无烟工业 smokeless industry
无烟环境 smoke-free environment (“Only with the support of the pilot cities’ municipal governments and legislatures can the people there finally enjoy smoke-free environments,” he noted. 他指出:“只有在试点城市政府以及法规的支持下,人们才能最终享受到无烟环境。”)
业主 home owner
物业公司 property management company
物业管理 estate management, property management
物以类聚,人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.
无源雷达 passive radar
无源之水,无本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
物质鼓励 material encouragement
无纸化办公 go paperless. (Every CPPCC member is provided with a laptop and an usb flash disk, the first time for the CPPCC sessions to go paperless. 每位政协委员都配有手提电脑和U盘,首次实现了政协会议"无纸化办公"。)
物质文明 material progress
物质文明建设和精神文明建设一起抓 pay attention to ethical as well as material progress
物种起源 origin of species
无中生有 make/create something out of nothing
物资平衡 balance in the supply and demant of goods and materials
误差幅度 margin of error (The poll shows Blagojevich's approval rating at an abysmal 8%. The telephone poll's margin of error is plus or minus 4%. 民意调查显示,布拉戈耶维奇的支持率大跌,仅为8%。此次电话民调的误差幅度约为正负4%。)
无偿献血 blood donation without payment
五个统筹 maintain the five balances (balancing urban and rural development, development among regions, economic and social development, development of man and nature, and domestic development and opening up to the outside world)
无轨电车 trolley bus
五局三胜 best of five (A best-of-five playoff is a competition between two teams head-to-head which must win three games to win the series.)
乌拉圭回合 the Uruguay Round
舞龙舞狮 dragon-lion dance
无期徒刑 life imprisonment (Yang Shukuan, 38, a gang leader in Tangshan, Hebei, was sentenced to life imprisonment after being accused of multiple charges including operating a criminal gang, intimidation and fraud, a local court ruled on Wednesday. 28日,河北唐山“黑老大”杨树宽被当地一家法院确认所控多项罪名成立,判无期徒刑,其罪行包括成立黑帮、胁迫他人、欺诈等。)
物权法 property rights law
无条件最惠国待遇原则 Unconditional Most-favored-nation Treatment
武器输出国 arms exporter; arms-exporting country
武器输入国 arms importer; arms-importing country
污染指数 pollution index
无人飞船 unmanned spacecraft
无人驾驶车 driverless vehicle (A futuristic driverless vehicle due to operate at UK's Heathrow Airport next year has gone on display in London. 英国伦敦近日展出了一款新颖的"无人驾驶车",该车将于明年在希思罗机场投入使用。)
无人驾驶汽车 driverless vehicle (A team of Italian engineers launched what has been billed as the longest-ever test drive of driverless vehicles: a 13,000-kilometer (8,000-mile), three-month road trip from Italy to China, not in search of silk, but to test the limits of future automotive technology. 意大利一个工程师研究小组启动了被称为无人驾驶汽车最长行程的试车项目:从意大利行驶1.3万公里(8000英里)、历时3个月来到中国,此行不是为了寻找丝绸,而是用来检测未来汽车技术的极限。)
无人售票 self-service ticketing
无人侦查机 spy drone (Iran plans to display several US and Israeli spy drones it has taken possession of in the near future, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Wednesday. 伊朗半官方的梅尔通讯社周三报道称,伊朗计划于近期展览截获的几架美国和以色列的无人侦查机。)
无商不活 (There will be )no economic revitalization without the development of a commodity economy
无绳来电显示电话 ordless telephone with caller ID
无线应用协议 WAP(wireless application protocol)
午睡吧 nap bars (Some white collar workers in Shanghai are complaining that they don't have cozy space to take a rest during the lunch break as a nap on the office desk always goes uncomfortable. They call on businessman to operate 'nap bars' in commercial areas. 上海市写字楼中不少白领抱怨无法利用午休时间好好休息,在办公桌上打盹儿很不舒服。一些人已经提议商家在商业区开设“午睡吧”供白领休息。)
污水处理 sewage treatment/ disposal
五天制工作日 five-day workweek
无土栽培 soilless cultivation
无为而治 govern by doing nothing that is against nature; govern by non-interference
无息贷款 interest-free loan
武侠小说 tales of roving knights; martial arts novel; kung fu novel
(船只或飞机发出的)无线电求救呼号 a mayday call
无效进球 disallowed goal (England captain Steven Gerrard admits the disallowed goal in Sunday’s Round of 16 loss to Germany did effect the team but has not used it as an excuse for their eventual 4-1 defeat. 英格兰队队长史蒂文•杰拉德承认,在周日八分之一决赛负于德国队的比赛中,那个无效进球确实影响了球队发挥,但他并未以此作为1比4落败的借口。)
无性夫妻 “separate” couples, couples don’t share bedroom. (the “separate” couples only unite on weekends. 无性夫妻只在周末团聚)
无性生殖法 asexual reproduction
无形资产 intangible assets
务虚会 theory-discussing meeting
无烟工业 smokeless industry
窝里斗 internecine struggle
我们在国际上说话是算数的 We always live up to our international commitments.
五保户 household enjoying the five guarantees (childless and infirm old persons who are guarateed food, clothing, medical care, housing and burial expenses)
无尘粉笔 dust-free chalk
无党派人士 non-party personage
屋顶花园 roof garden
无多数议会 hung parliament (The British general election has produced a "hung parliament" as no party wins an absolute majority, preliminary results showed Friday. 上周五英国大选初步选举结果显示,没有政党赢得绝对多数选票,因此产生“无多数议会”。)
无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
无缝网络 Seamless Network
无氟冰箱 freon-free refrigerator
无公害蔬菜 "green" vegetable
无固定期限合同 open-ended contract (The labor law makes the use of written contracts mandatory and encourages open-ended contracts to protect the rights of workers. 《新劳动合同法》规定,为保护劳动者的合法权益,企业必须与劳动者签订书面合同,并鼓励签订无固定期限合同。)
无核区 nuclear-free zone
无核武器区 nuclear-weapon-free zone
物价局 Price Bureau
五讲四美三热爱 the movement of "five stresses, four points of beauty and three loves"(The five stresses are: stress on decorum, manners, hygiene, discipline and morals. The four points of beauty are: beauty of the mind, language, behavior adn the enviornment. The three loves are: love of the motherland, socialism and the Communist Party.)
五金化工 metals and chemicals
无力偿付的公司 insolvent corporation
武力冲突 armed conflict
物流 the interflow of goods and materials
乌龙球 own goal
屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
物美价廉 be affordable but of very high quality
无农不稳 (There is) no political stability without the development of agricultural production
武器禁运 arms embargo
文化产业 culture industry
文化冲击 culture shock
文化底蕴 cultural deposits
文化旅游 culture-oriented travel
文化旅游业 cultural tourism (The ongoing Chinese Culture Year in Italy will intensify cultural tourism and spread greater mutual awareness between the two countries, a senior Italian official says. 一位意大利高级官员说,眼下在意大利举行的“中国文化年”活动将促进文化旅游业的发展,增进两个国家之间的相互了解。)
文化渗透 cultural infiltration
文化体制改革 cultrual restructuring
文科 liberal arts
文联 literary federation
文明礼貌月 Ethics and Courtesy Month
文明社区 model community
文凭主义 credentialism
纹身 tattoo
温室气体 greenhouse gases
文韬武略 civil and military skills
问讯处 information desk; inquiry desk
文艺评论 literary criticism
稳、准、很 sure,accurate and relentless
文化搭台,经济唱戏 to use culture to set up the stage and the economy to put on a show
文化设施 cultural facilities
稳健的货币政策 prudent monetary policy
文明行车 courteous driving
温室气体排放 greenhouse gas emissions (New Zealand will ban traditional light bulb sales from October 2009 to cut greenhouse gas emissions and save up to half a billion dollars in energy costs over 12 years, the government said yesterday.)
问责风暴 accountability furor
违法分包 illegal subcontracting
为我型 self-serving type
唯武器论 theory of the unique importance of weapons
威武之师,文明之师 mighty force and civilized force
微笑服务 service with a smile
卫星城 satellite town
卫星导航 satellilte navigation
卫星电视 satellite television
卫星发射塔 satellite launching tower
卫星国 satellite country
卫星通讯 satellite communication
唯一致命的弱点 Achilles' heel
违约当事人 delinquent party
违约罚金 penalty for breach of contracts
伪造债务 forge debts
违章建筑 unapproved construction project (From April 1, authorities can even cut off power and water supplies to rule breakers' homes under new regulations aimed at clamping down on unapproved construction projects. Official data suggests up to 90 percent of villa owners in Beijing have illegally expanded their properties. 从4月1日起,政府将按照新规定对违章建筑予以打击,违章建设住房将甚至会被断水断电。官方数据显示,北京90%的别墅业主都有非法扩建行为。)
围着锅台转 be tied to the kitchen sink
维护国家领土主权 safeguard the country’s territorial sovereignty
维护消费者和生产者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of both consumers and producers
未接电话 missed call
伪造材料 forged document (50 students from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have been thrown out of United Kingdom-based Newcastle University for using forged qualification documents, UK media reported. 据英国媒体报道,50名中国大陆和台湾留学生因伪造留学申请材料,日前被英国纽卡斯尔大学开除。)
伪证 false evidence (13 government officials have been punished and a man arrested for presenting false evidence to prove the highly endangered South China tiger existed in the wild. )
温饱工程 Adequate Food and Clothing Program
文本短信服务 SMS (Short Messaging Service)
稳定物价 stabilize prices
稳定压倒一切 Maintaining stability is of top priority