中国特色词汇英讲座20060215杨.docVIP

· 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. · 踢皮球 pass the buck · 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 a take all factors into consideration; overall planning and all-round consideration · 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 · 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 · 西气东输 洗钱 money laundering · 希望工程 Hope Project · 《西厢记》 The Romance of West Chamber · 《西行漫记》 Red Star ver 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 · 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan· 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 · 效益工资 achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits · 斜拉索桥 stayed-cable bridge · 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