BEC高级阅读词汇：中国日报汉英词汇表二十九

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夕阳产业 sunset industry

西部大开发 Western Development

西电东送 transmit the electricity from western areas to East China; West-East electricity transmission project

西气东输 transmit natural gas from western areas to East China; West-East natural gas transmission project

西洋景 Peep Show

吸取世界文明成果 assimilate the achievements of civilzations the world over

吸收存款 deposit-taking

吸收游资 absorb idle fund

希望工程 Hope Project

息事宁人 pour oil on troubled waters

稀缺经济 scarcity economy

洗礼 baptism

洗钱 money laundering

喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear

细菌战 germ war

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

下网 off line

下游行业 downstream industry

下载(计算机) downloading

夏至 Summer Solstice

先发制人战略 pre-emptive strategy

先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched.

先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound

闲散资金 scattered funds

嫌贫爱富 despise the poor and curry favor with the rich

险胜 "cliff-hanging win, narrow victory, nose out"

县改市 county upgraded to city

县级市 county-level city

现场直播 live broadcast

现代企业制度 modern-enterprise system; modern-corporate system

现代中药产业化 modern production of traditional Chinese medicines

现货交易 cash market transactions; spot transactions

现金流量 cash flow

现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example

线下商贸运作 offline business operation

限制战略武器会谈 strategic arms limitation talks( SALT)

宪法修正案 amendments to the Constitution

乡统筹,村提留 fees paid by farmers for overall township planning and village reserve

乡镇企业 township enterprises

相亲 blind date

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)

香格里拉 Shangri-la

香榭里舍大街 avenue des champs-elyses

享乐主义 hedonism

向钱看 "mammonism, put money above all"

项目立项 approve and initiate a project

项目申报 project application

项目预算 project budget

项目支持 project support

像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan

削减战略核武器会谈 strategic arms reduction talks (START)

宵夜 a stoke of midnight

消费结构 pattern of consumption

消费税 consumption tax

消费信贷 consumer credit services

消费者权益日 International Day for Consumers' Rights and Interests

消费者物价指数 consumer price index

消费者协会 consumers' association

销售景气指数 sales index

销项税 小巴 minibus

小道消息 hearsay

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

小灵通 Little Smart

小农经济 small-scale peasant economy; autarkical small-scale farming

小时工 hourly worker

小型核武器 Mini-nukes

小组讨论 panel discussions/group discussions

效率优先,兼顾公平 give priority to efficiency with due consideration to fairness

效益工资 achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits

效益农业 profitable agriculture