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赛季 sports competition season

塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 三八红旗手 woman pace-setter 三八线 38th Parallel 360度环幕电影 Circamara 三班倒 three shifts

三步走战略 the three-step development strategy 三产 tertiary industry

三大法宝 the three main and effective method

三大作风 the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)

三废(废气、废水、废渣） “three wastes”(waste gas, waste water and waste residues) 三分钟热度 brief period of enthusiasm

三高农业 \

三个代表 three represents theory (the Party must always represent the requirements of the development of China's advanced productive forces, the orientation of the development of China's advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China.)

三个有利于 three favorables (whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the overall strength of the socialist state and raises the people's living standards 三股企业 three-share enterprises—enterprises whose shares are purchased by government departments, local authorities and other enterprises 《三国演义》 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health) 散户 retail / private investor

三讲教育（讲学习、讲政治、讲正气） three emphases education (to stress theoretical study, political awareness and good conduct); stress the need to study, to be political-minded and to be honest and upright

\三讲\教育 \三角恋爱 love triangle 三角债 chain debt 散客 individual traveler

三来一补企业 \clients and process according to the clients' samples; or engage in compensation trade.\三连冠 three successive championships

三连胜 hat-trick feat (Liu Xiang steals limelight after hat-trick feat at National Games. 刘翔全运会获三连胜佳绩，成媒体关注焦点。)

三民主义 the Three People's Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen

三农问题 issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers 三陪 girls who provides illegal sexual services, esp. prostitute 三权分立 separation of the executive, legislative and judicial powers

三十而立 \ man should be independent at the age of thirty. / At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.\

三通 \ 三通一平 \supplies and one leveling; supply of water, electricity and road and leveled ground (conditions ready for further economic development)\

三网融合 tri-networks integration (The much-anticipated tri-networks integration will cover China's urban areas in three years, five years at most, the Securities Daily reported Monday, citing an unnamed official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). 《证券日报》本周一援引工业和信息化部一位未透露姓名的官员的话说，备受期待的三网融合将在三至五年内覆盖中国的城市地区。) 三维电影 three-dimensional movie 三维动画片 three-dimensional animation

三无企业 \structure.)\

三峡工程 Three Gorges Project

三峡水利枢纽二期工程 the second phase of the key water control project at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River

三下乡 \spread scientific and literacy knowledge and offer medical service to farmers\ “三沿”开放（沿海、沿边、沿江） \散装 load in bulk

三字经 three-character scripture

三资企业(中外合资企业,中外合作企业,外商独资企业) \kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative businesses and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China \

三自原则 principles of self-administration, self-support and self-propagation 三等功 third-class merits

桑拿天 sauna weather (The heat wave that has already lasted three days is expected to ease and temperatures should fall to around 30 degrees Celsius after rainfall on Wednesday. However, the rain could continue until Saturday, leading to \据估计，本周三（北京）将迎来降雨，持续三天的热浪将得到缓解。但这场降雨将持续至周六，在本周后几天将京城彻底拖入“桑拿天”。) 桑拿浴 sauna 散伙饭 goodbye dinner

三天打鱼，两天晒网 work by fits and starts (Jones works by fits and starts and lacks continuity in endeavor. 琼斯做事三天打鱼，两天晒网，不够努力坚持。)

三提五统 three deductions [for public reserve funds, public welfare funds and management fees, tr.] and the five charges [charges for rural education, family planning, militia training, rural road construction and subsidies to entitled groups]

三无人员 （无合法证件，无正常居所，无正当生活来源） people without identification papers, a normal residence permit, and a source of income; “sanwu” people 三峡移民 Migrants from Three Gorges area

扫黄,打非 eliminate pornography and illegal publications 扫盲 eliminate illiteracy

扫尾工作 round-off work; wind-up work 扫除文盲 eliminate illiteracy 骚扰电话 crank call

森林覆盖率 forest coverage; percentage of forest cover

森林女孩；森女 mori girl (Hibi Akemi shows three styles of girls -- street gals, mori girls and sweet princess. 日比朱美向大家展示了“强力辣妹”、“森林女孩”和“公主系女孩”三种年轻女孩的时尚造型。) 沙尘暴 sand storm; dust storm

沙雕 Sand sculpture (An annual sand sculpture festival kicked off in Berlin. 一年一度的德国柏林沙雕节日前在柏林拉开了帷幕。)

杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel

傻冒 blockhead; simpleton; foolishness; to exude foolishness 沙漠化 desertification

杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one's trump or master card

刹住大吃大喝、公费旅游、铺张浪费的奢侈之风 put a stop to extravagance and waste （wining and dining of official guests，touring the country at public expenses） 煞住歪风 put an end to the unhealthy practice

傻瓜相机 Instamatic (商标名， 焦距、镜头均固定，被称为foolproof相机) 晒工资 salary show

山不在高，有仙则名 \s a fairy; \

闪电战 blitz; lightning war

《山海经》 the Classic of Mountains and Rivers

闪客 flasher A person who creates works using Adobe Flash 山姆大叔 Uncle Sam

煽情 arouse one's enthusiasm or fervor 山体滑坡 mountain landslide 闪存卡 flash memory card

商办工业企业 industrial enterprises run by commercial units 上班时间 office hour

商标冒用 trade mark infringement 商标条款 brand clause

商标专利权 exclusive right to use trademark 商潮 business wave

上岗 go to one's post; go on duty 上岗证 work license

上海合作组织 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

上海合作组织秘书处 Secretariat of Shanghai Cooperation Organization 上海五国第六次峰会 the sixth summit of Shanghai Five 上海五国机制 the Shanghai Five mechanism 商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau 商界 the business circle 上马 start a project

上门服务 door-to-door service 上门推销员 knocker 商品步行街 shopping mall 商品储备 commodity supply

商品房 commercial residential building

商品房空置 the vacancy problem in commercial housing 商品过剩 glut of goods 商品化 commercialization 商品货币 commodity money 商品交易 commodity transaction 商品交易所 commodity exchange(center) 商品经济 commodity economy 商品条码 bar code 商品销路 commodity outlet

上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas 上市 to be listed

上市公司 listed companies

伤停“休养” lay-off (Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, former Olympic and world champion, returned to competition in style by finishing second at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix here on Sunday. 中国跨栏选手、前奥运会和世界冠军刘翔在周日的上海国际田径黄金大奖赛上完美复出，获得了亚军。) 上网 to get on the Internet, surf the net 商务代表 commercial or trade representative 商务旅游 business travel

上新台阶 reach a new level; reach a higher stage of development 商业报价 commercial offer

商业保险资金 commercial insurance funds 商业炒作 commercial speculation

商业存在（服务贸易） commercial presence 商业贷款 commercial loan 商业道德 business ethics 商业动向 business trend 商业发票 commercial invoice

商业间谍活动 industrial espionage (The four face jail terms of at least five years for bribery, and the maximum penalty for industrial espionage is seven years. 这四人的受贿行为将面临至少五年的刑期，而商业间谍罪的最高刑期可达七年。) 商业街 commercial street; business district 商业网点和设施 commodity network and facility 商业网点 commodity network

商业信贷原则 principles for commercial credit 商业预测 business forecasting

上有天堂，下有苏杭 \ 上访者 petitioner (Authorities in Gansu have put the protest under control after a group of petitioners attacked local government buildings Monday night. 17日晚，甘肃省陇南发生上访者冲击市委机关群体性事件，目前事态已得到控制。)

上火 suffer from too much internal heat 上门服务 visiting service

商务出境 outbound tour for commercial affairs

上证指数（上海证券交易所指数） SSE (Shanghai Stock Exchange) Composite Index

哨兵 sentry. (A sentry on duty outside a garrison in Gaoxin District of Chongqing was shot dead by

unidentified attacker(s). 位于重庆市高新区的某驻渝部队营房哨兵遭持枪歹徒袭击身亡。) 扫黄运动 anti-porn drive

少林功夫 Shaolin Kung Fu. (Shaolin Kung Fu will be featured in a cultural event held by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris in May, the China News Service reported Monday.据中新社16日报道，今年5月，联合国教科文组织将在总部巴黎举办\文化多样性活动周\，中国少林功夫应邀参加。)

少数服从多数、下级服从上级、局部服从全体、全党服从中央 \, the lower level to the higher level, the part to the whole and the entire membership of the Party to the Central Committee \

少数民族地区 regions inhabited by ethnic groups

社保体系 social welfare system (China plans to invest 5.74 trillion yuan by 2020 in building an all-round social welfare system to enhance people's livelihoods, according to the China Development Research Foundation, a government think-tank. 政府智囊机构中国发展研究基金会表示，我国计划在2020年前投入5.74万亿人民币用于建设覆盖城乡的社会保障体系，提高人民的生活水平。) 社会保障制度 social security system 社会保障支出 expenditure for social security 社会保障基金 social security funds 社会福利彩票 social welfare lotteries 社会公众利益 interests of the general public

社会化服务体系 socialized service system; social service system 社会集团购买力 the purchasing power of a social group 社会力量办学 running of schools by non-governmental sectors 社会名流 celebrity

社会热点问题 hot spots of society 社会事业 social undertakings

社会投资 nongovernmental investment 社会效益 social effect /results /benefit 社会舆论 public opinion

社会治安情况 public security situation 社会主义价值观 socialist value outlook

社会主义精神文明建设 socialist ideological and ethical progress 社会主义市场经济 socialist market economy 社会主义先进文化 an advanced socialist culture 社会主义政治文明建设 socialist political civilization 社会总产值 total social output value 社会总供给 total social supply 社会总需求 total social demand 社交 social intercourse

舍近求远 reject what is near at hand and seek what is far away 舍利子 Buddha's relics 社论 editorial

社区服务 community services

社区货币 Communities print cash. (A small number of communities are printing their own money, communities print cash, aiming to help consumers make ends meet and support struggling local

businesses. 美国有一小部分社区开始印制自己的\钞票\，以帮助消费者\收支平衡\，同时支持当地陷入困境的企业。)

射手榜 top scorer list (Villa responded with Spain?s winner against Portugal to join Higuain and Robert Vittek, of the now departed Slovakia, leading the top scorer list. 随着西班牙击败葡萄牙晋级下一轮，比利亚也和伊瓜因、已被淘汰出局的斯洛伐克队球员维克特一同登顶射手榜。) 蛇头 snakehead

蛇头 human smuggler (Beijing police said Sunday they detained an alleged human smuggler surnamed Xiong from Taiwan. 北京警方拘留了一名台湾女\蛇头\熊某。) 涉外经济 foreign-related business 热线电话 telephone hotline 摄政王 acting king; prince regent 社会保险机构 social security institutions 社会公敌 a threat to society 社会公平 social equity

社会公益性技术研究 technological research for public welfare 社会信用体系 the social credit system

社会主义初级阶段 the primary stage of socialism 申办奥运会 bid for the Olympic Games 申办城市 the bidding cities

申办2008年奥运会 bid for 2008 Olympics 深层文化 deep culture 深化改革 deepen the reform

深加工 deep processing; further processing

深加工、高附加值矿产品 deep-processed mineral products with high added value 审时度势 size up the situation 申诉权 right of petition

身体素质 physique; physical constitution 神童 child prodigy

渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities 身外之物 worldly possessions 审议会议 review conference

神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card 申报财产 declare one?s assets 生产线 production line

生产性投资 productive investment 省会 provincial capital

圣火 sacred fire (such as the Olympic torch) 生活补助 living subsidies

圣火采集仪式 sun-ray ceremony (The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games flame was ignited in a traditional sun-ray ceremony at the Juyongguan pass of the Great Wall Saturday morning. 上周六上午，2010年广州亚运会的圣火在居庸关长城举行的传统采集仪式中点燃。) 生活津贴 living allowance or subsistence allowance 升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products) 生计问题 bread-and-butter issue

生命银行 bank for keeping the donated organs and remains of dead persons for medical use 生态活动 eco-activity

生态建筑 ecological construction 生态林 ecological forest 生态旅游 ecotourism

生态农业 environmentally friendly agriculture 生态危机 eco-crisis 生态效益 ecological benefit

生态系统 ecological system(ecosystem) 生物工程 biological engineering 生物恐怖主义 bioterrorism 生物圈 biosphere

生物燃料 biofuel (An Air New Zealand passenger jet powered in part by vegetable oil successfully completed a flight Tuesday to test a biofuel that could lower airplane emissions. 新西兰航空公司一架客机30日完成了使用植物油作为部分动力燃料的飞行实验，用于实验的生物燃料可能降低飞机的废气排放。) 生物钟 biological clock; living clock; bio-chronometer 声讯台 information service center 生意兴隆 Business flourishes

生育率 fertility rate (China will stick to its family-planning policy in the coming decades to maintain a low fertility rate, a top population official said on Saturday at an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the country's unique policy. 上周六，人口计生委高级官员在纪念计划生育政策出台30周年的活动中表示，中国将在未来几十年内坚持计划生育政策，保持低生育率。) 圣战(伊斯兰教徒对异教徒的战争) jihad

生殖健康 reproductive health (Youths in China are becoming more open about premarital sex, but their awareness of reproductive health and safe sex remains relatively low, the first-ever extensive nationwide survey on the subject suggests. 首次全国范围的（青少年生殖健康）调查显示，中国青少年对婚前性行为的态度变得更开放，但是他们对生殖健康和安全性行为的知识却相对缺乏。) 生命探测仪 life detection instrument

剩女 3S lady (This tag refers to ladies who are old enough for marriage but who have yet to tie the knot. 3S is short for Single, Seventies and Stuck. A 3S lady has a relatively good education, as well as a high income. They have a common characteristic: They are independent.) (来源：21世纪英文报第753期 中山大学陈萌整理)

生态补偿机制 a mechanism for ecological compensation

生物降解的 biodegradable (The biodegradable plastic garbage bags used at Beijing Olympics venues will be available on the Chinese market next year. 曾在奥运场馆广为使用的生物降解塑料袋有望在明年进入市场。)

生效 come into force; take effect 升学率 enrolment rate

生源地助学贷款 locally-granted student loan (China will promote locally-granted student loans across the nation when the new school semester starts in September. The new policy allows poverty-stricken students to apply for special loans at their hometown before they enter college. An individual student will be granted a maximum of RMB6000 for each year to cover their tuition and accommodation fees. 9月临近，新学年即将开始。教育部、财政部等共同开展的生源地助学贷款今秋开学起将向全国推广。按这一政策，家庭经济困难的高校学生入学前就可在生源地办理助学贷款。每个借款人每年申请贷款最高不超6000

元，主要用于学费和住宿费。) 生鱼片 sashimi

审美疲劳 aesthetic fatigue

申请破产保护 file for bankruptcy protection 申请专利 apply for a patent 神舟飞船 the Shenzhou spaceship 涉嫌犯罪案件 suspected criminal case 实报实销 complete reimbursement

世博园 expo garden (At the 5.28-sq-km expo garden, upwards of 800,000 visitors are expected to punch their tickets at the gate every day - equivalent to dropping a different European city into the middle of Shanghai seven days a week. 世博园面积达5.28平方公里，届时每天将接待游客超过80万人次，这相当于每周将一个欧洲城市的人口输送至上海市中心。) 时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man. 市场饱和 market saturation; saturated market 市场波动 market fluctuation

市场导向的就业机制 market-oriented employment mechanisms 市场供求关系 relation between market supply and demand 市场化 marketization 市场疲软 sluggish market

市场调节 market regulation; regulation market 市场营销学 marketing 市场占有率 market share

市场准入 market access, market admittance 时代的必然要求 inevitable demand of the times 时代感 sense of the times

适当增加中央预算内经常性建设投资 appropriately increase investment from the central budget for regular construction

试点工程；试点项目 pilot project

试点计划 pilot program (The Chinese government has launched a pilot program to subsidize energy-efficient and new-energy vehicles in the public transport sector in 13 cities, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Tuesday in a statement. 财政部于本周二在一份声明中表示，中国政府已推出一项试点计划，对13个城市的公交系统使用节能与新能源汽车提供补贴。) 适度从紧的财政政策 moderately tight fiscal policy 适度微调 an appropriate amount of fine-tuning

实干 be steadfast and earnest in one's work; get right on the job

实干家 man of action-a person who is earnest and down-to-earth in his work; a person who engages himself wholeheartedly in his work and has been successful 试管婴儿 test-tube baby 市话 local calls

实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 实际使用投资 actual utilized investment 实际增长 grow in real terms 释迦牟尼 Sakyamuni

实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

世界奥林匹克日 the International Olympic Day

世界大学生运动会(大运会） Universiade; college students' athletics meet 世界观、人生观、价值观 world outlook; outlook on life; values 实况转播 live broadcast 实例化教学 case study teaching 失恋 be disappointed in love; be jilted

适龄儿童入学率 enrolment rate for children of school age

十六大精神 the guiding principles of the Sixteenth National Congress

实名举报 real-name reporting (It says supervision departments should apply real-name reporting and should not make public the reporting information so as to protect informants. 草案称监察部门应该采用实名制举报方式，并且为了保护举报人不应将举报信息公之于众。) 石漠化 stony desertification

视频博客 vlog (David Archuleta posted his latest vlog Monday from a Nashville studio. 大卫?阿楚雷塔在纳什维尔的工作室发布了最新的视频博客。) 视频点播 video on demand (VOD)

视频购物 E-shopping via video clips (Some internet video sharing websites like tudou.com, youku.com and ku6.com have reportedly cooperated with taobao.com, a Chinese leading online shopping website, to realize E-shopping via video clips.日前，土豆网、优酷网、酷6网等多家视频网先后宣布与淘宝网合作，实现视频购物。)

食品加工 food processing

食品卫生法 Food Hygiene Law of People's Republic of China 世上无难事，只要肯攀登 \. \ 实时达帐 real-time account settlement

实施精品战略 follow a strategy of product excellence

实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 事实求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 实收资本 paid-in capital 实体 entity

实体经济 the real economy

世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

十五计划《纲要》突出了战略性、宏观性、政策性 The Outline for the Tenth Five-Year highlights its strategic vision, broad perspectives and policy considerations 失物招领处 lost- and- found offices

食物中毒 food poisoning (More than 200 students had symptoms of food poisoning on Monday after drinking school breakfast milk in two cities of northwest China's Shanxi Province, provincial authorities said. 陕西省政府表示，本周一该省两个市的200多名学生在饮用学校的早餐奶之后出现食物中毒的症状。) 实现零的突破 \

实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relative comfortable life 实现中华民族伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation 适销对路的产品 readily marketable products 实行股份制 enforce stockholding system 实行国民待遇 grant the national treatment to

实行计划生育、控制人口数量、提高人口素质 promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people

师兄弟 (senior and junior) fellow apprentice 失学儿童 dropout

试验品 guinea pig (He was used as a guinea pig for the new drug. 他被当作检验新药品效用的试验品。) 事业单位 public institution

失业金 unemployment compensation

十一界三中全会 the Third Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party

试映 test screening (He explained that after the test screening, the young audience members made very valuable suggestions. 他解释说在试映结束后，这些年轻的会员观众提出了十分宝贵的建议。) 市盈率 p/e (price/earning) ratio

适应气候 agree with the weather. ( Does the weather agree with you? 你适应这里的气候吗？) 试用期 probationary period

试运行 trial operation (The Wuhan-Guangzhou high speed railway, which will shorten travel time from ten hours to three, will start a trial operation on December 20. 武广（武汉至广州）高速铁路将于12月20日开始试运行。线路开通后，两地间的运行时间将从十小时缩短至三小时。) 适者生存 survival of the fittest 施政纲领 administrative program

市政工程 municipal works; municipal engineering 市值 market capitalization

使中国经济与国际接轨 To bring China?s economy more in line with international practice 师资 qualified teachers 市场导向 market orientation 市场定位 market positioning 市场化制度 market-driven system

市场价 market price (Market price is an economic concept with commonplace familiarity; it is the price that a good or service is offered at, or will fetch, in the marketplace.) 试点项目 pilot project

实地考察 fact-finding tour (Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Baghdad Monday on a fact-finding tour. 美国民主党总统竞选人奥巴马21日抵达伊拉克，对当地进行实地考察。) 始发站 starting station 试婚 trial marriage

世界精神卫生日 World Mental Health Day 世界田径锦标赛 World Athletics Championships

世界无车日 World Car Free Day (Over 100 m people in 1500 cities worldwide celebrated the annual World Car Free Day by leaving their cars at home in favor of bicycles, trains and buses September 22. 9月22日是\世界无车日\，1500多个城市的1亿多民众参与了这一天的活动，选择骑自行车或乘坐火车，公交车上下班。 )

世界预防自杀日 World Suicide Prevention Day

世界知识产权组织 World Intellectual Property Organization 石漠化 spread of stony deserts

实施办法 measures for the implementation 实事求是的态度 down-to-earth attitude 实施条例 regulations for the implementation

实施稳健的财政政策和货币政策 follow prudent fiscal and monetary policies 实施细则 rules for the implementation

试演 trial show (The China National Grand Theater will have its first trial show on September 25. ) 失业保险 unemployment insurance benefits

“十一五”发展规划 the 11th Five-Year Development Guidelines

试用/测试（新产品的） trial run (We were very disappointed with the results from the new car's first trial run. )

施政报告 policy address (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Donald Tsang delivered the 2008-09 Policy Address at the Legislative Council Wednesday, saying the HKSAR government will proceed with the legislative work on a statutory minimum wage. 香港特区行政长官曾荫权15日在特区立法会发表施政报告，指出政府将为最低工资展开立法工作。) 十字绣 cross embroidery; cross-stitched embroidery 失足青年 young offender of the law; juvenile delinquent 首创精神 pioneering spirit

首次公开发行的股票 initial public offering (IPO) 首次上市（股票） IPO (Initial Public Offering) 首次载人航天飞行 first manned spaceflight 首发阵容(足球) first team

收购兼并 merger and acquisition

首航 maiden voyage (of an aircraft or ship) 售后服务 after-sale services 售后服务站 after-sale service station

手机报 SMS news (About 75 percent of newspapers have launched online papers and 55 percent of them are providing SMS news, the report says. 有报道称，大约有75%的报纸已经设立了网络版，其中55%向用户提供手机报。)

手机充值 cellular phone replenishing

手机入网费 initiation charges for mobile phone; mobile access fee 手机综合症 mobile phone disease 首脑会议 summit conference

收拍 put away the racquets; conclude （a sports competition in badminton, Ping-Pong, tennis, etc. ） 收盘价 closing price 首期按揭 down-payment 首日封 first day cover

收容遣送工作 handling of indigent migrants 瘦肉精(盐酸克伦特罗) clenobuterol hydrochloride 收入差距 income gap

收入分配调节 regulation of income distribution 收视率 viewing rate

寿司 sushi, a Japanese dish of rolls of cold rice flavoured and garnished 首席大检察官 procurator-in-chief 授信贷款 credit extension loan 授信额度 line of credit 首映式 opening of a film 受灾地区 disaster-affected are

受灾群众 people afflicted by a natural disaster

手足口病 hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD). (The number of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases is

rising swiftly in Beijing. 北京市手足口病发病数呈快速上升趋势。) 首班车时间 first vehicle hour

首次公开发行 initial public offering ( IPO)

首飞 maiden flight (China's first home-grown passenger jet aircraft \make its maiden flight on September 21. 作为我国首架拥有自主知识产权的支线飞机，被命名为\翔凤\的ARJ-700飞机已初定于9月21日首飞。) 首付 down payment

（房款）首付 down payment

（企业）收购 acquisition (Hangzhou-based Wahaha Group Co Ltd is interested in acquiring assets of Sanlu Group, the Beijing News reported Monday, citing Wahaha Group chairman Zong Qinghou. He said no matter if an acquisition goes through, Wahaha will build its own milk powder production line. According to earlier reports, at least 3 dairy companies have expressed interest in Sanlu. 据《新京报》13日报道，杭州娃哈哈集团董事长宗庆后近日表示，娃哈哈有兴趣收购三鹿，同时表示不管能否成功收购三鹿，都将建立自己品牌的娃哈哈奶粉生产线。据先前报道，至少已有3家乳企表示出收购三鹿的意愿。) 手机用户 mobile phone user/subscriber 瘦肉精 brown meat essence 数据通信 data communication

树立企业良好形象 foster a good and healthy company image 数码港 cyberport

枢纽工程 multi-purpose project or pivotal project

淑女班 gentlewoman class (A “gentlewoman class” with a curriculum including subjects like ancient Chinese civilization and traditional craftwork of embroidery has been set up at the Wuhan Institute of Technology, local media said Thursday.据武汉媒体报道，武汉科技学院日前专门开设\淑女班\，课程包括国学经典、刺绣等。)

书市 book fair (The 2010 Spring Book Fair in Ditan Park attracted only a modest group of visitors at its opening day on Thursday, with nippy weather and a decline in public interest blamed. 在地坛公园举行的2010年春季书市在周四开幕日当天只吸引了数量不多的访客，一方面是因为天气寒冷，另一方面是因为公众热情有所减退。) 税务师 tax accountant 数字地球 digital globe

数字蜂窝移动通信 digital cellular mobile telecommunications

数字鸿沟 digital gap (In an address to the 2010 Global City Informatization Forum, China's Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said the priority for information technology service will be given to rural areas. \在2010全球城市信息化论坛上，科技部部长万钢在演讲中称将优先为农村地区提供信息科技服务。他说：“中国需要进一步消除城乡间的?数字鸿沟?。”) 数字图书馆 digital library

耍花招 Monkey business (I think there's some kind of monkey business going on in that house across the street. People are going in and out all day long; maybe they're selling drugs or something. 我觉得，马路对面那幢房子一定有人在进行着不正当的行为。他们一天到晚出出进进的，可能在贩毒，或搞其它勾当！)

刷卡,划卡 to punch the card; to stamp the card 甩卖 clearance sale; be on sale

衰退产业援助机制 mechanisms to aid declining industries

涮羊肉 instant-boiled mutton 酸雨 acid rain

双层公共汽车 double-deck bus 双重标准 double standards

双重遏制政策 dual containment policy 双重国籍 dual nationality 双轨制 double-track system 双解码 double decoding 双刃剑 double-edged sword 双向收费 two-way charge system

双向选择 two-way selection (referring to employer and employee choosing each other in a job market) 双学位 double degree; two Bachelor's degrees 双赢局面 win-win situation 双拥 Double Support

双增双节 two increases and two reductions 双职工 working couple; man and wife both at work

双核家庭 dual-core family (This refers to a family where both husband and wife are only children or the single \of their respective families before they got married. The new family, of course, has two \.) 双向三车道 dual three-lane carriageway 双学士 double bachelor's degree 双眼皮 double eyelid

双眼皮手术 double eyelid surgery 水电站 hydroelectric plant

税法的统一性和权威性 uniformity and authority of tax laws 税后利润 after-tax profit

水荒 water scarcity (The General Assembly designated the first World Water Day in 1993, and on March 22 every year since, the focus has been on a different aspect of freshwater sustainability, including sanitation and water scarcity. 联合国大会在1993年确定了首个世界水日，自此之后，每年3月22日被定为世界水日。世界水日的主题集中在淡水资源可持续利用的不同方面，包括水资源清洁状况以及水荒。) 水货 smuggled goods

水货 grey import. It is also know as a parallel import, which is made available in the local “grey market” by retailers who order the trademark goods directly from overseas wholesales at a lower price and without going through official import channels.

水利工程 water conservancy project (\the reservoirs and other water conservancy projects in southwest China, the drought would have happened earlier and resulted in more loss,\ said at a press conference. （水利部副部长）刘宁在记者招待会上说：“如果我国西南部没有修建水库和其它水利工程，那么干旱发生的时间会更早，损失也将更大。”)

水龙卷 waterspout (A rare waterspout was seen near Po Toi at about 8 am on August 19 and was detected on the Hong Kong Observatory's weather radar. 据香港天文台气象雷达监测，蒲台岛附近海域8月19日早上8时左右出现罕见水龙卷。)

水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting 税前/税后收入 pretax / after-tax income 水土流失 soil erosion

水下导弹 submarine-based missiles 水下通信 subsurface communication

水刑 waterboarding. (CIA interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on 2 key prisoners from Al-Qaida.美国中情局审讯人员曾对两名\基地\关键头目使用水刑(一种模拟囚犯溺死的酷刑)多达266次。水刑被奥巴马政府高官称为非法酷刑。)

谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 \ 水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high. 税收起征点 tax threshold 数码相机 digital camera

顺风车 free ride. (John is expecting me to give him a free ride to work every day. 约翰每天都想搭我的顺风车上班。)

熟女 sophisticated lady (The term refers to a woman between 30 and 50 who has proper manner, a decent job, rich experience in life and well-polished taste in fashion.)

硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study 说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes. 说服教育 persuasion education 说明会 explanation session

说起来容易做起来难 Easier said than done. 输血 blood transfusion

私奔 elope (2 childhood sweethearts, aged 6 and 7, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on New Year's Eve, wanting to tie the knot under the African sun. 德国北部汉诺威一对年纪分别为6岁和7岁的小情侣新年前夜竟然私奔，他们想跑到非洲的艳阳底下结为连理。)

四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a Buddhism temple; Four Devarajas 死而后已 until my heart stops beating

司法独立 judicial independence (It's human nature to plead for a criminal who is from the same country or the same family, but judicial independence should be fully respected and everyone should be equal before the law. 为本国或家庭成员中的有罪之人辩护是人之常情，但司法独立应得到全面尊重，在法律面前应做到人人平等。)

司法解释 judicial interpretation

四个如何认识 (江泽民总书记在今年6月28日中央思想政治工作会议上发表的重要讲话中，提出并精辟阐述了如何认识社会主义发展的历史进程、如何认识资本主义发展的历史进程、如何认识我国社会主义改革实践过程对人们思想的影响、如何认识当今的国际环境和国际政治斗争带来的影响等当前直接影响干部群众思想活动的重大问题.) \his important address to the Central Ideological and Political Work Conference on June 28 this year, Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin expounds on how to understand the historical process of socialist development; how to understand the historical process of capitalist development; how to understand the impact of China's socialist reform over the people's thinking; how to understand the impact of the current international environment and political struggle.\

四个现代化 four modernizations (the modernization of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology)

四合院 courtyard dwellings; quadrangle dwellings (北京话、北京的风土人情在“四合院文化”中发展、成熟。Beijing dialect and customs developed and matured in courtyard dwellings culture.) 死机 system halted

四连冠 four straight (consecutive) championships, (four championships on the run)

私人轿车牌照 individual car plate 私人企业 private enterprise 私人游资 mobile private capital

私人侦探 private detective (Because of an editing error, a story on Page A1 of yesterday's Times incorrectly reported that the Bourne town administrator will hire aprivate detective within the next month to investigate personnel issues at the Bourne Fire Department. 由于编辑失误，昨天《泰晤士报》的头版新闻出现了错误报道，称伯恩镇的官员将在未来一个月内雇佣一位私人侦探调查伯恩镇消防队的人事问题。) 四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

四书(《大学》、《中庸》、《论语》、《孟子》） The Four Books (The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, The Mencius) 私塾 private school 死亡率 mortality 死亡人数 death toll

死亡之组 group of death (Australia, China and Asian champions Iraq were drawn together in a 'group of death' for the 2010 World Cup, meaning at least one will not get through third round qualifying. 2010年世界杯抽签结果揭晓，澳大利亚、中国和亚洲冠军伊拉克分到了\死亡之组\，这表示，至少有一支球队将无法进入第三轮比赛。) 思想包袱 mental load

思想道德教育 ideological and moral education

四项基本原则 \s democratic dictatorship, the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought\

思想僵硬 fossilized concept 思乡曲 Nostalgia

司仪 MC (master of ceremonies) 私营企业 privately-run enterprise

四有新人 \, good education and a strong sense of discipline\

死帐 uncollectible account, bad debt, bad loan 司法公正 judicial fairness 私房菜 private home cuisine

四库全书 Complete Library of the Four Branches； the Siku Quanshu

私募股权 private equity (CVC capital Partners, a leading global private equity firm, announced Monday the opening of its Beijing office as it looked to China for more investment opportunities.) 私募资本 private equity investments

四人双桨 quadruple sculls (China clinched the gold medal in the women's quadruple sculls at the Beijing Olympics Sunday, its first ever Olympic rowing gold medal. 17日下午，中国夺得奥运会赛艇女子四人双桨比赛金牌，这是中国赛艇队奥运历史上的第一金。)

私生子 lovechild (New Yorker John R. Burton has filed a suit for a share of John F.Kennedy's estate, claiming to be the lovechild of the former US president and Marilyn Monroe. The 53-year-old also called for DNA testing to prove he is the late president's eldest son. But Susan Frunzi, who is representing the Kennedy estate, doubted the truthfulness of the suit and said \岁的纽约男子约翰·R·巴顿自称是美国已故前总统肯尼迪与梦露的私生子。他向法院起诉，要求合法继承肯尼迪的遗产。约翰还希望接受DNA测试，来证实自己是肯尼迪长子。但负责为肯尼迪家族处理财产的律师苏珊却对此嗤之

以鼻，称之为一桩\轻佻的案子\。)

SOHO一族(小型办公室和家庭办公室) SO (Small Office) HO (Home Office) 送货上门 provide home delivery service

(企业集团的）松散层 loose level (of an enterprise group) 送温暖工程 heart-warming project 搜索引擎(计算机) search engine

所有权经营权分离 separate ownership from managerial authority 夙敌 \

速递业务 express delivery services

素质教育 quality education; education for all-around development; competence-oriented education 酸雨 acid rain 速冻食品 frozen food

随行就市 prices fluctuating in response to market conditions 随礼 give presents as returns

隧桥 tunnel-bridge (For many people, the opening of Shanghai Changjiang tunnel-bridge on October 31 is great news as it will enable travel in all weather. 上海长江隧桥即将于10月31日启用对许多人来说是一个好消息，因为在任何天气状况下，隧桥都能够让人们正常通行。) 岁岁平安 Peace all year round 随团旅游 group travel

损公肥私 benefit oneself at the expense of public interests 孙子兵法 The Art of War 所得税 income tax

缩小．．．间的距离 narrow the gap between 缩小南北差距 to narrow the North-South gap 速配 speed dating 诉讼辩护人 defender

诉讼参与人 participant in proceedings 诉讼代理人 agent ad litem 诉讼权力 litigation right T

踏访 pay a personal visit; visit the actual site 抬举 flatter 塔楼 tower

抬杠 argue for the sake of arguing; bicker 太空垃圾 space trash; space junk 太空时代 the Age of Aquarius 太空梭 space shuttle 太空行走 space walks

太空游 space tourism (Russia's space agency chief Anatoly Perminov said there is no more room for space tourists in the International Space Station after 2009 because of plans to double the full-time crew from 3 to 6 people at the orbiting outpost, Russian media reported Wednesday. 俄媒体周三报道，俄联邦航天署署长佩尔米诺夫表示，由于国际空间站常驻宇航员人数今年将翻倍、从3人变为6人，俄计划09

年后不再运送\太空游客\前往空间站。) 太空站 space station

台联 All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots 态貌 posture; bearing 太平洋舰队(美) Pacific Fleet 跆拳道 tae kwon do

台湾当局 the Taiwan authorities

台湾是中国神圣领土不可分割的一部分 Taiwan is an inalienable part of the inviolable territory of China. 台湾同胞 Taiwan compatriots

台湾、香港、澳门保持原有的资本主义制度和生活方式长期不变 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will retain the current capitalist system and way of life for a long time to come. 太阳浴 sun bath; insolation “太阳神”号探测器 Helios probe 台柱子 mainstay; pillar backbone

太空（舱）育种 space breeding (Beijing has prepared 40m potted flowers to decorate Olympic venues and main streets. As July and August are usually the hard time for flowers, researchers has tried hybrid and space breeding, and also sought help of their foreign counterparts since 2003. 北京奥运会期间，将有4000万盆鲜花来扮靓体育场馆、主要道路等重点场所。由于北京7、8月份开花的花卉非常少，从2003年起科研人员就通过杂交育种、太空舱育种及与国外开展合作等措施来培育鲜花。) 太空飞行员 Taikonaut 台湾海峡 the Taiwan Straits 太阳能电池板 solar cell plate 太阳能汽车 solar car

摊薄每股收益 diluted earning per share 摊点 stall; booth; vendor's stand

贪多嚼不烂 bite off more than one can chew 炭疽 anthrax

探明储量 verified deposits; verified reserves

碳浓度 carbon intensity (Yang Fuqiang, director of the global climate change solutions program at WWF, said China will intensify its domestic efforts to ensure it meets President Hu?s promise to cut carbon intensity by 2020. 世界自然基金会全球气候变化应对项目主任杨富强说，中国会加强国内方面的努力，确保胡主席做出的在2020年前降低碳浓度的承诺能够实现。) 摊牌 put/lay one?s card on the table 摊派 apportion(expenses,work,ect.) 谈判的筹码 bargain chip

摊平头 handle a matter in a rigid and uniform way 探亲假 home leave

探亲外交 family-visit diplomacy; relative-visiting diplomacy 摊市 vending fair

贪污腐化 corruption and degeneration 弹性工资 flexible pay 弹性就业 flexible employment 弹性外交 elastic diplomacy 弹性预算 discretionary budget

探月车 lunikhod

探月卫星 lunar probe (China launched its second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2 on Friday, inaugurating the second phase of a three-step moon mission, which will culminate in a soft-landing on the moon. 我国上周五成功发射第二颗无人探月卫星，标志着我国的探月工程三期总体规划进入第二期，最终将实现月球软着陆。) 唐老鸭 Donald Duck

糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets

唐装 traditional Chinese garments (clothing); Tang suit 弹性汇率 flexible exchange rate

逃避银行债务 evasion of repayment of bank loans 套瓷 cotton up to

套购 1. illegally buy up-illegally purchase state-controlled commodity for resale 2. fraudulently purchase 韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time 套话 empty conventional talk

套换 fraudulently purchase or exchange 逃汇 evade the state control of foreign exchange 套汇 illegally obtain foreign exchange 讨价还价 wheel and deal

套近乎 cotton up to someone; curry favor with someone 套利 arbitrage

逃票 to sneak through without a ticket 逃票者 ticket evader 套期保值 hedge 逃生装置 escape system 套书 serial books 逃税 tax evasion

陶冶情操 cultivate one's taste (temperament) 讨债公司 debt-collection company 套餐 set meal 逃逸塔 escape tower

讨债 debt collection (Indian call centers are seeing a tremendous increase in the debt collection business as the US financial crisis plunges many Americans into debt. Work as a collection agent is increasingly hot with ambitious Indian graduates who fake American accents and are busy calling debtors daily. 随着金融危机的爆发，越来越多美国人陷入债务危机，这也给印度的呼叫中心带来源源不断的催债业务。追债也成为雄心勃勃的印度大学毕业生热心追求的新职业，他们模仿着美国口音，每天忙着给欠债人打电话。)

特别提款权 special drawing rights (SDR; SDRs) ; paper gold 特别行政区 special administrative region 特技演员 stunt man; stand-in 特快专递 express mail service

特困 exceptional poverty; special difficulty 特困地区 destitute areas

特困行业和企业 industries and enterprises in dire straits 特洛伊木马 Trojan horse

特聘 specially invite( or engage) 特色电话机 feature phone

特事特办 handle special cases with special methods 特写镜头 close-up(shot) 特型演员 typecast actor 特许税 franchise tax 特制的 purpose-made 特种兵 special forces 特种债券 special bond

ST股；特别处理股 Special Treatment PT股；特别转让股 Particular Transfer 特警 regimental police

替补队员 (in sports ) replacement team members; second-string members; reserves; spare player; potential replacement 提成 deduct

替代疗法 alternative treatment (As only 66 patients were involved in the test, larger studies are needed to confirm the findings. But Tai Chi looks promising as an alternative treatment to fibromyalgia, the researchers noted. 由于这一测试只涵盖了66位患者，还需更大规模的研究才能确认这一研究发现。不过研究人员指出，太极拳有望成为对抗纤维性肌痛的非传统疗法。) 提调 promote or transfer( a cadre) 梯队 echelon

体改委 commission for economic restructuring 提干 promote cadre

提高城乡居民生活水平 upgrade the living standards of both urban and rural residents 提高农产品收购价格 the government's increase in its procurement prices (for farm products) 提高社会参与度 to enhance (encourage) mass participation 提价 price hike

踢皮球 kick the ball (工作中要避免踢皮球，推卸责任的作风。We should get rid of the working attitude of shifting responsibilities,) 提请 submit something to

替身演员 stunt man/woman; stand-in; double body 题外话 digression; mention in passing 体育彩票 sports lotteries 体制创新 institutional innovation 替罪羊 scapegoat 天赋人权 natural rights 天机 nature's mystery; secret 添加剂 additive

天时、地利、人和 favorable climatic, geographical and human comditions; favorable objective adn subjective factors for success

填鸭式教学 cramming method of teaching

天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue;out of the blue 天价 whopping price 跳槽 job-hopping

跳槽者 job-hopper 挑大梁 shoulder a big beam 调幅 amplitude modulation(AM)

“跳进黄河洗不清” \if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name \

调酒器 cocktail shaker(A shaken cocktail is made by putting the desired ingredients, typically fruit juices, syrups, liqueurs and ice cubes, in the cocktail shaker.) 调酒师 bartender

调侃 1.joke, tease; 2. chitchat, empty talk 跳梁小丑 contemptible scoundrel

跳棋 Chinese chequers; Chinese draughts; halma 条条框框 red tape; silly(or outdated) rules and regulations 跳蚤市场 flea market

调整和优化产业结构 re-adjust and optimize the industrial structure 调节收入 readjust income distribution 替班司机 relief driver

提倡社会主义政治文明、物质文明、精神文明的协调发展 promote coordinated development of socialist political, materialist and spiritual civilization

提倡晚婚晚育 encourage late marriage and late childbirth 铁饭碗 iron rice bowl

铁哥们 faithful pal；buddies；sworn friend 铁腕人物 strongman; iron-handed person 贴息贷款 soft loan 贴现公司 discount house 贴现率 discount market

铁血宰相 iron-and-blood prime minister

体罚 corporal punishment (21 US states still permit the use of corporal punishment in schools, and Texas accounted for 1/4 of the instances of corporal punishment in the 2006-07 school year. 美国有21个州允许学校使用体罚，而在2006-07学年，1/4的体罚案例发生在得克萨斯州。) 提高党内事物透明度 to increase transparency in Party affairs 提高抗风险能力 increase vigilance against risks

提高科技创新能力 improve scientific and technological ability for innovation 提高全民文化素质 improve the quality of the population 提高系统集成能力 improve systems integration 提供巨大商机 present huge business opportunities 停产整业 suspend operation in order to consolidate 庭审 try(or hear)a case in court

停薪留职 retain one's position with one's salary suspended; obtain an indefinite leave of absence from one's work unit

停业 closing days; stop doing business 庭院经济 courtyard economy

停运 drivers strike. (Related departments are working on a plan to settle the drivers strike. 相关部门正着手处理停运事件。)

厅长 head of a department (under a provincial government)

停水 suspension of water supplies 庭院护理用品 yard-care products 庭长 chief judge

提前预约 advance reservation (Beijing municipal health bureau said parents can take their children to have them checked for the presence of kidney stones at any of 74 hospitals without making advance reservations. 北京市卫生局表示，家长可以带孩子到本市74家医院的任何一家检查是否患有肾结石，不需要提前预约。) 提示音 warning tone

体制性障碍 systematic obstacles 统保 all risk insurance 统编 compile for universal use 同步卫星 geostationary satellite 通才 versatile person

统筹安排 comprehensive arrangement

统筹城乡发展 balance urban and rural development

统筹兼顾 make overall plans and take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration

统筹兼顾 make overall plans and take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration

通存通兑 the banking procedure where deposits and withdrawals are processed at any branch bank 同等学力 have the same educational level (as the regular graduate or student of certain academic qualification)

同等学力申请硕士学位统考 general examination for applicants with education background equivalent to college graduates for master's degree 通兑 circulate or exchange

统分结合的双层经营体制 the system of unified management combined with independent management 通关 be cleared by the customs

童婚 Children wed. (A large proportion of women in India were married when they were still children, a study by the Boston University has found. 波士顿大学的一项研究发现，大部分印度妇女结婚时尚未成年。) 通货混合,鸡尾酒式货币 currency cocktail 通货回笼 withdrawal of currency in circulation 通货紧缩 deflation (of currency) 通货升值 currency revaluation 同类产品 like product 通票 through ticket

同票同权 equal representation (China's top legislature Tuesday discussed granting equal representation in people's congresses to rural and urban people, according to a draft law amendment. 中国最高立法机关（全国人大常委会）上周二就（选举）法修正案草案中提及的在人民代表大会中实现城乡居民“同票同权”进行了讨论。) 通商口岸 trading ports

同声传译 simultaneous interpretation

统收统支 unified collection and allocation of funds by the state 同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen 通信光缆 communications optical cable

同业拆借 inter-bank borrowing

统一的多民族国家 a unified multi-ethnic country 统一的会计制度 a unified accounting system 统一市场 single market

统一税 \ 统一战线 united front

通用分组无线业务 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 通用汽车公司 General Motors Corporation (GM)

统战部 United Front Department of the Party Central Committee 筒子楼 tube-shaped apartment 通胀预期 inflation expectations 投标 bid for; tender for

头寸紧 credit crunch; fund shortage 头寸松 credit ease 偷渡者 stowaway

偷工减料 use inferior materials and turn out sub-standed products 透过现象看本质 see through the appearance to perceive the essence 头号种子选手 No.1 seed (player); top seed 投机取巧 opportunism 投机商号 bucket shop 透明度 transparency

投入产出 invest and produce; throw in and turn out

投入少、效益高、见效快的科技成果 advances in science and technology require less input， yield greater economic results and promise quick returns 头市 morning market 投手 pitcher

偷税漏税 tax evasion

偷税、骗税、逃税、抗税 \ 投诉 sue; accuse

投诉中心 complaint center 透心凉 bitterly disappointed

投资多元化 the diversification of investment 投资风险 investment risk 投资环境 investment environment 投资信心 investor confidence 投资需求 demand for investment

投资制约机制 investment control mechanism 投资主体 the investment subject

头号对手 arch rival (A Chinese sports expert Sunday insisted that judging from their training methods, Liu Xiang is more likely than his arch rival Cuba's Dayron Robles to grab gold in the men's 110m hurdles in the Olympic Games. 我国一位体育专家3日称，从训练方法看，刘翔比他的头号对手古巴选手罗伯斯更可能获110米栏冠军。)

偷拍 sneak shot (This was a sneak shot I had the camera down by my side.) 头皮屑 dandruff

投资热 investment fever

投资热点 popular investment spot

投资主体和产权多元化 investment from various sources and diversified ownership 土地承包期 land contract period

土地复垦制度 the system of land rehabilitation 土地沙化 desertification of land; desert encroachment 土地市场秩序 the order of the land market 土地使用权 land-use right 土地酸化 acidification

土地整治 land consolidation (The land consolidation campaign was launched in accordance with plans the provincial government signed with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Land and Resources separately in May 2010, aimed at expanding farmland in rural areas to ensure national grain security. 依照省政府和财政部、国土资源部签订的协议，土地整治活动于2010年5月开始启动，目的是扩大农村的耕地面积，保证国家粮食安全。)

土地征收征用制度 system for land expropriation and requisition 突击队 shock brigade

突击提干 crash promotion of cadres 吐苦水 pour out one's grievance 土老帽 clodhopper;(country)bumpkin

土特产 local special; special and local product 图像数据 view data

“秃鹰”美韩军事演习 Fall Eagle exercise 团队精神 team spirit; esprit de corps 团购 group purchase

团结就是力量 Unity is strength. 团身 bunch up the body

团团转 be up to one's ears in work; pace about in an agitated state of mind 土地发展模式 pattern of land development

土地家庭承包制 the household-based land contract system

突发公共卫生事件医疗救治体系 medical treatment system for public health emergencies 退耕还林还草 grain for green

退耕还林还牧 convert the land for forestry and pasture 退耕还林、还草工程 grain for green project 退耕还林 convert cultivated land into forests

推广科研成果 turning laboratory achievements into commercial/mass production; commercialization of laboratory achievements

推进城镇化 carry out the process of urbanization

退居二线 retire from the leading post; retreat to the back line 退离休 retired and outgone;retirement and retreat 退市 delist (a listed company) 退休金 retirement benefits 退役军人 ex-servicemen

推动经济社会全面、协调、可持续发展 promote all-around, balanced and sustainable development of the economy and society

推进舱 propelling module

退票 ticket refund (Ticket refund will only happen on sport event cancellation, excluding schedule change, according to the ticket policy stipulated by the IOC. 根据奥组委的退票政策，只有赛事取消才能退票，比赛时间变更，奥运门票不退换。)

囤积居奇 hoarding and speculation; hoard for profiteering purposes 脱产 be disengaged from work; divorce oneself from one's work 脱产学习 be released from regular work for study 托福考试 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) 托管 trust; trusteeship

脱轨 derailment (A massive rescue operation is under way in eastern India's Orissa state Saturday after at least 16 people were killed and 161 injured in a train derailment Friday evening. 一辆火车周五晚在印度东部的奥里萨邦发生脱轨事故，目前已造成至少16人死亡，161人受伤，大规模救援行动正在展开。) 脱机 off-line 脱口秀 talk show

拖拉作风 dilatory style of work; be dilatory in work 脱盲 cast off illiteracy

鸵鸟政策 ostrich policy; ostrichism

脱贫致富 \ 拖欠工程款 default on construction cost 拖欠工资 arrears of wage 脱手 release grip 脱销 out of stock

拓销 expand the market(for a certain type of goods) 脱氧核糖核酸 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

拖油瓶 children from the preceding marriage( who are now living with second mothers or fathers) 脱中国化 de-Sinofication

托您吉言 thank you for your blessings; thanks to your kind words

拖欠农民工工资问题 the problem of wage arrears for migrant rural workers 图片短信 picture message 涂鸦比赛 graffiti contest W

挖墙脚 undermine the foundation of sth.; cut the ground from under sb's feet 外部环境 external environment 外部投入资本 outside venture capital 歪才 talent for intrigue or deviousness 外层空间 outer space 外地职务 field post

歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena 外港 outer harbor

外国人居留证 residence permit for foreigners 外汇比价 exchange ratio

外汇波动 foreign-exchange fluctuation

外汇储备 foreign exchange reserve (forex reserve) 外汇管理局 Administration of Exchange Control 外汇管制 foreign exchange control 外汇利润 exchange profit

外汇平衡 balance of foreign exchange 外汇外流 outflow of foreign exchange

外国专家局 bureau of foreign experts affairs( BFEA) 外交庇护 diplomatic asylum

外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA)

外交辞令 diplomatic language; diplomatic parlance 外交惯例 diplomatic practice 外交豁免权 diplomatic immunity 外交斡旋 diplomatic offices

外来物种 alien species (China is threatened by more than 400 invasive alien species, which has caused billions of yuan of economic losses, an agricultural official said Monday. 农业部一位官员本周一称，中国正受到超过400种入侵的外来物种的威胁，每年给中国造成的经济损失高达数十亿元。) 外来语 borrowed word 外联网(计算机) extranet 外卖 take-out

外卖店 take-out restaurant 外贸单证员 vouching clerk

外贸津贴 assignment allowance for foreign trade;allowance for foreign trade 外贸自营权 right to engage in foreign trade

外派 send somebody to units or organizations in other areas or to a foreign country 外企 foreign company 外勤工作 field operation

外商直接投资 foreign direct investment 外税局 foreign-related tax bureau 外滩(上海) The Bund 外逃资本 flight capital 外围环节 external connections

外为中用 make foreign things serve China 外向型经济 export-oriented economy

外销公寓 apartments leased to foreigners only 外销员 export sales staff

外星人 extraterrestrial being (ET) 外需 overseas market demand 外债 foreign debt; external debt 外资流入 foreign capital inflow 外接硬盘 external hard drive 外景拍摄 outdoor photography

外资企业 foreign-capital enterprise; wholly foreign-owed enterprise 玩不转 be beyong one's ability; be unable to manage

顽固分子 die-hard

万国邮政公约 Universal Postal Union(UPU) 完好货币 sound currency

顽疾 recurring illness; chronic disease

万金油 1.a balm for treating headaches, scalds and other ailments; 2.the person who is a Jack of all trades and master of none 万能卡 Master Card

完全金本位 full-gold standard

完全经济结合 full-scale economic integration 完全垄断 complete monopoly

万人迷 Mack Daddy (David Beckham is a Mack Daddy！My sister stares at the television screen every time he appears. 大卫?贝克汉姆是个万人迷。每次他出现在电视上，我妹妹都盯着屏幕不放。) 完税价值 dutiable value

万维网(计算机) World Wide Web(WWW) 网吧 Internet bar 网虫 netter; Internet geek 王储，王太子 Crown Prince 往返航程 round trip

往返机票 return ticket; round-trip ticket 往返票 round-trip ticket 往返运费 double fares

汪辜会谈 Wang Daohan-Koo Chen-fu Talks (Wang-Koo talks) 网关 gateway

旺季 busy season; peak season; the best season 网恋 cyber romance; virtual romance

网络拜年 online greeting (The Internet has played a larger role in the celebration of Spring Festival this year, with more young Chinese sending online greetings to family members and tuning into web-based entertainment. 今年春节的庆祝活动中，网络发挥了更重要的作用。更多的年轻人通过网络向家人传递问候，并参与网络上的节日娱乐活动。) 网络出版 online publishing

网络发言人 web spokesman (China's Ministry of Health is preparing for the launch of aweb spokesman to better inform the public, explain policies and respond timely to questions, according to a ministry official. 据卫生部官员透露，卫生部正准备设立一个网络新闻发言人，目的是更好地把信息传达给公众，对政策做出解释，对各种问题及时做出解答。)

网络攻击 cyber attack (The cyber attack, believed to be linked to a Russian gang, was aimed at Citigroup's Citibank subsidiary, according to unnamed government officials. 据不愿透露姓名的政府官员透露，此次网络攻击的目标是花旗集团下属的花旗银行，据称此次网络攻击与俄罗斯的一个犯罪组织有关。) 网络管理员 network administrator 网络化 networking 网络经济 cybereconomy 网络恐怖主义 Cyberterrorism

网络礼节 netiquette (To prevent the line between business and pleasure from getting blurry, it's permissible to quietly ignore the \requests that arise on social networks, says the e-Etiquette guide from Deutsche Telekom. 德国电信发布的网络礼节指导守则称，为避免公私不分，可以在社交网站

上悄悄忽略某些“好友”申请。)

网络模特 Online modeling ( Online modeling has become the part-time job of choice for college girls, the Beijing Evening News reported. 据《北京晚报》报道，网络模特近来成为许多女大学生兼职的首选。) 网络沙皇 cyber czar. (US President Barack Obama said he would appoint a \czar\to oversee efforts at beefing up Internet security. 美国总统奥巴马发表讲话,表示他将指定一位\网络沙皇\，专门负责互联网安全的监管。) 网络摄像机 web cam

网络审查 Internet censorship (Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates has described Beijing's efforts to censor the Internet as \the local law. 微软公司董事长比尔?盖茨近日称，中国对互联网的审查“非常有限”，在中国运营的公司应该遵守当地法律。)

网络推手 Internet marketer (Although this seems like luck, analysts say these people are often the clients - and sometimes victims - of so-called tui shou, Internet marketers who stand to earn big money by thrusting them into the limelight. （这些人走红）看上去好像是因为运气，不过分析人士指出，这些人通常是网络推手的客户，有时是网络推手的受害者。让这些人成为公众注意的焦点，是网络推手获取巨额利润的手段。) 网络文学 net literature

网络虚拟财产 online virtual assets (After publishing the White Paper of Public Services of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau, Shenzhen has become the first city in Guangdong province to introduce concrete policies to protect residents' online virtual assets. 深圳市发布《深圳市公安局公共服务白皮书》，成为广东省首个引入具体政策来保护居民网络虚拟财产的城市。)

网络议价师 net bargainer (A middleman will - for a cut of the discount they get you - bargain on your behalf for lower prices with e-retailers. They are called \China's fast-growing online-shopping industry. “中间人”会代表你和网络经销商讨价还价，而他们则从差价中收取一部分作为报酬。这些人就是“网络议价师”，他们提供的服务在中国快速发展的网购行业中日渐兴盛。)

网络瘾 cyberaddiction. (In this article we will give you a brief explanation about Cyberaddiction . 在这篇文章里我们会给你简要地介绍一下网络成瘾)

网络战 cyber warfare (US military officials seeking to boost the nation's cyber warfare capabilities are looking beyond defending the Internet: They are developing ways to launch virtual attacks on enemies. 意图增强美国网络作战能力的美军官员目的不仅是增强网络防卫能力，而是想方设法策划对敌发动网络攻击。)

网民 netizen; net citizen; cyber citizen 网上冲浪 surf the Internet

网上交易平台 online trading platform 网上书店 online bookstore

网上葬礼 online funeral (Online funerals or burials would not retain the ashes, but set up an online cemetery and memorialize the deceased by posting an obituary and funeral messages. 网上葬礼不会保留骨灰，而是建立一个网上墓地，通过发布讣闻和悼念信息来纪念死者。)

网上诊疗 Online clinics (The online business of diagnosis and treatment will stop next month when fines of more than RMB 10000 may be imposed for the illegal provision of medical information online. 从下月起“叫停”网上诊断和治疗活动，对非法提供网上医疗信息者可能罚款万元以上。) 往事如风 \ 忘我精神 spirit of self- sacrifice

旺销季节 peak sales period;peak selling period 网友 net friend

望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child 早/晚高峰（交通的） morning / evening peak 网店 online store 网络版 online edition 网上购物 shopping online

网上求职 hunting for a Job on Internet

网瘾 Internet addiction (Chinese doctors have officially defined Internet addiction as an ailment. Net users are classified as meeting the definition of addiction when they spend 6 hours or more per day online for more than 3 months and exhibit at least one symptom including having trouble sleeping or concentrating, yearning to be online, irritation, and mental distress. 近日，中国医学界正式将\网瘾\诊断标准化。网瘾症状界定有7项标准，其中一项是，平均每天连续使用网络达到或超过6小时，而且持续达到或超过3个月。其余症状还有：失眠或注意力不集中；总是想着去上网；暴躁；精神忧郁等。) 完善候选人提名制 to improve the system for nominating candidates 慰安妇 comfort woman 尾巴工程 tail construction

尾巴污染物 pollutants in automobile exhaust

微博 micro-blogging (Hu Shuli, editor-in-chief of China's leading financial magazine Caijing, has resigned, said Caijing spokeswoman Zhang Lihui on her micro-blogging Monday afternoon. 中国最具影响力的财经类杂志《财经》女发言人张立晖本周一中午在微博上透露，该杂志主编胡舒立已经辞职。) 《围城》 A Surrounded City 维持关税 preserving duties

违法占用土地 illegal appropriation of farmland 违反合同 breach of contract 危房 dilapidated building 伟哥 Viagra

围攻 converging attacks

微观搞活 micro-economic flexibility 为国争光 win honors for one's country

维护人权和不断改善人权状况 safeguard human rights and steadily improve the human rights situation 维护市场公平竞争 protect fair competition in the market 危机感 crisis awareness

伪君子 hypocrite; a wolf in sheep's clothing

围垦造田 enclose tideland for cultivation; reclaim land from marshes 唯利是图 be bent solely on profit; put profit first 伪劣商品赔还法 lemon law 卫冕 defend the championship 卫冕冠军 defending champion

卫冕世界冠军 reigning world champion

委培 consign the training pf personnel to a certain school 微软公司 Micorsoft Corporation

微软移动构想 Microsoft Vision for Mobility; Microsoft Mobility Initiatives 委托商店 commission house or shop

为我型 self-serving type

唯武器论 theory of the unique importance of weapons 威武之师,文明之师 mighty force and civilized force 微笑服务 service with a smile 卫星城 satellite town 卫星导航 satellite navigation 卫星发射塔 satellite launching tower 卫星国 satellite country

卫星通讯 satellite communication 唯一致命的弱点 Achilles' heel 违约当事人 delinquent party

违约罚金 penalty for breach of contracts 围着锅台转 be tied to the kitchen sink

维护国家领土主权 safeguard the country?s territorial sovereignty

维护消费者和生产者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of both consumers and producers

未接电话 missed call

伪造材料 forged document (50 students from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have been thrown out of United Kingdom-based Newcastle University for using forged qualification documents, UK media reported. 据英国媒体报道，50名中国大陆和台湾留学生因伪造留学申请材料，日前被英国纽卡斯尔大学开除。)

伪证 false evidence (13 government officials have been punished and a man arrested for presenting false evidence to prove the highly endangered South China tiger existed in the wild. ) 温饱工程 Adequate Food and Clothing Program 文本短信服务 SMS (Short Messaging Service) 稳定物价 stabilize prices

稳定压倒一切 Maintaining stability is of top priority 文化产业 culture industry 文化冲击 culture shock 文化底蕴 cultural deposits 文化旅游 culture-oriented travel 文化渗透 cultural infiltration 文化体制改革 cultural restructuring 文科 liberal arts 文联 literary federation

文明礼貌月 Ethics and Courtesy Month 文明社区 model community 文凭主义 credentialism 纹身 tattoo

温室气体 greenhouse gases 文韬武略 civil and military skills 问讯处 information desk; inquiry desk 稳、准、很 sure,accurate and relentless

文化搭台，经济唱戏 to use culture to set up the stage and the economy to put on a show

文化设施 cultural facilities

稳健的货币政策 prudent monetary policy 文明行车 courteous driving

温室气体排放 greenhouse gas emissions (New Zealand will ban traditional light bulb sales from October 2009 to cut greenhouse gas emissions and save up to half a billion dollars in energy costs over 12 years, the government said yesterday.) 问责风暴 accountability furor 违法分包 illegal subcontracting 窝里斗 internecine struggle

我们在国际上说话是算数的 We always live up to our international commitments.

五保户 household enjoying the five guarantees (childless and infirm old persons who are guarateed food, clothing, medical care, housing and burial expenses) 无尘粉笔 dust-free chalk 无党派人士 non-party personage 屋顶花园 roof garden

无多数议会 hung parliament (The British general election has produced a \wins an absolute majority, preliminary results showed Friday. 上周五英国大选初步选举结果显示，没有政党赢得绝对多数选票，因此产生“无多数议会”。)

无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 无缝网络 Seamless Network 无氟冰箱 freon-free refrigerator 无公害蔬菜 \

无固定期限合同 open-ended contract (The labor law makes the use of written contracts mandatory and encourages open-ended contracts to protect the rights of workers. 《新劳动合同法》规定，为保护劳动者的合法权益，企业必须与劳动者签订书面合同，并鼓励签订无固定期限合同。) 无核区 nuclear-free zone

无核武器区 nuclear-weapon-free zone 物价局 Price Bureau

五讲四美三热爱 the movement of \are: stress on decorum, manners, hygiene, discipline and morals. The four points of beauty are: beauty of the mind, language, behavior and the environment. The three loves are: love of the motherland, socialism and the Communist Party.) 五金化工 metals and chemicals 无力偿付的公司 insolvent corporation 武力冲突 armed conflict

物流 the interflow of goods and materials 乌龙球 own goal

屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours. 物美价廉 be affordable but of very high quality

无农不稳 (There is) no political stability without the development of agricultural production 武器禁运 arms embargo

武器输出国 arms exporter; arms-exporting country 武器输入国 arms importer; arms-importing country 污染指数 pollution index

无人飞船 unmanned spacecraft

无人驾驶车 driverless vehicle (A futuristic driverless vehicle due to operate at UK's Heathrow Airport next year has gone on display in London. 英国伦敦近日展出了一款新颖的\无人驾驶车\，该车将于明年在希思罗机场投入使用。)

无人驾驶汽车 driverless vehicle (A team of Italian engineers launched what has been billed as the longest-ever test drive of driverless vehicles: a 13,000-kilometer (8,000-mile), three-month road trip from Italy to China, not in search of silk, but to test the limits of future automotive technology. 意大利一个工程师研究小组启动了被称为无人驾驶汽车最长行程的试车项目：从意大利行驶1.3万公里（8000英里）、历时3个月来到中国，此行不是为了寻找丝绸，而是用来检测未来汽车技术的极限。) 无人售票 self-service ticketing

无商不活 (There will be )no economic revitalization without the development of a commodity economy 无绳来电显示电话 cordless telephone with caller ID 无线应用协议 WAP（wireless application protocol）

午睡吧 nap bars (Some white collar workers in Shanghai are complaining that they don't have cozy space to take a rest during the lunch break as a nap on the office desk always goes uncomfortable. They call on businessman to operate 'nap bars' in commercial areas. 上海市写字楼中不少白领抱怨无法利用午休时间好好休息，在办公桌上打盹儿很不舒服。一些人已经提议商家在商业区开设“午睡吧”供白领休息。) 污水处理 sewage treatment/ disposal 五天制工作日 five-day workweek 无土栽培 soilless cultivation

无为而治 govern by doing nothing that is against nature; govern by non-interference 无息贷款 interest-free loan

武侠小说 tales of roving knights; martial arts novel; kung fu novel (船只或飞机发出的)无线电求救呼号 a mayday call

无效进球 disallowed goal (England captain Steven Gerrard admits the disallowed goal in Sunday?s Round of 16 loss to Germany did effect the team but has not used it as an excuse for their eventual 4-1 defeat. 英格兰队队长史蒂文?杰拉德承认，在周日八分之一决赛负于德国队的比赛中，那个无效进球确实影响了球队发挥，但他并未以此作为1比4落败的借口。)

无性夫妻 “separate” couples, couples don?t share bedroom. (the “separate” couples only unite on weekends. 无性夫妻只在周末团聚) 无性生殖法 asexual reproduction 无形资产 intangible assets 务虚会 theory-discussing meeting 无烟工业 smokeless industry 无烟工业 smokeless industry

无烟环境 smoke-free environment (“Only with the support of the pilot cities? municipal governments and legislatures can the people there finally enjoy smoke-free environments,” he noted. 他指出：“只有在试点城市政府以及法规的支持下，人们才能最终享受到无烟环境。”) 业主 home owner

物业公司 property management company

物业管理 estate management, property management 物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together. 无源雷达 passive radar

无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree without roots

物质鼓励 material encouragement

无纸化办公 go paperless. (Every CPPCC member is provided with a laptop and an usb flash disk, the first time for the CPPCC sessions to go paperless. 每位政协委员都配有手提电脑和U盘，首次实现了政协会议\无纸化办公\。) 物质文明 material progress

物质文明建设和精神文明建设一起抓 pay attention to ethical as well as material progress 物种起源 origin of species

无中生有 make/create something out of nothing

物资平衡 balance in the supply and demand of goods and materials

误差幅度 margin of error (The poll shows Blagojevich's approval rating at an abysmal 8%. The telephone poll's margin of error is plus or minus 4%. 民意调查显示，布拉戈耶维奇的支持率大跌，仅为8%。此次电话民调的误差幅度约为正负4%。) 无偿献血 blood donation without payment

五个统筹 maintain the five balances (balancing urban and rural development, development among regions, economic and social development, development of man and nature, and domestic development and opening up to the outside world) 无轨电车 trolley bus

五局三胜 best of five (A best-of-five playoff is a competition between two teams head-to-head which must win three games to win the series.) 乌拉圭回合 the Uruguay Round 舞龙舞狮 dragon-lion dance

无期徒刑 life imprisonment (Yang Shukuan, 38, a gang leader in Tangshan, Hebei, was sentenced to life imprisonment after being accused of multiple charges including operating a criminal gang, intimidation and fraud, a local court ruled on Wednesday. 28日，河北唐山“黑老大”杨树宽被当地一家法院确认所控多项罪名成立，判无期徒刑，其罪行包括成立黑帮、胁迫他人、欺诈等。) 物权法 property rights law

无条件最惠国待遇原则 Unconditional Most-favored-nation Treatment

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