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defense budget 国防预算
2023-12-06China plans to increase its defense budget by 7.5 percent in 2010, only about half of last year's planned growth of 14.9 percent, a parliament spo...
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income gap 收入差距
2023-12-06He vowed that the CPPCC would give its full attention to factors affecting social stability that have their source in the excessive income gap, and of...
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low-carbon economy 低碳经济
2023-12-06The National Development and Reform Commission has confirmed the government will take concrete actions to develop a low-carbon economy after it pledge...
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dwelling narrowness 蜗居
2023-12-06高房价”住房难”受到社会关注,也牵动温家宝总理的心。2月27日与网民在线交流时,温家宝坦言,自己也知道所谓蜗居”的滋味。蜗居,即居住在狭小的空间”,作名词用时则指狭小的居住空间”。这个词在由小说改编的同名电视剧横扫2009年电视荧屏的同时也...
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Woot 噢吼
2023-12-06Woot is an interjection similar to "YAYE!" or "Woohoo!" used to express joy or excitement, usually about some kind of accomplishme...
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Nevertiree 永不退休的人
2023-12-06Nevertiree refers to someone who continues to work beyond the age when people usually retire. The term nevertiree is formed from a blend of never and ...
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Domestic goddess 家政女皇
2023-12-06Domestic goddess refers to a female who excels at baking, cooking, cleaning-housework of all sorts. She loves to please and enjoys hearing compliments...
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Bucket list 人生目标清单
2023-12-06Bucket list refers to a list of activities and achievements that a person hopes to accomplish in his or her lifetime. This phrase comes from the idiom...
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TV stoned 在电视机前“石化”
2023-12-06The phrase TV stoned” is used to describe a person who is completely deaf and blind to everything but his favorite show on television."TV s...
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Cyber hoarding 网络囤积
2023-12-06Cyber hoarding means an individual has an excessive amount of pointless word documents, pictures, etc. saved on his/her computer that s/he will never ...