毒枭 drug trafficker
独资经营 single-investor enterprise; sole proprietorship enterprise; sole investment enterprise
断档 severed shelf; sold out
断电 power outage (Unusually cold weather and the resulting soaring energy consumption for heating have caused power outages and shortages of natural gas in parts of central and eastern China. 异常寒冷的天气和随之而来热能消耗的剧增导致华中和华东部分地区断电和天然气的短缺。)
断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man)
断码 short in size
短期放款 money at call and short notice
短期债务 floating debt
端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival
短线产品 products in short supply; goods in short supply
短信 short messages; text messages
短信博士 texting PhD (A postgraduate in the UK has been awarded what is thought to be the country's first texting PhD . Dr Caroline Tagg, 33, spent three-and-a-half years tapping out an 80000-word thesis about SMS texts and its language at Birmingham University. 英国一名女研究生因研究手机短信日前被授予博士学位，她被认为是该国第一位"短信博士"。此人名叫卡洛琳•塔格，今年33岁，她花了3年半时间在伯明翰大学做短信研究，并写出了8万字的论文。)
短暂停留 brief stopover (French President Nicolas Sarkozy will make a brief stopover in Beijing to meet his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Thursday. 法国总统尼古拉•萨科齐周四将在北京短暂停留会晤中国国家主席胡锦涛。)
断章取义 quote one's words out of context
短期工作实习 internship
短租房 short-term housing, short-term apartment (Despite the quickly-approaching Olympic Games, the cost for short-term housing near the Bird's Nest during the Games has plummeted as much as 50%, with room for negotiation, according to statistics. An oversupply of short-term apartments and the red-hot hotel reservation service are the major reasons for the sharp decrease, a real estate agent said. 数据显示，随着奥运会的临近，"鸟巢"附近的奥运短租房月租价格不但没有上升，反而大幅度下降，跌幅普遍达到50%，且价格还可以再商量。房产中介称，目前这种短租房的租金价格大幅下跌是因为供大于求，而酒店预订则相对火热。)
对冲基金 hedge fund
对等开放 reciprocal opening
对方付费电话 collect call
对...毫无顾忌 make no bones about ...
对话和合作 dialogue and co-operation
对奖活动 raffle
对讲机 talkie and walkie
对抗性矛盾 antagonistic contradiction
对口味 suit one's taste