新词佳译六.docx

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新词佳译六

新词佳译（六）

上班蟑螂（shang4ban1zhang1lang2）

clockroach

Acombinationof“clock”and“cockroach”Referstoemployeeswhoidletheirtimeawaybywatchingtheclock.

指责风暴（zhi3ze2feng1bao4）

blamestorming

Thistermborrowsfrom“brainstorming”.Itmeansameetingtoreviewafailedprojectandpindownthepersonresponsible.

A货（Ahuo4）

top-gradefakes

Qualitymatterseveninthecaseofbogusgoods.Ifacounterfeitcanchallengetheprofessionaleye,itisatop-gradefake.

裸博（luo3bo2）

school-schoolPhD

PhDstudentswhograduatewithadiplomabutnoworkexperiencebecausetheyhavemovedonlyfromschooltoschoolaresometimesdiscriminatedagainstbyemployers. 

八点女王（ba1dian3nu3wang2）

prime-hoursoapstar

Anactresswhohelpsensure highratingsforprimehourTVsoapoperas.

不雅照（bu4ya3zhao4）

indecentphoto

Anypicturethatissexuallyexplicitorinvolvesawardrobemalfunction.ItisusedasanunderstatementforsteamypicturesafterthesexpicturescandalinHongKong.

高楼（gao1lou2）

high-riseposting

Widelyusedonline,itreferstotopicsthatattracthundredsofpostings.Inonlinecommunities,onepostingisregardedasonestorey,sopopulartopicsarelikehigh-risetowers.

键盘爱国者（jian4pan2ai5guo2zhe3）

keyboardpatriot

Netizenswhoexpresstheirpatriotismincyberspacebutneverreallytakeaction,suchasmillionsofInternetuserswhoaddedaredheartand“China”atthebeginningoftheirnamesonMSNtoexpresssupportfortheBeijingOlympicsandaloveoftheircountry.

CNN

ChinaNegativeNews,distortion

TheCableNewsNetworkinitialshavebecomeanegativetermasmanyChinesefeeloffendedbythenetwork’sbiasedcoverageandonecommentator’srecentremarksaboutChinesepeople.“Don’tbetooCNN”iscommonlyusedtotellsomeonetostoplyingordistortingthefacts.

纠结（jiu1jie2）

frustrated

Thetermliterallymeans“blend”inChinese,butisnowusedbyInternetuserswhentheyencounterdifficulties.

御姐（yu4jie3）

toughwoman

OriginatedfromJapanesecartoonstodescribedominantfemalesofstrongcharacter

范跑跑（fan4pao3pao3）

RunRunFan

ChineseonlineusershavenicknamedteacherFanMeizhongasRunRunFanafterhefledhisclassroom,leavingbehindallhisstudents,whenan8.0-magnitudeearthquakehitSichuanProvinceonMay12.Hehasbeenwidelycriticizedasbeingselfishandunethical.Incomparison,someotherteacherssacrificedtheirownlivesinprotectingandsavingtheirstudentsduringthedevastatingearthquake.

护犊族（hu4du2zu2）

pamperingparents

WhilepeopletendtocriticizeyoungpeoplelivingofftheirparentsandbecomingNEET（NotinEmployment,EducationorTraining）,theyhavealsobeguntoblamethephenomenononthoseparents（andsometimesgrandparentsaswell）whomollycoddletheirgrown-upchildren.

通心粉（tong1xin1fen3）

macaronipeople

Thenameofpastainanyofvarioushollowshapesisnowusedtodescribepeoplewhoareimpressiveinappearancebutdisappointinginsubstance.It’ssimilartotheEnglishsaying“Manyafinedishhasnothingonit”ortheChineseidiom“embroideredpillow,”whichboastsabeautifulcover,butwithonlyworthlessdriedstrawstuffedinside.

M一代（Myi1dai4）

multitaskinggeneration

ThisisatermcreatedbytheUS-basedTimemagazine.ItreferstotheyoungpeoplewhoindulgethemselvesinInternetgames,iTunes,MySpace,MSNandotheronlineactivities,sometimessimultaneously.

谷歌文（gu3ge1wen2）

Googlesetext

ScholarXuLaicoinedthisterm.HeusesittodescribewrittenworkscreatedbyInternetwriterswhobasetheirtextonmaterialsobtainedbyGoogling.Suchwriterscanhardlyguaranteetheaccuracyoftheirdataandfrequentlyrisksteppingintoplagiarismdisputes.

Bo播报（Bobo1bao4）

multimedianewspaper

Thetermreferstoanewformofelectronic“newspaper,”whichcombinestext,photos,graphics,audioandvideo.Onecanalsosearchbackgrounddataandcrossreferencewiththisnewsplatform.

白客（bai2ke4）

onlinesecurityguard

Thephrase,whichliterallymeans“whiteclan”inChinese,istheoppositeof“blackclan”orhacker.Itreferstoprofessionalswhofighthackersinordertoprotectpeople’sinformationsecurityintheonlineworld.It’snotunusualthatsomeoftheonlinesecurityguardsareformerhackers.

中美国（zhong1mei3guo2）

Chimerica

Accordingtochaostheory,asinglebutterflyflappingitswingsintheAmazonianjunglemaycauseahurricaneinManhattan.Intheglobaleconomy,thissymptomiscalled"Chimerica,"anewportmanteauwordthatcombines"China"and"America,"indicatingthatthetwocountriesshareadependenceononeeconomy,witheachsideinteractiveandcomplementary.

情绪食品（qing2xu4shi2pin3）

moodfood

Thisisanewtrendinthefunctionalfoodsector.Thetheoryisthatdietcanaffectpeople'shappinessandgeneralwellbeing,affectedbythechemicalstimulationofneurotransmitterswithinthebrain,resultinginagoodmood.Productsinthiscategoryinclude"mood-modulatingchocolate"producedintheUnitedKingdomand"pressure-relievingmilk"inJapan.

减压经济（jian3ya1jing1ji4）

pressure-alleviationeconomy

Thistermisusedtodenoteaneconomicsectorthatinvolvesservicesthateasethepressureofeverydaylife,suchaskaraokebars,sewingclubs,moodfood,spasandweekendfarmers.

洋漂族（yang2piao1zu2）

foreigndrifter

AsChinakeepsopeningitsdoorswidertotheoutsideworld,moreforeignerscometoinvest,work,studyortravelinChina.Butsomewanderfromonecitytoanotherfordifferentjobsandtoexperiencedifferentcultures,andtheyarecalled"foreigndrifters."

吐槽（tu4cao2）

debunk,gibe

Theexpressionmeanstodebunkorshowupthefalsenatureorridiculousnessofsomeone'sremarks,especiallyinfrontofothers.ThephraseisbelievedtooriginatefromtheJapaneseterm"tsukkom."

残念（can2nian4）

letdown,toobad

Youngpeoplethesedaysoftenusethistermtoexpressdisappointmentwhentheyfailtoobtainsomethingtheydesire.ItisderivedfromtheJapanesephrase"zannen."

搭车涨价（da1che1zhang2jia4）

hitchhikepricerise,piggybackpricehike

Chineseofficialssaytheywilltrytopreventsomebusinessesfromwillfullyraisingpricesoftheirproductsthataretangentialortotallyunrelatedtotherecentfuelpriceriseapprovedbythecentralgovernment.

裸投（luo3tou2）

unbaggedtrash

Someresidentshavebeguntodumptheirtrash"naked,"asthisChinesetermtranslatesliterally,afterthegovernmentbannedfreeplasticbagsofferedbyshopsorsupermarketsearlierthisyear.Formerly,manypeopleusedoldplasticbagsasgarbagebags.

麻袋帮（ma2dai4bang1）

big-bagshopper

Thetermreferstopeoplewhousuallyappearatbigdiscountsalesofbrandnameconsumer

products,suchasclothes,shoesandcosmetics.Theybuyrapaciouslyandcarryawaytheirpurchaseinbigbagstheyhavebroughtwiththem.Butjusthourslater,thesegoodswillappearinonlineshopswiththeirpricesredoubled.

NONO族（NoNozu2）

NONOclan

Thewordcamefrombest-sellerNaomiKlein’sbook“NoLogo”in2002.Itreferstoyoungpeoplewhopursueapureandenvironmentalfriendlylifethatrefusesanyluxuriousproducts.Thoughwell-off,theydespiseallthefamousbrandsbutprefergoodswithstrongindividualstyles.

穴居动物（xue4ju1dong4wu4）

cyberspacetroglodyte

Theterm,whichmeanscaveanimalsinChinese,isanewphraseevolvedfromthedevelopmentoftheInternetandonlinecommunication.Manyyoungpeopleareinclinedtostayathomeallthetime.Theytalktoothers,orderfoodordoeverythingtheywantthroughtheInternet.

娃娃音（wa1wa1yin1）

dollvoice

Thistermreferstoaspecialsweet,cuteanddoll-likesingingstyle.Atypicalexampleismodel-turned-actressLinChi-ling,whohoweversaysshehaslearnedtogrowoutofthevoiceafterstarringin“RedCliff.”

俯（fu3wo1cheng1）卧撑

unfeelingapathy,flimsyexcuse

Thetermliterallymeans“push-up,”aformofphysicalexercise.Nowitisusedtodescribeanapatheticattitudeoraflimsyexcuse.Thephrasederivesfromanewsstoryaboutaboywhowasatthespotofagirl’sdeath.Theboytoldpolicewhenthegirljumpedintotheriverfromabridge,hewasdoingpush-upsadozenorsometersaway,sohesawnothing.

硬柿子（ying4shi4zi）

toughguy

Mostpeopleliketoeat“softpersimmons”andfewfancy“hardpersimmons,”asthisChinesephrasemeansliterally.Butaccordingtoarecentpopulardramacalled“IWanttoBecomeaHardPersimmon,”thesoftpersimmonisthenameofanypushoverandthehardpersimmonreferstoatoughguy.

压洲（ya1zhou1）

pressurecontinent

Thisphrase’spronunciationissimilarto“Asia”inChinese,butitmeansacontinentofpressure.ItisnowusedasanicknameformodernAsiaasithasundergonegreatpressuresfromthefasterpaceoflife,deepershortageofrawmaterialsandhigherriskofpollution.

素历（su4li4）

personalqualityresume

Insteadofasum-upofone’seducation,thistermmeansasummaryofaperson’squalitytraining,particularlyintermoforganizationalandleadershipcapability,positiveworkattitude,communicationskills,stablementalhealthandwillingnesstolearnandprogress. 

贴身媒体（tie1shen1mei2ti3）

personalmedia

Itreferstomobilephonesthatcarrynewsintheformofbroadcastingshortmessages（SMS）ormultimediamessagingservice（MMS）.

便利贴女孩（bian4li4tie1nu3hai2）

post-itgirl

Itreferstothosekind-hearted,usuallyplain-lookingyoungwomenataworkplacewhoarealwaysreadytohelpothersandthenalmostimmediatelyforgottenafterthehelp.Theyarelikethepost-itnotespeopleuseandthenthrowaway.

空头捐赠（kong1tou2juan1zeng4）

fictitiousdonation

Manycompaniesandindividualshavemadegenerousdonationstothevictimsofthemagnitude8earthquakethathitChina’sSichuanProvinceonMay12.Butsomefirmshavefail