泥菩萨 like a clay Buddha fording the river-hardly able to save oneself; each one is looking out for his own survival
泥石流 mud-rock flow
你真奥巴马(Obama) You are cool (The 160-page English slang lexicon records such terms or phrases as 'You so obama,' which means 'You are cool,' 'presh' for cute or precious and 'schwa' for wow. 这本英语俚语词典共160页,囊括了"你真奥巴马",意思是"你真酷"。其它被收入的词汇如"presh",意思是可爱的、宝贵的,等词语。)
年度国家预算 annual State Budget
年会恐惧症 year-end party phobia (While many employees enjoy the activities, some suffer from "year-end party phobia". Some complain that preparing shows takes extra energy. 虽然很多员工很喜欢参与年会活动,但也有些员工患上了“年会恐惧症”。一些人抱怨排练节目很费力。)
年利润 annual return
年龄结构 age structure
年末促销 year-end promotion (Gold jewelry sales jumped more than 30 percent over the weekend in Beijing, as bargain shoppers swarmed the city's major jewelry stores onyear-end promotions. 随着钟爱打折货的购物者在年末促销中涌入北京市的几大珠宝商店,黄金珠宝的销量在上周末增长幅度超过30%。)
内定 decide internally
内阁成员 cabinet lineup (US President-elect Barack Obama named 4 members for his administration Friday, completing his cabinet lineup ahead of the Christmas holiday. 美国当选总统奥巴马19日宣布4项官员提名,在圣诞节到来之前确定了全部内阁成员人选。)
内耗 in-fighting
内环路 inner ring road
内联企业 inland associated enterprises
内联网(计算机) Intranet
内水 inland waters
内退 early retirement
内向型经济 domestically-oriented economy
内销公寓 apartments leased only to natives
内置的 built-in (Japanese toy company Tomy released a digital camera with a built-in printer. 日本玩具制造商Tomy公司推出了一款配备内置打印机的数码相机。)
内地上市公司 mainland-listed company
内衣外穿 underwear as outerwear (As a fashion statement, underwear as outerwear is hardly breaking news; it possesses, as Valerie Steele and Hollander have observed, a long history.)
内政部长 interior minister (A small plane crashed in Mexico City Tuesday, killing the nation's interior minister and at least 7 others, and setting dozens of cars ablaze. 一架小型客机4日晚上在墨西哥首都墨西哥城坠毁,墨西哥内政部长及另外7人遇难,并导致数十辆轿车着火。)
能官能民 be ready to both serve as an offical and be one of the common people
能见度 visibility
能进能出,能上能下 competent to work both at the top and at the grass roots
能进能出,能上能下,方谓好汉 He who knows how to fight and how to retreat deserves to be called a brave man.
能量预算 energy budget
能上网的手机 Wireless Application Protocol(WAP) phone
能源农业 energy agriculture
能源强度 energy intensity (Between 2006 and 2010, the country achieved a 19.1-percent drop in energy intensity, roughly meeting its five-year target to improve energy efficiency by 20 percent, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday during an online conversation with netizens. 温家宝总理上周日在与网民在线交流时表示,在2006年至2010年间,我国的能源强度下降了19.1%,基本完成了“十一五”制定的将能源利用率提高20%的目标。)
逆反心理 negative mentality
匿名跟帖 anonymous online comments (China will push to end anonymous online comments, according to Wang Chen, director of the State Council Information Office, who recently reiterated the need for more regulations in cyberspace. 国务院新闻办主任王晨表示,我国将推动取消匿名网上评论。他近日还重申了加强网络监管的必要性。)
尼姆达(病毒) Nimda
纳米 nanometer
拿腔拿调 speak affectedly
拿手好戏 masterpiece
拿手项目 specialty
纳税人 tax payer; tax bearer
纳税申报制度 tax declaration system
纳斯达克 National Association of Securities Deal Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)
耐用品 durable goods (US orders for durable goods edged up 0.2 percent in November, weaker than expected, according to government data released Thursday. 根据周四发布的政府数据,美国11月份收到的耐用品的订单仅上升了0.2%,低于预期水平。)
耐用消费品 durable consumer goods, consumer durables
奶嘴男 mama's boy (What if your boyfriend always opposed you by saying, "Mom said this," "Mom said that"? A 28-year-old woman in Chongqing finally couldn't stand it anymore and "ran away from home" on Nov 19, Chongqing Evening News reported. 如果你的男友经常用“妈妈说这个”、“妈妈说那个”来反对你,你会怎么办?据《重庆晚报》报道,11月19日,一位28岁的重庆女子最终无法忍受男友而选择“离家出走”。)
南北对话 North-South dialogue
难得糊涂 "Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise."
男高音演唱家 tenorist
难民营 refugee camp
南南合作 South-South cooperation
男女同工同酬 equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex
男权主义思想 male chauvinism
南水北调 divert water from the south to the north
南水北调工程 South-to-North water diversion project
男性车厢 Men-only metro train cars(Seibu Holdings, which runs trains in the Tokyo area, is considering to introduce some carriages reserved for men only. 东京轨交运营商西武集团日前考虑在列车中开设"男性专用车厢"。)
南巡讲话 South Tour Speeches
囊括 complete a sweep
闹情绪 be disgruntled; be in a fit of pique
内宾 domestic guest
内当家 wife