“中国特色”英语词汇

“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

·逃避银行债务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

·洗钱money laundering

·希望工程Hope Project

·《西厢记》The Romance of West Chamber

·《西行漫记》Red Star over China

·夕阳产业sunset industry

·西洋景Peep Show

·喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

·《西游记》Pilgrimage to the West; Journey to the West

·下放权力给delegating the management of ... (to ...)

·下岗职工laid-off workers

·下岗职工基本生活费subsistence allowances for laid-off workers

·下海plunge into the commercial sea

·现代企业制度modern enterprise system; modern corporate system ·先发制人战略pre-emptive strategy

·县级市county-level city

·先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

·先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

·香港明天更好基金会Better Hong Kong Foundation

·香港特别行政区Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(HKSAR) ·向钱看“mammonism, put money above all“

·像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

·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