目无法纪 defy the law ( or standards of discipline)
母系氏族社会 matriarchal clan society
牧业税 livestock tax
母婴传播 mother-baby transmission (mother-to-child HIV transmission)
拇指规则 rule of thumb ("Since October, economic indicators have deteriorated at a pace that defies any rule of thumb," Tetsufumi Yamakawa, chief Japan economist at Goldman Sachs, said in a recent report. "There has been an unprecedented large decline in exports and production-related indicators in particular." 高盛公司首席日本经济学家彻文山川在近日公布的报告中称:“自去年十月始,诸多经济指标严重下滑,速度之快有违任何经验法则。特别是出口和生产相关指标严重下跌。”)
模糊逻辑 fuzzy logic
模糊战略(美国在台湾问题上奉行的政策) indistinct strategy; ambiguous strategy
模块 module
摩门教 Mormon Church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
模拟测试 mock test; simulated exam
模拟装置 simulator
默片 silent movie (Hollywood showed some love for its history at the Oscars on Sunday, giving its best film award and four others to silent movie "The Artist" in a ceremony that recalled why cinema is special to so many people. 周日举行的奥斯卡颁奖典礼重温了电影对于许多人的特殊意义,好莱坞表现出了对其历史的钟爱,将最佳影片奖和其他四个奖项给了黑白默片《艺术家》。)
末日论者 doomster
莫失良机;趁热打铁 make hay while the sun shines
末位淘汰 (under the new personnel system) the person graded last in the performance evaluation will be laid off from his position
磨洋工 dawdle along
摸着石头过河 test each step before taking it;advance cautiously
默哀 silent tribute (President Hu Jintao, who just returned from a three-day visit to the quake-hit areas, paid a three-minute silent tribute to victims of the quake in the central government compound of Zhongnanhai in Beijing. 刚刚结束三天震区支行的胡锦涛主席,在中南海为地震遇难者默哀三分钟。)
末班车时间 final vehicle hour
模仿大赛 look-alike contest
模拟炒股 simulation stock trading, mock stock trading (Online simulation stock trading games have become a big hit on college campuses.)
谋事在人,成事在天 "The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
目标跟踪雷达 target-tracking radar(TTR)
目标管理 management by objectives; quota management
目测 visual range estimation
幕后操纵 pull strings behind the scenes; wire-pulling
幕后花絮 behind- the-scenes look
睦邻友好关系(合作) good-neighborly and friendly relations (cooperation)
母乳 breast milk
穆斯林 Muslim; Moslem
民族意识 national consciousness
民族优越感 ethnocentrism
民办高校 private higher learning institution
名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth
明码标价制度 system that commodity prices must be marked
明明白白消费(2000年保护消费者权益工作主题) transparent consumption
名片 business card
名人恋 celebrity romance(French first lady Carla Bruni, whose celebrity romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy sent his ratings into a tailspin, is proving a hit with the public in her new role. 法国新任第一夫人卡拉·布吕尼时下人气大涨,而总统尼古拉斯·萨科齐则因大搞名人恋,导致其民众支持率一路下滑。)
名人堂 walk of fame (New York's Apollo Theater took on a touch of Hollywood on Monday when it began installing its own Walk of Fame with plaques that will honor entertainers including late singers James Brown and Michael Jackson. 纽约阿波罗剧院本周一效法好莱坞的做法开始建立自己的“名人堂”,已故歌手詹姆斯•布朗和迈克尔•杰克逊的纪念板均被率先收入其中。)
名人效应 celebrity charm
明文 explicit terms
明星代言 celebrity endorsement (One of the highlights of the proposed changes to Chinese Advertisement Law includes making celebrity spokespersons more responsible for the endorsement deals they take on. These changes were made to strengthen controls over celebrity endorsements and advertising. 《中国广告法》修订建议的重点之一就是要让明星代言人要对他们所代言的产品担负更多的责任。这些修订是为了加强对名人代言和名人广告的管控。)
名优 famous actor; famous high quality brand
名誉教授 honorary professor; emeritus professor
民工 migrant worker
名企 name-brand company (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/suvival/2008-04/14/content_6615293.htm)
明星效应 celebrity effect
民间文化遗产 folk cultural heritage
民事伴侣关系 civil partnership
民意 will of the people
民怨 social grievance (Officials in southwest China's Guizhou Province have admitted there are social grievances in Weng'an County where a girl's death sparked a violent protest over the weekend.)
民族企业 domestic enterprises
摸彩 draw lot for prize
模仿秀 imitation show
抹黑 stain somebody's name; bring shame on
民工潮 farmers' frenzied hunt for work in cities
民航 civil aviation
民间投资 private investment (The central government released guidelines on further encouraging private investment in a wider range of key industries, a move indicating the authorities are placing more importance in private investment's role in sustaining economic growth. 中央政府近日发布关于进一步鼓励民间资本在更多关键领域投资的指导意见。此举意味着政府将更加重视民间资本在经济可持续发展中的角色。)
民间协商 consultation on a non-governmental basis
民间艺人 folk artisan
民间资本 private capital
民进党 Democratic Progressive Party
民生问题 livelihood issues ("Livelihood issues", including an improved social security system and the provision of affordable housing, remain the top concerns of Chinese people, according to online polls conducted ahead of the country's annual parliamentary and political advisory sessions. 根据两会前的网络调查,“民生问题”成为我国民众关注的焦点,比如改善社保体制、保障房供应等等。)
民事诉讼 civil procedure
民意病毒 public opinion viruses (Internet manipulation, or "public opinion viruses," harmed the healthy development of the Internet, and could affect public emotions and mislead public opinion, which could intensify or magnify social conflicts. 网络操控或“民意病毒”危害了互联网的健康发展并可能会影响公众情绪、误导民意,可能会激化或放大社会矛盾。)
民意测验 opinion poll; opinion survey
民以食为天 people regard food as their prime want; food the first necessity of man
民营企业 individually-run enterprises
民约 non-governmental regulations; folk law
民政 civil affair
民主党派、工商联与无党派人士 "non-Communist parties, federations of industry and commerce, personages without party affiliation "
民主集中制 democratic centralism
民主监督 democratic supervision
民主决策 make decisions through a democratic process
民族国家 nation state
民族凝聚力 national cohesion
民族区域自治 regional autonomy of ethnic minorities
民族事务委员会 Ethnic Affairs Commission
民族文化大省 a province with rich ethnic culture
民族乡 minority town