粮 receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government重复建设 building redundant project; duplica
16、tion of similar projects抽杀成功 hit through筹备委员会 preparatory committee出风头 show off;in the limelight出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports出口加工区 export processing zones出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities original
17、ly produced for exports出家 pravrajana; cloister传销 multilevel marketing窗口行业 various service trades创建卫生城市:build a nationally advanced clean city创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park吹风会 (advanced) briefing春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival春秋 Spring and A
18、utumn Annals磁悬浮列车 Maglev train (magnetically levitated train), magnetic suspension train辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence.从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive eco
19、nomy to intensive economy促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy存款保证金 guaranty money for depositsD.“达标“ 活动 “target hitting“ activities打白条 issue IOU打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering打假 crack down on counterfeit goods打破僵局 break the deadlock打顺手 find ones touch, get into gear, se
20、ttle into a groove大包干 all-round responsibility system大轰动 blockbuster大力扣杀 hammer大路货 staple goods大满贯 grand slam大开眼界 open ones eyes; broaden ones horizon; be an eye-opener大款 tycoon大排挡 sidewalk snack booth; large stall大事化小,小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to
21、nothing at all大胜 white wash大腕 top notch大卫教 Branch Davidian大型电视系列片,长篇电视连续剧 maxi-series大学生创业 university students innovative undertaking大要案 major and serious criminal cases大专生 junior college student大专文凭 associate degree大藏经 Tripitaka带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them
22、to retain their original rank and benefits待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting待业 job-waiting代职 function in an acting capacity单循环制 single round-robin system党群关系 Party-masses relationship党政机关 Party and government organizations捣浆糊 give the runaround盗版 VCD pirated VCD盗用公款 embezzlement单刀赴会 start a solo
23、run倒票 speculative reselling of tickets倒爷 profiteer倒计时 countdown等外品 off-grade goods, rejects邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaopings diplomatic thoughts低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach)第二产业 secondary industry第三产业 tertiary industry; service sector第一发球权 first inning第一发球员 first server第一双打
24、first pair地方保护主义 regional protectionism地方财政包干制 system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances地区差异 regional disparity地热资源 geothermal resources地市级城市 prefecture-level city点子公司 consultancy company电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number电话会议 teleconference电视直销 TV home shopping电子商务认证
25、e-business certification吊球 drop shot吊销执照 revoke license钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project定向培训 training for specific posts豆腐渣“工程 jerry-built project毒枭 drug trafficker独立核算工业企业 independent
26、 accounting unit(enterprise)“渡假外交“ holiday-making diplomacy短期债务 floating debt断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man)对冲基金 hedge fund对外招商 attract foreign investment队长袖标(足球) skippers armband多党合作制 multi-party co-operation in exercising State power多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS)夺冠 take the c
27、rown E.恶性通货膨胀 hyperinflation恶性循环 vicious circle二板市场(创业板市场) second board on the countrys stock market二次创业 start a new undertaking二进宫 to enter the palace a second time (people with a past criminal record again commits a crime, and is convicted and put into a correctional institution)二流选手 scrub, second
28、-raterF.发案率 incidence (of criminal cases)发烧友 fancier; zealot; enthusiastic fan发展不平衡 disparate development发展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance. / Development is the absolute need.法治国家 a country under the rule of law法制国家 a state with an adequate legal system翻两番 quadruple反败为胜 bring about a co
29、mplete turnabout, pull out of the fire反不正当竞争法 Law of the Peoples Republic of China Against Competition by Inappropriate Means反腐倡廉 combat corruption and build a clean government防抱死系统 ABS (anti-lock braking system)防洪工程 flood-prevention project房管 real estate management放高球 lob放下架子 to relinquish haungty
30、airs; to get off ones high horse; throw off ones airs放行单 release permit飞毛腿(导弹)Scud missile飞行药检 spot check非对称数字用户环路 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop (ADSL)费改税 transform administrative fees into taxes分拆上市 A subsidiary company of a corporation is listed on the stock market.分流 reposition of redundan
31、t personnel分期付款 installment payment分税制 system of tax distribution(产品)分销 subunderwriting, distribution粉领族 pink-collar tribe (Women who play major role in certain professions such as office workers, secretaries, models, airline hostesses, etc)风险投资 venture capital; risk investment疯牛病 mad cow disease; b
32、ovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE)锋利扣杀 razor-sharp smash封闭式基金 close-ended fund封杀出局 force out“封圣” canonization of “Saints“福利彩票 welfare lotteries福利分房 welfare-oriented public housing distribution system浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages扶贫 poverty alleviation覆盖率 coverage rate复式住宅 duplex apartment; compound apartment (a type of residential housing that maximizes usable space by increasing the number of the storey building)