字典上查不到的中国“特色”英语词汇

何航

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