中高級(jí)口譯考試詞匯必備(七)

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    派出所 local police station
    跑龍?zhí)?utility man, play a bit role, general handyman
    碰釘子 get snubbed ( snub n. 故意怠慢, 斥責(zé) v. 故意怠慢, 責(zé)罵, 壓熄(香煙等), 冷落慢待)
    皮包公司 bogus company ( bogus adj. 假的;偽造的 a bogus certificate 偽造的證件)
    啤酒肚 beer belly
    票販子 scalper,ticket tout ( tout v. 吹捧)
    票房 box office
    貧富懸殊 polarization of rich and poor
    平時(shí)不燒香,臨時(shí)抱佛腳 never burn incense when all is well, but clasp Buddha's feet when in distress ( incense n. 熏香, 熏香的煙 vt. 激怒)
    評(píng)頭論足 nit-pick ( nit n. (虱等的)幼蟲, 卵, <英口>糊涂蟲, 傻瓜)
    期房 forward delivery housing
    旗袍 cheong-sam; Chi-pao
    敲竹杠 make somebody pay through the nose; put the lug on; rob by a trick
    親民黨 People First Party
    勤工儉學(xué) part-work and part-study system; work-study program
    清明節(jié) Qingming Festival / Pure Brightness Festival/ Tomb Sweeping Day
    情有獨(dú)鐘 show special preference (favor) to…
    全國(guó)衛(wèi)生城市 National Hygienic City
    全球定位系統(tǒng) global positioning system (GPS)
    全天候服務(wù) round-the-clock service
    裙帶關(guān)系 networking through petticoat influence (petticoat n. 襯裙, 裙子)
    染指 reap undeserved profit from; encroach upon (encroach vi. (逐步或暗中)侵占, 蠶食, 超出通常(或正常)界線)
    繞圈子 beat around the bush
    人才流失 brain drain
    人浮于事 overstaffing
    人均住房 per-capita housing
    人類免疫缺陷病毒 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
    融資渠道 financing channels競(jìng)學(xué)網(wǎng)