phrase

He thought discretion the better part.

他认为还是谨慎为好。

Discretion is the better part of valour.(谚)

小心即大勇。

You must use your own discretion.

你必须自行决定。

universities receiving annual state grants

每年都得到国家拨款的大学

The mountains were hazy in the distance.

远处的群山笼罩在雾霭之中。

I'm still hazy about it.

我对此仍不清楚。

a boy of 3.66 kilograms drew his first breath and uttered his first cries at the Beijing Hospital of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

一个重3.66公斤的男孩在北京妇产科医院开始了他第一次呼吸和第一声啼哭。

I balloted for him.

我投他的票。

The club members held a secret ballot to choose the chairperson.

俱乐部成员用无记名投票选举负责人。

The railway line runs parallel with / to the highway.

铁路线和那条公路平行

My experience in selling is parallel to yours.

"在销售方面,我的经验和你相仿。"

No one has paralleled his success in business.

没有人能与他在商业上的成功相匹敌

The important events at the beginning of the century provided the backdrop for his novel.

本世纪初的一些重大事件为他的小说提供了背景

The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.

这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

"We asked several villagers the way to the mine, but none of them was very forthcoming."

"我们好几个村民询问通往矿山的路,但他们都不愿回答。"

It was, in retrospect, the happiest day of her life.

回想起来, 那是她一生最幸福的日子。

I usually trade at this department store.

我通常在这家百货店买东西。

I’d like to have McDonald.

我想吃麦当劳。

I want to have a big mac and French fries.

我想吃巨无霸汉堡和署条。

I am working in Beijing Branch and I travel a lot

我在北京分公司工作，且经常出差。

I will call back.

我过一会再打（电话）.

I will send it by courier (by airmail)

我将用快递发过去。(航空快件)

When you have paid for sth., a receipt is given to you.

当你付了某个东西的钱时，就给了你收据。

I work a long time ,but the salary is great.

我工作很长时间，但是工资很不错。

Do you work overtime?

你要加班吗？

How long is the guarantee?

保修期多少？

France and England were allies in the war.

法国和英国在这次战争中是同盟国。

Diamond is chemically allied to coal.

金刚石与煤在化学上是同类的。

We are of the same build.

我们体型相同

This part of the hospital was built on later.

医院的这部分是后来扩建的。

His argument is built on facts.

他的论点是以事实为根据的

They bought a ship of American build.

他们买了一条美国建造的船。

The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.

抢劫嫌疑犯从拘留所逃脱了。

Children shouldn't break in on adults' conversation.

小孩子不要打断大人们的谈话。

He broke down and wept.

他不禁失声痛哭。

They broke him of his addiction.

他们除去他吸毒的瘾

The verdict was that the prisoner was guilty.

判决是犯人有罪。

We would like to know your verdict in this matter.

我们愿意知道你对此事的判断。

Please call me up this evening.

请今晚给我打电话。

He seems to call me this morning but I was out.

早上他好象给我打过电话,但我出去了。

Call me (up) this evening, if it's convenient to you.

如果方便的话,今天晚上打个电话给我。

Call me (up) this evening, if it's convenient to you.

如果方便的话,今天晚上打个电话给我。

As the call, so the echo .

[谚]发什么声音, 有什么回声(善有善报, 恶有恶报)。

A good meal brought cheer to our hearts.

一顿美餐使我们心中愉快。

No man is necessitated to do wrong.

没有人是被迫去作错事的。

Exercise is conducive to health.

运动有益于健康。

The people are being menaced by the threat of war.

人民正受到战争的威胁。

Bread is made from flour.

面包是用面粉做的。

Late chinese leader

已故中国领导人

Former secretary of state of  US

美国前国务卿

On the occasion of the 100^th birthday

在某人诞辰一百周年之际

AA制  Dutch treatment; go Dutch

 

 A股市场  A share market

 

 爱尔兰共和军                      

Irish Republic Army (IRA)

 

 爱国民主人士 

patriotic democratic personages

 

 爱国统一战线  patriotic united front

 

 爱国卫生运动patriotic sanitation campaign

 

“爱国者”导弹Patriot missile

 

 爱丽舍宫  Elysée Palace

 

 爱鸟周  Bird-Loving Week

 

 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.

 

 爱心工程  Loving Care Project

 

 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征)

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

 

矮子里拔将军        

choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick

the best out

of a mediocre bunch

 

安家费  settling-in allowance

 

按键式电话  

push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone

 

安乐死euthanasia

 

安理会  Security Council

 

安全岛  safety strip

 

安全第一，预防为主      

Safety first, precaution crucial.

 

 

 按时足额发放基本养老金 

pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full

 

 安慰奖consolation prize

 

 暗箱操作black case work

 

 按资排辈    

to assign priority according to seniority

 

 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 

GNP at factor cost

 安全专项整治    

carry out more special programs to address safty

problems

安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家）    Andean Summit

 

抵押贷款  mortgage loan

  

抵押购房       

to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a

house

 

 有计划按比例发展　             

planned, proportionate development; develop

proportionately; develop in a planned,

 proportionate way

 

 安居工程          

comfortable Housing Project

 

 按距离计费                         

vary the charge according to how far away the

destination is

 

 按劳分配 

distribution according to one's performance

 

 暗恋                  

unrequited love; fall in love with someone

secretly

 

 奥林匹克精神

the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit

 

 澳门特别行政区    

the Macao Special Administrative Region

 

 奥委会                               Olympic Committee

 

 澳门大三巴牌坊                    Ruins of St. Paul

 

 奥姆真理教        Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

 

 《阿Q正传》              The True Story of Ah Q

八卦                          Eight Diagrams; bagua

菜鸟，新手             green hand

差额投票                    differentail voting

That’ll do  够了，好了，我已经很满足了，

Tap into  开发 利用

Make ends meet 是收支相抵 勉强维持生计

Pull together  通力合作 齐心协力

Narrow down  缩减，压缩

Have a crush on sb  狂热地爱上某人

Put on the shelf  暂不考虑 搁置

In one’s effort  努力作 in efforts  in an effort

Three-day weekend  三天长周末 long weekend

The Grade Canyon  美国大峡谷

Must-see TV  必看电视

Be aglow with health  容光焕发

All works of lift  各行各业

Tug of war 拔河

confide in

倾诉

confide sth. to sb

向某人吐露某事

rush into

仓促行动

be under an embargo

在封港中, 在停止贸易中, 在禁运中

被禁止[限制]

lay  an embargo on

禁止(船只)出入, 对...实行禁运

对...予以禁止[阻止, 限制]

put an embargo on

禁止(船只)出入, 对...实行禁运

对...予以禁止[阻止, 限制]

place an embargo on

禁止(船只)出入, 对...实行禁运

对...予以禁止[阻止, 限制]

lift  an embargo

解除禁运; 开放贸易

raise an embargo

解除禁运; 开放贸易

take off an embargo

解除禁运; 开放贸易

(be) tantamount to

相等于, 相当于

casual explanation

即席说明

talks at the summit

最高级会谈

a summit conference [meeting]

最高级会议

unearthed relics

出土文物

Later last month

上个月末

en bloc

全体；总

output quotas

产品定额

the quota system

定额分配制

Uruguay potato

乌拉圭洋芋

round the clock

一直；不停地

decimal place

小数位

round-table

圆桌的, 协商的

roundup

赶拢; 围捕 综述; 摘要

被赶拢的一群人[牲畜]; 赶拢牲畜的人

a round of applause

掌声雷动

round down

四舍五入

round on sb.

反驳[攻击]某人; 告某人的密

one's daily round

（某人）日常的例行工作

go the rounds

（消息）传开，传遍

the semi-final round

半决赛

woolen fabrics

毛织品

Chamber of Commerce

商会

the Lower Chamber

下议院

the Upper Chamber

上议院

chamber concert

室内音乐会

trample on

踩, 践踏; 无视, 粗暴轻蔑地对待

supervening fraud

事后的欺诈

actual fraud (=fraud in fact)

有意的欺骗

bail out

紧急跳伞,保释

a local regulatory body

制定规章的地方机构

a general overhaul

普查, 大 修

annual overhaul

年度检修

preventive overhaul

定期修理, 预防性修理

banking sector

银行业

 

crafts sector

手工业部门

spin off

创造新的事物而不影响原物的大小[稳定性]

refrain from

忍住, 制止, 戒除

控制,克制不要

with discretion

慎重地, 审慎地

research grant

科研补助金

selective grants

特定补贴

study grant

助学金

open-ended grants

不限用途的财政补贴

take it for granted

认为理所当然

in detail

详细地

a camel with two humps

双峰骆驼

humpback

 n.驼背

The family planning policy

计划生育政策

newly-born baby

新生儿

military  courtesy

[美]军礼

return the courtesy

回礼； 答礼

courtesy card

优待券

by courtesy

按惯例， 礼貌上

lake sediment

湖泊沉积物

make-up

 组成，配制；准备；整理

battered baby

受虐儿童

a war correspondent

随军记者

foot-and-mouth disease

 〈兽医〉口蹄疫

Ghana

加纳(国家名

meteorologic

adj.气象的)

in vogue

时髦；时兴；流行

受欢迎

plastic surgery

整形手术

renal failure

[医]肾衰竭

diva

著名女歌唱家

歌剧女主角

on the go

[口]在进行活动, 忙碌

 刚要动身

incumbent

（英国教会的）牧师

（从政的）在职者，现任者

secret ballot

无记名投票, 秘密投票

abstention from voting

弃权不投票

newly-enacted

新近成立的 adj.

acoustic labyrinth

声迷宫

crosstalk

色度亮度干扰

顶嘴, (曲艺)相声

rejuvenation

 n.复原(再生,更新

in the doldrums

[口]意气消沉, 无精打彩

take-off

起飞

vertical ordinate

纵坐标

horizontal ordinate

横坐标

parallel lines

平行线

parallel bars

双杠

hammer out

锤成, 苦心想出, 推敲出

a sober life

有节制的生活

sober judgement

审慎的判断

sober-headed,-minded

沉着的, 头脑冷静的

sober down

变冷静, 沉着; (使)安静下来

in line with

符合

easygoing

逍遥自在的, 悠闲的, 懒散的,

use up

用完, 耗尽

edible oil

食用油

Bangladesh

孟加拉国[亚洲

marine pollution

海洋污染

Kuomintang(KMT)

(中国)国民党

tap into

接进

guard against something

预防某事

speed skating

速度滑冰

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

国内生产总值

enlist as a volunteer

当志愿兵

in retrospect

回顾, 回顾往事; 检讨过去

a brief historical retrospect

简单的历史回顾

property rights

财产权

the accession of a new king

新王登基

accession to a party

加入一个党派

fair trade

公平贸易

roaring trade

非常兴隆的生意

a dog's trade

大家所不喜欢的事

trade off

轮流, 交替，交替使用，卖掉, 换掉

trade out

出卖

French fries

炸薯条,炸土豆片

orange juice

橙汁

lemonade

柠檬汽水，柠檬汁

MD（manageing direcetor）

总裁

Paid holiday

带薪假期

pilot study

初步研究，试验研究

debrief one's mission

述职

annual turnover

年营业额

capital turnover

资金周转

commodity [goods] turnover

商品流转

by and large

大体上, 基本上

ally with another country

与另一国结盟

be allied to

与...(在起源或性质上)有关联; 与...类似

built-in cupboards

固定碗柜

a man of strong build

体格健壮的人

batting team

击球队, 进攻队

defending team

防守队

fielding team

防守队

guest team

客队

home team

主队

juvenile shock team

少年突击队

mutual-aid team

互助组

relay team

接力队
a rash decision

轻率的决定

a rash of robberies

接二连三的抢劫事件

come out in a rash

长满红疹

Day breaks.; Day dawns.

天亮了。

break the ice

打破冷场

break wind

放屁

break down old conventions

打破旧框框

break-point

断[分割, 转折, 停止]点, 转效点

breakup

解散, 崩溃,停止, 终止,分手, 绝交

break forth

突然发出, 迸发

break over

溢出,违犯

break up into

分解成; 分割成

a brush with the police

与警察发生的小冲突

brush-burn

n.

擦伤

brush-fire

局部的; 小规模的

brush-off

[美俚]突然拒[弃]绝

brush-pen

毛笔

brushpencil

画笔

to burn up the road

赶路）烧坏

burn-on

(铸)粘砂, 焊上[补]

burn-through

烧毁[穿]

burn down

全部焚毁; 火势减弱

burn for

切望获得; 渴望

burn itself out

烧尽; 烧完

Burn you!

该死的！

to call for help

呼救

to call for bid

招标

at call ,on call

即期交付; 随叫随到

be called at sb.'s back

完全听命于某人

call off

取消; 叫走; 使转移

call over

点名

toll call,trunck call

长途电话费

advance call

预约呼叫

long haul call

长途通话

long-distance call

长途电话

Christmas cheer

圣诞佳肴

cheer-leader

啦啦队长

be of good cheer

兴致勃勃; 充满欢乐精神; 振作起来,

Bronx cheer

表示嘲笑的嘘嘘声[倒好声]

刻薄的批评或讥笑

cheer up

(用话)鼓舞(某人)

高兴起来, 振奋起来

打起精神来! 别灰心

to revoke an order

取消命令

infringe upon

侵害

a reciprocity treaty

互惠条约

menace with one's fist clenched.

握紧拳头进行威胁

glutinous rice flour

糯米粉

inductive reasoning

归纳推理

on purpose

故意

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China to bail out 2 more state banks
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-12-04 08:58

China's Vice Minister of Finance Lou Jiwei said here that the Chinese government is prepared to inject money into the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), two of the country's "big four" state owned banks.

He made the remark Thursday at a forum on the capital market and corporate governance, two days after Liu Mingkang, chairman ofthe China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), said the banks' reform is crucial to overhaul of the banking sector.

But Lou did not give any estimates as to when the money would be granted and how much.

If the government does hand over the funds, this will be the second bank bailout since the end of 2003, when China granted 45-billion-dollars to the Construction Bank and Bank of China, two other "big four" banks.

The capital injection, Lou acknowledged, no matter in what form,will help spin off non-performing loans (NPLs) from the banks and build a new corporate governance structure.

"The Ministry of Finance is mulling this move and we hope international players will consider strategic cooperation with banks like ICBC," he said.

The government will refrain from over-regulation in pushing thebanks to build up new modern corporate governance, he noted. This is because the regulator's main responsibility lies in affirming the genuineness of financial information published by companies.

ICBC and ABC have long been regarded as the weaker of China's big four state banks and are saddled with billions of dollars of non-performing loans.

According to relevant government figures, at the end of September, commercial banks had 1.7 trillion yuan (205 billion dollars) of NPLs, increasing from 1.66 trillion yuan at the end ofJune.

As part of the reform to the banking system competitive before the sector is opened in early 2007, the central government hopes to make the big four commercial banks public.

 

EU urged to lift arms sales ban at early date
By Guo Nei (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-12-03 23:08

China urged the European Union on Friday to lift a ban on arms sales at an early date, saying the ban is a kind of "political discrimination."

"Maintaining the embargo would affect relations and be tantamount to discrimination," said Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on Friday in Beijing.

The ban, imposed in 1989, will probably be on the agenda of the coming 7th China-EU summit when Premier Wen Jiabao visits the Netherlands on December 7-9. The Netherlands holds the EU's rotating presidency.

China has no intention of importing weapons from EU countries, stressed Zhang.

"The biggest and most urgent desire for China is to further develop its economy and raise the standard of living of the Chinese people," he told reporters, saying that lifting the ban as soon as possible will greatly push forward the development of bilateral ties.

The 15-year-old arms embargo is a relic of the Cold War and it is out of date, Zhang said.

Later last month, the Netherlands Foreign Minister Bernard Bot hinted the 25-nation bloc was ready to give China a positive signal during the summit.

On the widely-concerned impact of elimination of global textile quotas, Zhang said China would consider adopting measures to protect its interests and those of its trading partners.

A quota system on global textile trade will expire on December 31, according to the 1994 Uruguay trade round. Some companies and media in Europe and the United States have expressed worries that China will dominate the post-quota world market and urge both EU and China to take measures to protect interests of textile producers.

"China will adopt a responsible attitude towards the issue," Zhang said.

"China, as an important member of the World Trade Organization, has the right to enjoy, and the obligation to safeguard the results of the Uruguay negotiations," he said, adding those differences could be solved through dialogue and consultations.

The Chinese textile industry issued a statement late last month, opposing the US Government limits on imports of Chinese fabric products. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile Products said in the statement that the US Government has "trampled on the principles of free trade" as well as the spirit of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.

Zhang also revealed that during Wen's visit, China and the EU will issue a joint statement on non- proliferation and arms control, and sign several agreements on science and technology exchanges and co-operation on customs issues.

"The two sides are also discussing a new co-operative agreement on a China-EU partnership," he said.

(Xinhua contributed to this report)