难查到的中国特色英语词汇.doc

难查到的中国特色英语词汇 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· 炭疽 anthrax· 踢皮球 pass the buck· 逃废银行债务 evasion of repayment of bank loans· 韬光养晦 hide one‘s capacities and bide one’s time· 讨价还价 wheel and deal· 统筹兼顾 make overall plans adn take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration· 同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen· 筒子楼 tube-shaped apartment· 团队精神 team spirit; esprit de corps· 团结就是力量 Unity is strength。

· 退耕还林还草 grain for green· 退耕还林还牧 convert the land for forestry and pasture· 鸵鸟政策 ostrich policy; ostrichism· 脱贫致富 “cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity”· 拖欠工资 arrears of wage· 西部大开发 Western Development· 西电东送 transmit the electricity from the western areas to East China; West-East electricity transmission project· 西电东送 transmission of electricity from the western to the eastern region· 洗礼 baptism· 西气东输 transmit the natural gas from the western areas to East China; West-East natural gas transmission project· 乡统筹，村提留 fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve· 小而全 small and all-inclusive· 小金库 a private coffer· 小康 a comfortable level of living; a better-off life; moderate prosperity· 小康之家 well-off family; comfortably-off family· 效率优先，兼顾公平 give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness· 校训 school motto· 宵夜 a stoke of midnight· 效益工资 achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits· 邪恶轴心 axis of evil· 邪- 教 heathendom· 斜拉索桥 stayed-cable bridge· 写真集 photo album· 信得过产品 trustworthy product　　· 新的经济增长点 new point for/ sources of economic growth· 新干线 “the Shinkansen, bullet train”· 新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean· 心理素质 psychological quality· 信息高速公路 information superhighway· 心想事成 May all your wish come true· 新新人类 New Human Being；X Generation· 形成全方位、多层次、宽领域的开放格局 form an all-directional, multi-layered and wide-ranging opening pattern· 形而上学 metaphysics· 性价比 cost performance· 形式主义 formalism· 形象小姐/先生 image representative of a product or a brand· 虚开增值税发票 write false value added tax invoices· 许可证制度 license granting mechanisms· 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind。

· 悬而未决的问题 outstanding question· 选美 beauty contest· 学而优则仕 (a Confucian slogan for education) a good scholar can become an official; he who excels in study can follow an official career· 学历教育 education with record of formal schooling· 学生减负 alleviate the burden on students· 亚太经济合作组织 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)· 亚洲金融危机 financial crisis in Asia· 严打措施 “Strike-Hard”“drive”· 严打斗争 “Strike-Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities”· 沿海经济开发区 open coastal economic area· 眼前利益服从长远利益，局部利益服从整体利益，个人和集体利益服从国家利益 subordinate immediate interests to long-term interests, partial interests to overall interests and the interests of individuals and collectives to those of the state。