翻译点津 时事热词英译（八）

时事热词英译（八）

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卡丁车 kart  

卡丁车 go-kart (28 couples in Shunde, Guangdong tied the knot in a group wedding Tuesday, with the bridegrooms receiving their brides in horses, red sedans, bicycles, and even go-karts. 23日，广东顺德的28对新人举办了一场集体婚礼，新郎接新娘的交通工具花样百出，有高头大马、花轿、自行车甚至是卡丁车。)

开标 bid opening  

开采权 mining right

开除公职 discharge somebody from public employment; take the name off the book; be discharged from office  

凯恩斯政策 Keynesian policy  

开发公司 development company  

开发式扶贫 poverty reduction through development projects; development-oriented poverty relief  

开发新产品 develop new product

开发性承包 development contract

开发一代，储存一代，预研一代 (产品） to develop this generation of products while researching on the next generation of products  

开放边境 open the border

开放带动战略 strategy spearheaded by opening-up

开放地区的辐射和带动作用 radiating and exemplary role of the open areas; spin-off effect and demonstration role of the open areas

开放搞活 open up and enliven the economy  

开放式基金 open-ended fund  

开放型经济 open economy

开放政策 open policy

开杆 begin a billiard game

开工不足 enterprises running under their production capacity  

开红灯 give a stop light to

开工典礼 commencement ceremony  

开工率 rate of operation;rate of opening capacity

开光 consecration

开后门 under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means

开户头 open an account  

开价 propose a price; offer a price

开架销售 self service( in a store)

开镜礼 pre-shooting ceremony (for film, TV series, etc.)  

开卷 open-book

开锣 begin a project

开门红 good start

开涮 make somebody the laughingstock; make a fool of somebody

开题报告 opening speech; opening report  

开拓型 pioneering

开小灶 give special favor  

开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night  

开源节流 increase income and reduce expenditure

开足马力 put into high gear; go full steam ahead  

开创具有中国特色的社会主义建设新局面 create a new situation in building socialism with Chinese characteristics

开发票 make out an invoice

开盘价 opening price

开收据 write out a receipt

开通电话 put telephone lines into operation

开拓前进 open up new ways forward

侃大山 shoot the breeze; chew the fat

看跌/看涨期权 put / call option  

坎儿井 karez  

侃价 bargain

看守政府,看守内阁,过渡政府 caretaker cabinet

侃爷 北京人嘴贫善侃，故有“侃爷”之称。 Beijingers are very good at talking and have been the nicknamed "big talkers."  

看病难、看病贵，上学难、上学贵 the difficulty and high cost of getting medical treatment and receiving an education

抗大梁 take up the main task

抗风险能力 risk resistance capacity

康复工程 rehabilitation project

康复中心 recuperation center; recovery center; rehabilitation center  

抗击非典斗争 anti-SARS campaign

康居工程 comfortable housing project

抗美援朝战争 War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea  

抗日战争 War of Resistance Against Japan

抗议照会 note of protest

抗震棚 quake-proof shelter  

抗药(性) drug-resistant (The WHO urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis.世卫组织21日对亚洲国家发出呼吁，要求采取切实有效的措施来应对不断加剧的肺结核抗药性威胁。)

看守政府 caretaker government (Somchai Wongsawat, deputy PM of Thailand's caretaker government, called a special cabinet meeting Wednesday night, during which he was appointed caretaker PM.泰国看守政府副总理颂猜•翁萨瓦10日晚召集看守内阁特别会议，并被任命为看守政府总理。)

卡奴 card slave (Freya didn't really understand how credit card interest rates work, and ran up large debts during her college days. Now, she is a credit card slave; because most of her salary goes into paying them off.)

靠边站 be dismissed; be deprived of authority

考核标准 criteria of assessment

考勤 check on work attendance

考勤制度 work attendance checking system

靠山 backer patron

考研 take part in the entrance exams for postgraduate schools  

考研热 the craze for graduate school  

烤烟型卷烟 Virginian-type cigarette  

靠扩大财政赤字搞建设 increase the deficit to spend more on development

科班 Peking opera school of the old type; professional training class

可比价格 comparable prices

可比经济指标 comparable economic targets

可采储量 recoverable reserves

可持续发展 sustainable development  

可持续发展战略 strategy of sustainable development  

客串 guest star（Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston will smooch on season finale of FX's "Dirt." In the episode, Aniston, guest stars as a lesbian magazine editor and rival to Cox's character, ruthless tabloid queen Lucy Spiller.报道说，安妮斯顿在好友考克斯的新剧《丑闻》中客串了一个同性恋女主编的角色，在《丑闻》大结局时，两位女主编还上演吻别镜头。）

客串演出 cameo appearance (Kristen Bell has revealed she's asked Gossip Girl bosses if she can make a cameo appearance on the show. The 29-year-old is also known for TV shows such as Veronica Mars and Heroes.因出演《美眉校探》和《英雄》等电视剧而成名29岁女星克里斯汀•贝尔曝料称，她已向《绯闻女孩》的制作方申请在该剧中客串演出。)

客队 visiting team

科幻小说 science-fiction novel

科技奥运 Hi-tech Olympics

科技成果转化为生产力 transfer of scientific and technological achievements  

科技成果转化 the commercialization of research findings  

科技成果市场化、产业化 commercialize scientific and technological results; to gear sicentific and technological achievements to the market and production

科技扶贫 support poor areas using technology

科技攻关 tackle hard-nut problems in science and technology; tackle hard-nut problems on the strength of science and technology  

科技含量 technological content  

科技强军、依法治军 strengthen the army by relying on science and technology, and run the armed forces by law

科技是第一生产力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force.  

课件（教师多媒体教学演示片） courseware

课间操 exercise between classes

可见度 visibility

科教片 science education film

科教兴国 rejuvenate our country through secience and education

克扣 dock wages

客流量 volume of commuters; passenger volume

刻录机 CD writer; disc-carving machine  

科普 dissemination of science

科普活动 activity to popularize scientific knowledge

可视电传 visual fax

可视电话 videotelephone

(补贴协议）可诉补贴 actionable subsidy  

可塑炸弹 plastique

磕头 kowtow

客席指挥 guest conductor

克星 strong opponent; powerful remedy

可行性研究 feasibility study

科学发展观 Scientific Outlook on Development

科研攻关 work towards key technological breakthroughs

"可印刷"电池 "printable" battery (German scientists recently developed the first "printable" battery in the world, which weighs less than one gram and measures less than 1mm thick. The paper-thin battery can be produced through a printing process.德国研究人员最近开发出了世界上首款"可印刷"电池，它薄如纸张，每个重量不足1克，厚度不到1毫米，用印刷技术就能生产。)

可用收入 disposable income  

客运 passenger transport

可再生资源 regenerative resources

可转换债券 convertible bond  

客座教授 guest professor

可交换债券 exchangeable bonds (The national securities watchdog Friday recently plans to allow shareholders of listed companies to issue exchangeable bonds, in an attempt to ease oversupply in the stock market.目前，中国证监会拟计划允许上市公司的股东发行可交换债券，以缓解股市的抛售压力。)

科教兴国战略 strategy of invigorating the country through science, technology and education  

克隆人 human cloning

恳谈 have a frank discussion

坑口电站 pit-mouth power plant

恪守职业道德 observe professional ethics

可透支额度（信用卡） sky-high credit line (Many US banks including the American Express, Bank of America and Citigroup have begun tightening standards of applicants and are sharply curtailing both credit card offers and sky-high credit lines, US media reported. More borrowers defaulted on their payments as the US economy slows and unemployment rises, probably bringing another wave of unprecedented losses, the report said.据美媒报道，由于经济衰退，失业率上升，很多人无法偿还信用卡透支的欠款，美国银行可能面临更大损失。因此，美国运通公司、美国银行、花旗银行等多家银行纷纷抬高申请持卡的标准，减少信用卡发行量，并降低持卡人可透支额度。)

科学发展观 Scientific Outlook on Development

科学及民主决策 scientific and democratic decision-making

控制新增产能 control expansion of production capacity

恐怖大亨 terrorist mastermind  

恐怖分子 terrorist

恐怖片 horror film

恐怖事件 terrorist incident

空巢家庭 empty nest (Empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of loneliness that parents or other guardian relatives may feel when their children leave home.空巢家庭综合症是父母亲或其他监护人在一个或更多的子女离开家后感受到的一种孤独感.)

控股公司 holding company, controlling company  

空间病 space sickness; space syndrome

空间垃圾 space junk

空间站 space station

空降部队 paratroops

空难 air crash

空气污染 air pollution

空气污染物 air pollutants

空气浴 air bath-a method of health protection by exposing the body to fresh air  

空勤 air duty

空嫂 married airline stewardess

空头市场 bear market

空头司令 leading cadre estranged from the people  

空头政治 phony politics

空头支票 1. unconvertible cheque; blank check 2. empty promise; unfulfilled promise  

控制人口数量 control the population size

空中巴士客车、空中客车 Airbus plane

空中飞人 frequent flyer. This Chinese term, “man flying in the sky,” is sometimes used to refer to trapeze artists. But here it refers to frequent plane travelers.

空中教育 education through broadcast media

空中楼阁 castle in the air; daydream; ivory tower

空中小姐 air hostess; air stewardess  

空中走廊 air corridor; air lane

恐韩症 Koreaphobia (Koreaphobia is an expectation of being beaten by Korea.)

空降师 airborne division

孔雀女 silk-stocking lady (This tag refers to a girl from a big city and a rich family. Many such girls have been brought up under their parents' care and have yet to experience one of life's big storms. In English, we could say that they have been "sheltered", and that they were "born with a silver spoon in their mouth".) (来源：21世纪英文报第753期 中山大学陈萌整理)

空中交通管理 air traffic control

空中信号灯 sky beamer

扣帽子 put a label on  

口蹄疫 foot-and-mouth disease  

口头禅 pet phrase

口碑 word of mouth (Word of mouth is one of the best ways of getting business.)

酷毙 extremely cool; the coolest

苦果 bitter fruit——something unpleasant as a result of some action  

哭穷 complain about impoverishment；pretend to be poor

枯水季节 dry season

跨国公司 transnational corporation

跨国婚姻 Mixed marriage (Frequent migration across borders, driven by the country's rapid economic growth, is a major reason behind the growing number of mixed marriages.跨国婚姻增多的主要原因是我国经济高速发展所带来的频繁移民。)

跨行转帐 inter-bank transfer service. (Do you offer an inter-bank transfer service?你们有提供跨行转帐的服务吗？)

跨境婚姻 cross-country marriage; marriage of a native with a foreigner  

跨境交付（服务贸易） cross border supply  

跨领域问题 cross-border issue

跨世纪 cross-century; trans-century

跨世纪的一代 a generation of people who span the two centuries

跨世纪工程 a trans-century project  

跨世纪绿色工程规划　 trans-century green engineering program  

跨业公司 conglomerate company

跨种姓婚姻 inter-caste marriages (Finance Minister Surendra Pandey said inter-caste marriages were still frowned upon in Nepal.尼泊尔财政部长苏伦德拉•潘迪说，跨种姓婚姻至今仍为一些尼泊尔人所排斥。)

扩大直接融资 expand the scope of direct financing

跨国恐怖组织 transnational terrorist groups

快餐 fast food; MRE (meals ready to eat)

快递 express delivery

会计电算化 accounting computerization

快镜头 quick motion

快闪族 flash mob (Liverpool Street Station, one of London's largest railway stations was forced to close for about 90 minutes on Friday evening after a flash mob with over 13,000 people congregated at the same time, dancing to mimic an advert in which 400 actors had been filmed dancing at the station. The police closed the railway station due to fears of overcrowding.周五晚，超过13000人组成的“快闪族”聚集在伦敦最大的车站之一——利物浦车站，模仿一段广告中400演员同时起舞的情景。警方担心出现踩踏，将车站关闭了90分钟。)

快速反应部队 rapid response force  

快速立法 fast track

快速通道 fast track

快速消费品 fast-moving consumer goods

快讯 news flash; flash  

快译通 electronic dictionary

快车线路 express line

快递公司 courier (Courier giant UPS announced Tuesday it expected to deliver more than 19m items for the ongoing Olympic Games.快递巨头UPS12日称，预计将为北京奥运递送货物逾1900万件。)

快捷图标 shortcut icon

快乐男声（比赛） Happy Boy

快速拨号 speed dial

宽带(ADSL技术即非对称数字用户环路技术) ADSL（Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

宽带接入 broadband access  

宽带接入网 broadband access network  

宽带网 broadband networks  

宽限期 grace period  

矿井瓦斯 mine gas

狂犬病 rabies(Bali administration reported it had vaccinated 9,000 dogs in an effort to control a recent outbreak of rabies in the island.巴厘岛当局开始对约9千条狗采取注射疫苗等方法全力防止疫情蔓延。)

狂犬疫苗 rabies vaccine. ( 3010 doses of flawed rabies vaccine for human use produced by a Dalian company were brought into Xi'an. 3010份大连某公司生产的问题人用狂犬疫苗流入西安。)

匡算 rough estimate

矿物肥料 mineral fertilizer

矿源 mineral resources

跨越式发展 great-leap-forward development  

亏本生意 losing proposition

亏损 loss; deficit

亏损包干 loss contract system

亏损企业 enterprises running in the red/under deficit  

困难职工 the needy worker  

扩大公民有序的政治参与 Expand citizens' participation in political affairs in an orderly way

扩大内需 expand domestic demand

扩大内需，刺激消费 expand domestic demand and consumption  

扩大企业自主权 expand enterprise autonomy; delegate more decision-making power to an enterprise

扩大消费需求 expand the consumer demand

扩大中等收入者比重 Raise the proportion of the middle-income group

扩建工程 extension project

扩军备战 arms expansion and war preparation

扩容 market expansion

扩张主义 expansionism

扩招 increase enrollment

扩大党内民主 to expand intra-Party democracy

扩大国内需求 expand domestic demand

扩大贫富差距 widen the gap between the rich and the poor

扩大市场准入 increase market access