新闻词汇俗语

1. accredited journalist n. 特派记者

2. advance n. 预发消息;预写消息

They have got advance information of the storm's approach.

他们事前已得到将有暴风雨的消息。

3. affair n. 桃色新闻;绯闻

4. anecdote n.趣闻轶事

He departs from the text to tell an anecdote.

他没讲课文而讲了一段轶事。

5. assignment n. 采写任务

He's going to India on an assignment for his newspaper.

他将去印度为他的报纸完成某项工作。

6. attribution n. 消息出处,消息来源

1. back alley news n. 小道消息

2. backgrounding n. 新闻背景

3. Bad news travels quickly. 坏事传千里。

4. banner n. 通栏标题

5. beat n. 采写范围

body n. 新闻正文

boil 压缩(篇幅)

The reporter boiled the story down to half the original length. 报告人把原稿压缩了一半。

box n. 花边新闻

brief n. 简讯

bulletin n. 新闻简报

Here is the latest bulletin about the President's health.

这是总统健康情况的最新报告。

byline n. 署名文章

caption n. 图片说明

I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.

直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。

caricature n. 漫画

carry vt. 刊登

cartoon n. 漫画

His cartoon mercilessly lampoon the leading politician of the day. 他的讽刺漫画无情地挖苦了当今的政界要人。

censor vt. 审查(新闻稿件),新闻审查

Several words have been deleted from the article by the censor. 那篇文章中有好几个字被新闻检查官删去了。

chart n. 每周流行音乐排行版

That song has been in the charts for weeks.

那首歌已有好几周都上了流行榜。

clipping n.剪报

I wish to apply for the position advertised in the enclosed clipping from the morning Herald.

本人欲申请<先驱早报>上广告招聘剪报随函寄去的职位。

column n.专栏;栏目

There are two columns on each page of this dictionary.

这本词典每一页有两栏。

columnist n.专栏作家

She's a columnist for USA Today.

她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

continued story 连载故事;连载小说

contributing editor 特约编辑

contribution n.(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿

The editor is short of contribution for the May issue.

编辑缺少五月号一期上的稿件。

contributor n. 投稿人

My friends in the Chinese press tell me that at present, there is no lack of contributors, but because of limitations in space, not all their works can be published.

华文报朋友告诉我,现阶段仍不乏投稿人士,但因篇幅不足未能全部刊登 copy desk n. 新闻编辑部

copy editor n. 文字编辑

1.correction n.更正(启事)

例句与用法:

The teacher wrote the proposed correction at foot.

老师将修改意见写在页底空白处。

I'm speaking under correction.

我说的不一定正确。

2.correspondence column读者来信专栏

例句与用法:

It seems from your correspondence column that Harold Wilson is a sacred cow.

从你的读者来信专栏看,哈罗德·威尔逊好像是个批评不得的人。

3.correspondent n.驻外记者;常驻外埠记者

例句与用法:

I'm handing you over now to our home affairs correspondent. 现在请听本台记者报道的国内新闻。

Your correspondent had only touched upon the fringe of the matter. 你的报导只谈到了问题的边缘。

4.cover vt.采访;采写

5.cover girl n. 封面女郎

1.covert coverage 隐性采访;秘密采访

2.crop vt.剪辑(图片)

3.crusade n .宣传攻势

The college students are active to crusade against the nuclear weapons. 大学生们积极投入开展反对核武器的运 动。

4.cut n.插图 vt.删减(字数)

Before this play is broadcast several cuts must be made.

这个剧目播出前必须经过数次剪辑。

5.cut line n.插图说明

1.daily n.日报

He writes exclusively for China Daily.

他专给《中国日报》写稿。

2.dateline n.新闻电头

The stories of newsmen on the scene have been wrapped up under a Paris dateline.

在现场的记者们的报导已经综合成一篇发自巴黎的电讯。

3.deadline n.截稿时间

4.dig vt.深入采访;追踪(新闻线索):“挖”(新闻)

5.digest n.文摘

1.editorial n.社论

I am on the editorial staff of the newspaper.

我在这家报纸的编辑部工作。

The editorial is entitled "..." .

这篇社论的题目是《。。。》。

2.editorial office 编辑部

3.editor's notes 编者按

4.exclusive n.独家新闻

5.expose n.揭丑新闻;新闻曝光

6.extra n.号外

7.eye-account n.目击记;记者见闻

1.faxed photo 传真照片

2.feature n.特写;专稿

3.feedback n.信息反馈

4.file n.发送消息;发稿

5.filler n.补白

1.First Amendment (美国宪法)第一修正案(内容有关新闻、出版自由等)

2.five "W's" of news 新闻五要素

3.flag n.报头;报名

4.folo (=follow-up) n.连续报道

5.Fourth Estate 第四等级(新闻界的别称)

6.freedom of the Press 新闻自由

7.free-lancer n.自由撰稿人

8.full position 醒目位置

Good news comes on crutches. 好事不出门

grapevine n. 小道消息

They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.

已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。

gutter n. 中缝

hard news 硬新闻;纯消息

headline n. 新闻标题;内容提要

A sports headline reads, "Curling stone start sliding Monday." 一条体育新闻大字标题这样写道:“冰上掷石赛将于周一开始

hearsay n. 小道消息

highlights n. 要闻

Judgment should be based on facts, not on hearsay.

判断应该以事实为依据,而不应该依靠道听途说。

hot news 热点新闻

human interest 人情味

in-depth reporting 深度报道

insert n.& vt. 插补段落;插稿

interpretative reporting 解释性报道

invasion of privacy 侵犯隐私(权)

inverted pyramid 倒金字塔(写作结构)

investigative reporting 调查性报道

journalism n. 新闻业;新闻学

When he left school he took up journalism.

他离开学校后开始从事新闻工作。

Journalism is literature in a hurry 新闻是急就文学.

journalist n. 新闻记者

He has broken into a career as an international journalist.

他开始了他作为国际新闻记者的生涯。

kill vt. 退弃(稿件);枪毙(稿件)

layout n. 版面编排;版面设计

Please fax me the layout for the new catalogue.

请用传真机把新目录的版面编排图样传送给我.

lead n.导语

libel n. 诽谤(罪)

The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while slander is spoken.

诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书面的,而后者是口头的。

makeup n. 版面设计

man of the year 年度新闻人物,年度风云人物

mass communication 大众传播(学)

From 1986 to 1987 I was teaching English training courses for students in international trade and mass communication.

1986年至1987年,我教过英语培训班,学员来自外贸和大众传播单位

mass media 大众传播媒介

The play received the approbation of the mass media.

这个剧本受到大众媒体的欢迎。

master head n. 报头;报名

media n.媒介,媒体

Viewers here have reaped the benefits of media liberalisation. 当然,本地媒体开放,观众也看到了好处

Mere report is not enough to go upon 仅是传闻不足为凭。

morgue n.报刊资料室

news agency 通讯社

That foreign news agency report hashed up the account of the accident. 那家外国通讯社对此事件的报导简直是乱说一通,牛头不对马嘴。

news clue 新闻线索

news peg 新闻线索,新闻电头

newsprint 新闻纸

Final award has already been made on the first newsprint paper antidumping case.

首例新闻纸反倾销案已经终裁。

news value 新闻价值

No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息

No, but I suppose no news is good news.

没有。不过我认为没有消息就是好消息。

nose for news 新闻敏感

obituary n. 讣告

I read Sewell's obituary in the Daily News.

我在《每日新闻》上读到了休厄尔的讣告。

objectivity n. 客观性

off the record 不宜公开报道

The President told the reporters his remarks were strictly off the record. 总统告诉记者们他的谈话不得公开发表。

opinion poll 民意测验

The president has a favourable rating in the opinion poll.

民意测验对总统评价很好。

periodical 期刊

The Belgian Communists have put out a new periodical.

比利时共产党员出版了一个新刊物。

pipeline 匿名消息来源

popular paper 大众化报纸;通俗报纸

press 报界;新闻界

The press are[is] interested in sports.

新闻界对体育运动感兴趣。

press conference 新闻发布会;记者招待台

The spokesman was bombarded with questions on the press conference. 新闻发布会上那位发言人遭到了连珠炮般的发问。

press law 新闻法

press release 新闻公告;新闻简报

The company send out a press release about the launch of the new car. 公司发出了即将投放这种新型汽车的新闻稿。

PR man 公关先生

profile n. 人物专访;人物特写

The newspaper publishes a profile of a leading sportsman every week. 该报每周刊登一篇关于一个优秀运动员的简介.

proofreader n. 校对员

The proofreader did his best not to let any mistakes get by. 校对员尽力不让任何错误疏漏。

pseudo event 假新闻

Poll have become the quintessential pseudo- event of the preprimary campaign.

民意调查已经成了初选选战最典型的假事件。

quality paper 高级报纸;严肃报纸

quarterly n. 季刊

The ICAC now produces a quarterly newsletter on matters of mutual interest for anti-corruption agencies in the region. 目前,廉署负责就地区内共同关注的事情出版季刊,并派发予各反贪机构。

readability n. 可读性

reader's interest 读者兴趣

reject 退弃(稿件)

remuneration 稿费;稿酬

reporter 记者

rewrite 改写(稿件),改稿

round-up 综合消息

scandal 丑闻

It's a scandal for a city official to take tax money for his own use. 一个市政官员将税款挪为己用是一则丑闻。

scoop “抢”(新闻) n.独家新闻

Getting that story was the scoop of a lifetime for the journalist. 获得那个消息是这位记者终身难逢的独家新闻。

sensational 耸人听闻的;具有轰动效应的

He also fabricates sensational lies to befuddle world opinion. 他也编造耸人听闻的谎言欺骗世界舆论。

sex scandal 桃色新闻

That hatchet man released rumor of a sex scandal to the press. 那个撰文者把桃色丑闻泄露给新闻界。

sidebar 花絮新闻

slant 主观报道;片面报道

slink ink “爬格子”

soft news 软新闻

source 新闻来源;消息灵通人士

spike vt. 退弃(稿件):“枪毙”(稿件)

The editor spiked the story.

编辑删去了这篇报道。

stone vt. 拼版

story n. 消息;稿件;文章

stringer n. 特约记者;通讯员

subhead n. 小标题;副标题

supplement n. 号外;副刊;增刊

A supplement to this dictionary may be published next year.

该词典的补编或许将于明年出版。

suspended interest 悬念

thumbnail n. “豆腐干”(文章)

timeliness n. 时效性;时新性

tip n. 内幕新闻;秘密消息

trim n. 删改(稿件)

update n. 更新(新闻内容),增强(时效性)

The TV updated a news story on the bad storm coming to our area. 电视就我们地区即将来临的暴风雨作了最新报道。

watchdog n.&vt.舆论监督

weekly n. 周报

He advertised for a house in several weekly periodicals.

他在几家周刊上登广告找房子。

wire service n. 通讯社

summit 高层会议

A Western European summit was held in Bonn.

在波恩举行了西欧各国首脑会议。

charter n. 特许状, 执照, 宪章

The government chartered the new airline.

政府给这家新航空公司颁发了许可证。

pledge n. 保证; 誓言

The government should fulfil its pledge.

政府应该履行其诺言。

promote peace 促进和平

What does the United Nations do to promote peace and security? 联合国如何促进和平与安全?

boost economic co-op 加强经济合作

make concession/compromise 作出妥协

I am prepared to make some concession on minor details , but I cannot compromise on fundamentals.

我准备在一些次要的细节上做些让步,但是我不能在原则问题上妥协。 pass a resolution 通过决议

The meeting pass or carry or adopt a resolution to go on strike. 会议通过了罢工的决议。

sanction n. 核准, 制裁, 处罚, 约束力

Various Members have suffered this sanction over the years.

历年来一些会员国受到这一处罚。

veto a bill 否决议案

The president threaten to use his veto over the bill.

总统威胁要对这个议案行使否决权。

break the deadlock

打破僵局

A compromise may break the deadlock between the union and management. 妥协也许能打破劳资双方所处的僵局。

a scientific breakthrough

科学突破

The ASR is a monumental scientific breakthrough that could banish forever the threat of some forms of blindness.

人造硅视网膜是一项里程碑式的科学突破,有可能永远消除一些失明病的威胁。 an unexpected outcome

出乎意料的结果

sign/ratify an accord/deal/treaty/pact/agreement

签署协议

diplomatically isolated country

在外交上被孤立的国家

diplomatic solutions

外交解决方案

hot spot

热点

The stationing of troops by Vietnam in Kampuchea has actually turned Sino-Soviet relations into a hot spot.

越南在柬埔寨驻军也是中苏关系实际上处于热点的问题。

take hostilities toward..

对„„采取敌对态度

ethnic cleansing

种族排斥

He has also conducted ethnic cleansing against the Shi'a Iraqis and the Marsh Arabs whose culture has flourished for more than a millennium. 他还对已有1000年灿烂文化的伊拉克少数民族和阿拉伯部落进行种族排斥。 illegal aliens

非法移民

mediator

调解员

Who will act as mediator in the dispute.

谁在争端中充当调解人?

national convention

国民大会

fight corruption

反腐败

Efforts were intensified to build a clean and honest government and fight corruption, yielding notable results.

廉政建设和反腐败斗争力度加大,成绩显著。

corrupted election

腐败的选举

peace process

和平进程

give a boost to 促进

How can we give a boost to the economy?

怎样才能把国民经济搞上去?

booming economy 促进经济发展

Our economy is booming and foreign companies are confidently pumping in capital.

我们的经济发达,外国公司放心投资。

mutual benefits/interests 双赢

Expand trade between us will be to our mutual benefits.

扩大我们之间的贸易将对我们双方有利。

Defense Minister,evacuate ,flee from Pentagon 五角大楼

impose/break a deadline 规定/打破最后期限

retaliate vi. 报复, 反击

If you strike me, I shall retaliate.

你要是打我, 我就还击。

banking reform 金融改革

commissioner n.专员, 长官;委员

The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。

go bankrupt 破产

I've heard whispers that the firm is likely to go bankrupt.

我听到传闻说公司很可能要破产。

file for bankruptcy 提出破产

deputy n. 副手, 代理人

John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.

我离开期间, 约翰将代理我的职务。

external forces 外部力量

It is not far fetched to imagine that these external forces can even bring down governments and their economies!

你别说不可思议,这些外部势力甚至可以把政府和它们的经济搞垮。

speculate ,disarmament agreement 裁军协议

mandate ,to lift a boycott 取消禁令

withdraw ,embargo ,impose sanctions against... 实施制裁

dismantle 销毁

The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。

the implementation of an accord 执行决议

to ease the ban on ivory trade 缓解对象牙贸易的禁令

to harbor sb.保护

animal conservation 动物保护

There will be a talk about animal conservation and, on the lighter side, a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

将有一个关于保护动物的报告,别外还有卡通片《汤姆和杰里》。

threatened/endangered species

濒危物种

illegal poaching

非法捕猎

face extinction

濒临灭亡

Gallup/opinion/exit poll,survey

民意调查

stand trial

受审

radioactive adj. 放射性的

People should keep away from the radioactive waste.

人们应远离放射性废物。

radiation n. 辐射(能); 放射

The sun, a lamp, or an electric heater all warm us by radiation. 太阳、灯或电热器都可以通过辐射来温暖我们。

uranium enrichment program 铀浓缩计划

nuke nonproliferation 核部扩散

fake goods 假货

notorious adj. 臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的

He is a notorious rake.

他是个声名狼藉的浪子。

bloody tyrant 血腥独裁者

execution n. 依法处决

Executions used to be held in public.

过去处决犯人都公开执行。

death penalty 死刑

Recent crimes lean me more towards favouring death penalty.

最近的犯罪情况使我们更加倾向于赞同死刑。

predecessor 前任

Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.

我们的新医生比他的前任年轻得多。

military option 军事解决途径(动用武力)

escalating tension 逐步升级的局势

military coupe 军事政变

forced from office 被赶下台

step down/aside下台

Pressure mounts on Japan PM Mori to step down.

要求日相森喜朗下台压力日渐升高。

on the brink of war 处于战争边缘

heavy fighting 激战

genocide 种族灭绝

Genocide is an offense to all civilized human beings.

种族灭绝违反文明人的道德规范的罪行。

relief effort 救济工作

humanitarian aid 人道主义援助

In turn, the United States would increase humanitarian aid to Palestine. 美国将相应增加对巴勒斯坦的人道主义援助。

end the bloodshed 结束流血事件

special envoy 特使

The special envoy's visit establish a link between the two countries. 特使的出访在两国间建立了联系。

peace-keeping forces 维和部队

guerrilla war 游击战争

Chapter VIII Development of Guerrilla War into Mobile War

第八章游击战向运动战发展

border dispute 边境争端

We rejected their conditions for settling the border dispute. 我们拒绝了他们对解决边界争争端出的条件。

We wont to smoke cigarettes before sleep.

[误译] 我们不愿睡前抽烟.

[原意] 我们习惯于睡前抽烟.

[说明] 句中的wont 不是won’t(will not),而是不及物动词, 意为" 习惯"," 惯常". 可见, 连小至一个逗点都不能忽视, 否则就会误译罗

Why is Victor walking on air?

[误译] Victor 为什么在腾云驾雾?

[原意] Victor 为什么兴高采烈?

[说明] walk on air,为俗语, 意为“兴高采烈”,"得意洋洋" 。

Kirk never has words with his neighbours.

[误译] Kirk从不与他的邻居说话.

[原意] Kirk从不与他的邻居中吵嘴.

[说明] have words with sb 是习惯用语, 意为与某人吵嘴;have a word with sb 才是与某人说话的意思

He did business without return.

[误译] 他去做生意没有回来。

[原意] 他做生意没赚到钱。

[说明] without return 意为“赚不到钱”,“无利可图”。

That child told his mother a white lie.

[误译] 那个小孩向他妈妈说了一个白色的位置。

[原意] 那个小孩向他妈妈撒了一个小谎。

[说明] white lie 意为“无恶意的谎言”,“小谎言”。

Lumbermen fell trees year-round.

[误译] 伐木工人砍伐有年轮的树木。

[原意] 伐木工人一年到头地砍伐树木。

[说明] year-round 当形容词时意为“一年到头的”,“全[整]年的”;当副词用时意为“全[整]年地”,在本例中当副词。annual ring 和 growth ring 才是“年轮”

Rene was wronged.

[误译] Rene错了。

[原意] Rene是冤枉的(即Rene 受到冤枉)。

[说明] 本例中的wrong 并非解作“错误的”之形容词,而是解作“冤枉”之及物动词。(被动式)。

Won’t you sit down.

[误译] 你不要坐吗?

[原意] 请坐。

[说明] 本例是否定修辞疑问句表示肯定的意义

翻译:

A:Will you swim with us?

B:Will a duck swim?

[误译]

A:你愿意与我们一块去游泳吗?

B:鸭子愿意游泳吗?

[原意]

A:你愿意与我们一块去游泳吗?

B:这还用问吗?

Harry is too yellow to arrest the escaped prisoner.

[误译] 哈里面色太黄(身体太弱),无力捉拿那个逃犯。

[原意] 哈里太胆小,不敢捉拿那个逃犯。

[说明] yellow为俚语,意为“胆怯的”,“懦弱的”

Logan would sooner die than take drugs!

[误译] Logan死得快而未能吸毒。

[原意] Logan宁死也不愿吸毒。

[说明] would sooner …than…是习语,意为“宁愿……而不愿……”.

Lily is a woman of the world.

[误译] Lily 是个世界知名的女人。

[原意] Lily是个深通人情世故的女人。

[说明] woman of the world,意为“深通人情世故的女人”。

Where’s the Who’s Who of Artists.

[误译] 不知道姓名的艺术家在哪里?

[原意] 那本《艺术家名人录》在哪里?

[说明] who’s who(合成名词)意为“名人录”(在作实际书名时要采用大写)。

Why did kent attack Leo with a vengeance a few days ago?

[误译] 为什么肯特日前攻击利奥以报一箭之仇?

[原意] 为什么肯特日前激烈地攻击利奥?

[说明] with a vengeance 是习语(口语) ,意为“激烈地”,“猛烈地”,“极度地”,“彻底地”。 WHO was established in 1948.

[误译]

谁在1948年开业?

[原意]

世界卫生组织成立于1948年。

[说明] 本例句并非疑问句而是陈述句。WHO 不是“谁”,而是“世界卫生组织”。 即WHO=World Health Organization.

He is a white-haired boy of the general manager.

[误译] 他是总经理的一个早生白发的儿子。

[原意] 他是总经理的大红人。

[说明] White-haired boy 和fair-haired boy 是口语,意为“大红人”,“宠儿”

容易误译的英语(30)with a grain/pinch of salt

翻译:

Joanna took the news about the rising in price of edible oil with a grain/pinch of salt.

[误译] Joanna 得到了食油和粒状食盐价格上涨的消息。

[原意] Joanna 对食油价格上涨的消息半信半疑。

[说明] with a grain/pinch of salt是习语,意为“半信半疑”,“可疑”。

He left his pet dog with Billie.

[误译] 他把他的爱犬和Billie 一起留下就走了。

[原意] 他把爱犬交给Billie 照顾。

[说明] 本例中的with (介词)意为“由……照顾”之意。

Jenny was with child when she left Guangzhou.

[误译] Jenny离开广州时是带着孩子一起走的。

[原意] Jenny离开广州时已怀孕了。

[说明] with child 是习语, 意为“怀孕”。若在child 前加个不定冠词a, 即with a child , 意思就变成" 带着孩子" 了。

Eg:Mona left for Beijing with a child .(Mona 带着孩子去北京了。)

翻译:The chairman of the board of directors did not receive Walker

yesterday because he was a walk-in.

[误译] 董事长昨天不接待步行者, 因为他是擅自走进来的。

[原意] 董事长昨天不接见沃克, 因为他是未经预约而来的。

[说明] Walker 是姓氏" 沃克" ,若是步行者其前应有冠词且不大写. 而walk-in (N)意为" 未经预约而来的人" 。

Bert passed the spoken language exam with the skin of his teeth.

[误译] Bert 轻而易举地通过了口语考试。

[原意] Bert 差一点就没地通过口语考试。

[说明] with /by the skin of one’s teeth是源典故的口语(介词短语),意为“差一点没”,“险些没”,“好不容易才”,“侥幸”。

1. accredited journalist n. 特派记者

2. advance n. 预发消息;预写消息

They have got advance information of the storm's approach.

他们事前已得到将有暴风雨的消息。

3. affair n. 桃色新闻;绯闻

4. anecdote n.趣闻轶事

He departs from the text to tell an anecdote.

他没讲课文而讲了一段轶事。

5. assignment n. 采写任务

He's going to India on an assignment for his newspaper.

他将去印度为他的报纸完成某项工作。

6. attribution n. 消息出处,消息来源

1. back alley news n. 小道消息

2. backgrounding n. 新闻背景

3. Bad news travels quickly. 坏事传千里。

4. banner n. 通栏标题

5. beat n. 采写范围

body n. 新闻正文

boil 压缩(篇幅)

The reporter boiled the story down to half the original length. 报告人把原稿压缩了一半。

box n. 花边新闻

brief n. 简讯

bulletin n. 新闻简报

Here is the latest bulletin about the President's health.

这是总统健康情况的最新报告。

byline n. 署名文章

caption n. 图片说明

I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.

直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。

caricature n. 漫画

carry vt. 刊登

cartoon n. 漫画

His cartoon mercilessly lampoon the leading politician of the day. 他的讽刺漫画无情地挖苦了当今的政界要人。

censor vt. 审查(新闻稿件),新闻审查

Several words have been deleted from the article by the censor. 那篇文章中有好几个字被新闻检查官删去了。

chart n. 每周流行音乐排行版

That song has been in the charts for weeks.

那首歌已有好几周都上了流行榜。

clipping n.剪报

I wish to apply for the position advertised in the enclosed clipping from the morning Herald.

本人欲申请<先驱早报>上广告招聘剪报随函寄去的职位。

column n.专栏;栏目

There are two columns on each page of this dictionary.

这本词典每一页有两栏。

columnist n.专栏作家

She's a columnist for USA Today.

她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

continued story 连载故事;连载小说

contributing editor 特约编辑

contribution n.(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿

The editor is short of contribution for the May issue.

编辑缺少五月号一期上的稿件。

contributor n. 投稿人

My friends in the Chinese press tell me that at present, there is no lack of contributors, but because of limitations in space, not all their works can be published.

华文报朋友告诉我,现阶段仍不乏投稿人士,但因篇幅不足未能全部刊登 copy desk n. 新闻编辑部

copy editor n. 文字编辑

1.correction n.更正(启事)

例句与用法:

The teacher wrote the proposed correction at foot.

老师将修改意见写在页底空白处。

I'm speaking under correction.

我说的不一定正确。

2.correspondence column读者来信专栏

例句与用法:

It seems from your correspondence column that Harold Wilson is a sacred cow.

从你的读者来信专栏看,哈罗德·威尔逊好像是个批评不得的人。

3.correspondent n.驻外记者;常驻外埠记者

例句与用法:

I'm handing you over now to our home affairs correspondent. 现在请听本台记者报道的国内新闻。

Your correspondent had only touched upon the fringe of the matter. 你的报导只谈到了问题的边缘。

4.cover vt.采访;采写

5.cover girl n. 封面女郎

1.covert coverage 隐性采访;秘密采访

2.crop vt.剪辑(图片)

3.crusade n .宣传攻势

The college students are active to crusade against the nuclear weapons. 大学生们积极投入开展反对核武器的运 动。

4.cut n.插图 vt.删减(字数)

Before this play is broadcast several cuts must be made.

这个剧目播出前必须经过数次剪辑。

5.cut line n.插图说明

1.daily n.日报

He writes exclusively for China Daily.

他专给《中国日报》写稿。

2.dateline n.新闻电头

The stories of newsmen on the scene have been wrapped up under a Paris dateline.

在现场的记者们的报导已经综合成一篇发自巴黎的电讯。

3.deadline n.截稿时间

4.dig vt.深入采访;追踪(新闻线索):“挖”(新闻)

5.digest n.文摘

1.editorial n.社论

I am on the editorial staff of the newspaper.

我在这家报纸的编辑部工作。

The editorial is entitled "..." .

这篇社论的题目是《。。。》。

2.editorial office 编辑部

3.editor's notes 编者按

4.exclusive n.独家新闻

5.expose n.揭丑新闻;新闻曝光

6.extra n.号外

7.eye-account n.目击记;记者见闻

1.faxed photo 传真照片

2.feature n.特写;专稿

3.feedback n.信息反馈

4.file n.发送消息;发稿

5.filler n.补白

1.First Amendment (美国宪法)第一修正案(内容有关新闻、出版自由等)

2.five "W's" of news 新闻五要素

3.flag n.报头;报名

4.folo (=follow-up) n.连续报道

5.Fourth Estate 第四等级(新闻界的别称)

6.freedom of the Press 新闻自由

7.free-lancer n.自由撰稿人

8.full position 醒目位置

Good news comes on crutches. 好事不出门

grapevine n. 小道消息

They were told to desist from spreading grapevine news.

已告诉他们停止散布小道消息。

gutter n. 中缝

hard news 硬新闻;纯消息

headline n. 新闻标题;内容提要

A sports headline reads, "Curling stone start sliding Monday." 一条体育新闻大字标题这样写道:“冰上掷石赛将于周一开始

hearsay n. 小道消息

highlights n. 要闻

Judgment should be based on facts, not on hearsay.

判断应该以事实为依据,而不应该依靠道听途说。

hot news 热点新闻

human interest 人情味

in-depth reporting 深度报道

insert n.& vt. 插补段落;插稿

interpretative reporting 解释性报道

invasion of privacy 侵犯隐私(权)

inverted pyramid 倒金字塔(写作结构)

investigative reporting 调查性报道

journalism n. 新闻业;新闻学

When he left school he took up journalism.

他离开学校后开始从事新闻工作。

Journalism is literature in a hurry 新闻是急就文学.

journalist n. 新闻记者

He has broken into a career as an international journalist.

他开始了他作为国际新闻记者的生涯。

kill vt. 退弃(稿件);枪毙(稿件)

layout n. 版面编排;版面设计

Please fax me the layout for the new catalogue.

请用传真机把新目录的版面编排图样传送给我.

lead n.导语

libel n. 诽谤(罪)

The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while slander is spoken.

诽谤和流言的区别在于前者是书面的,而后者是口头的。

makeup n. 版面设计

man of the year 年度新闻人物,年度风云人物

mass communication 大众传播(学)

From 1986 to 1987 I was teaching English training courses for students in international trade and mass communication.

1986年至1987年,我教过英语培训班,学员来自外贸和大众传播单位

mass media 大众传播媒介

The play received the approbation of the mass media.

这个剧本受到大众媒体的欢迎。

master head n. 报头;报名

media n.媒介,媒体

Viewers here have reaped the benefits of media liberalisation. 当然,本地媒体开放,观众也看到了好处

Mere report is not enough to go upon 仅是传闻不足为凭。

morgue n.报刊资料室

news agency 通讯社

That foreign news agency report hashed up the account of the accident. 那家外国通讯社对此事件的报导简直是乱说一通,牛头不对马嘴。

news clue 新闻线索

news peg 新闻线索,新闻电头

newsprint 新闻纸

Final award has already been made on the first newsprint paper antidumping case.

首例新闻纸反倾销案已经终裁。

news value 新闻价值

No news is good news. 没有消息就是好消息

No, but I suppose no news is good news.

没有。不过我认为没有消息就是好消息。

nose for news 新闻敏感

obituary n. 讣告

I read Sewell's obituary in the Daily News.

我在《每日新闻》上读到了休厄尔的讣告。

objectivity n. 客观性

off the record 不宜公开报道

The President told the reporters his remarks were strictly off the record. 总统告诉记者们他的谈话不得公开发表。

opinion poll 民意测验

The president has a favourable rating in the opinion poll.

民意测验对总统评价很好。

periodical 期刊

The Belgian Communists have put out a new periodical.

比利时共产党员出版了一个新刊物。

pipeline 匿名消息来源

popular paper 大众化报纸;通俗报纸

press 报界;新闻界

The press are[is] interested in sports.

新闻界对体育运动感兴趣。

press conference 新闻发布会;记者招待台

The spokesman was bombarded with questions on the press conference. 新闻发布会上那位发言人遭到了连珠炮般的发问。

press law 新闻法

press release 新闻公告;新闻简报

The company send out a press release about the launch of the new car. 公司发出了即将投放这种新型汽车的新闻稿。

PR man 公关先生

profile n. 人物专访;人物特写

The newspaper publishes a profile of a leading sportsman every week. 该报每周刊登一篇关于一个优秀运动员的简介.

proofreader n. 校对员

The proofreader did his best not to let any mistakes get by. 校对员尽力不让任何错误疏漏。

pseudo event 假新闻

Poll have become the quintessential pseudo- event of the preprimary campaign.

民意调查已经成了初选选战最典型的假事件。

quality paper 高级报纸;严肃报纸

quarterly n. 季刊

The ICAC now produces a quarterly newsletter on matters of mutual interest for anti-corruption agencies in the region. 目前,廉署负责就地区内共同关注的事情出版季刊,并派发予各反贪机构。

readability n. 可读性

reader's interest 读者兴趣

reject 退弃(稿件)

remuneration 稿费;稿酬

reporter 记者

rewrite 改写(稿件),改稿

round-up 综合消息

scandal 丑闻

It's a scandal for a city official to take tax money for his own use. 一个市政官员将税款挪为己用是一则丑闻。

scoop “抢”(新闻) n.独家新闻

Getting that story was the scoop of a lifetime for the journalist. 获得那个消息是这位记者终身难逢的独家新闻。

sensational 耸人听闻的;具有轰动效应的

He also fabricates sensational lies to befuddle world opinion. 他也编造耸人听闻的谎言欺骗世界舆论。

sex scandal 桃色新闻

That hatchet man released rumor of a sex scandal to the press. 那个撰文者把桃色丑闻泄露给新闻界。

sidebar 花絮新闻

slant 主观报道;片面报道

slink ink “爬格子”

soft news 软新闻

source 新闻来源;消息灵通人士

spike vt. 退弃(稿件):“枪毙”(稿件)

The editor spiked the story.

编辑删去了这篇报道。

stone vt. 拼版

story n. 消息;稿件;文章

stringer n. 特约记者;通讯员

subhead n. 小标题;副标题

supplement n. 号外;副刊;增刊

A supplement to this dictionary may be published next year.

该词典的补编或许将于明年出版。

suspended interest 悬念

thumbnail n. “豆腐干”(文章)

timeliness n. 时效性;时新性

tip n. 内幕新闻;秘密消息

trim n. 删改(稿件)

update n. 更新(新闻内容),增强(时效性)

The TV updated a news story on the bad storm coming to our area. 电视就我们地区即将来临的暴风雨作了最新报道。

watchdog n.&vt.舆论监督

weekly n. 周报

He advertised for a house in several weekly periodicals.

他在几家周刊上登广告找房子。

wire service n. 通讯社

summit 高层会议

A Western European summit was held in Bonn.

在波恩举行了西欧各国首脑会议。

charter n. 特许状, 执照, 宪章

The government chartered the new airline.

政府给这家新航空公司颁发了许可证。

pledge n. 保证; 誓言

The government should fulfil its pledge.

政府应该履行其诺言。

promote peace 促进和平

What does the United Nations do to promote peace and security? 联合国如何促进和平与安全?

boost economic co-op 加强经济合作

make concession/compromise 作出妥协

I am prepared to make some concession on minor details , but I cannot compromise on fundamentals.

我准备在一些次要的细节上做些让步,但是我不能在原则问题上妥协。 pass a resolution 通过决议

The meeting pass or carry or adopt a resolution to go on strike. 会议通过了罢工的决议。

sanction n. 核准, 制裁, 处罚, 约束力

Various Members have suffered this sanction over the years.

历年来一些会员国受到这一处罚。

veto a bill 否决议案

The president threaten to use his veto over the bill.

总统威胁要对这个议案行使否决权。

break the deadlock

打破僵局

A compromise may break the deadlock between the union and management. 妥协也许能打破劳资双方所处的僵局。

a scientific breakthrough

科学突破

The ASR is a monumental scientific breakthrough that could banish forever the threat of some forms of blindness.

人造硅视网膜是一项里程碑式的科学突破,有可能永远消除一些失明病的威胁。 an unexpected outcome

出乎意料的结果

sign/ratify an accord/deal/treaty/pact/agreement

签署协议

diplomatically isolated country

在外交上被孤立的国家

diplomatic solutions

外交解决方案

hot spot

热点

The stationing of troops by Vietnam in Kampuchea has actually turned Sino-Soviet relations into a hot spot.

越南在柬埔寨驻军也是中苏关系实际上处于热点的问题。

take hostilities toward..

对„„采取敌对态度

ethnic cleansing

种族排斥

He has also conducted ethnic cleansing against the Shi'a Iraqis and the Marsh Arabs whose culture has flourished for more than a millennium. 他还对已有1000年灿烂文化的伊拉克少数民族和阿拉伯部落进行种族排斥。 illegal aliens

非法移民

mediator

调解员

Who will act as mediator in the dispute.

谁在争端中充当调解人?

national convention

国民大会

fight corruption

反腐败

Efforts were intensified to build a clean and honest government and fight corruption, yielding notable results.

廉政建设和反腐败斗争力度加大,成绩显著。

corrupted election

腐败的选举

peace process

和平进程

give a boost to 促进

How can we give a boost to the economy?

怎样才能把国民经济搞上去?

booming economy 促进经济发展

Our economy is booming and foreign companies are confidently pumping in capital.

我们的经济发达,外国公司放心投资。

mutual benefits/interests 双赢

Expand trade between us will be to our mutual benefits.

扩大我们之间的贸易将对我们双方有利。

Defense Minister,evacuate ,flee from Pentagon 五角大楼

impose/break a deadline 规定/打破最后期限

retaliate vi. 报复, 反击

If you strike me, I shall retaliate.

你要是打我, 我就还击。

banking reform 金融改革

commissioner n.专员, 长官;委员

The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。

go bankrupt 破产

I've heard whispers that the firm is likely to go bankrupt.

我听到传闻说公司很可能要破产。

file for bankruptcy 提出破产

deputy n. 副手, 代理人

John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.

我离开期间, 约翰将代理我的职务。

external forces 外部力量

It is not far fetched to imagine that these external forces can even bring down governments and their economies!

你别说不可思议,这些外部势力甚至可以把政府和它们的经济搞垮。

speculate ,disarmament agreement 裁军协议

mandate ,to lift a boycott 取消禁令

withdraw ,embargo ,impose sanctions against... 实施制裁

dismantle 销毁

The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。

the implementation of an accord 执行决议

to ease the ban on ivory trade 缓解对象牙贸易的禁令

to harbor sb.保护

animal conservation 动物保护

There will be a talk about animal conservation and, on the lighter side, a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

将有一个关于保护动物的报告,别外还有卡通片《汤姆和杰里》。

threatened/endangered species

濒危物种

illegal poaching

非法捕猎

face extinction

濒临灭亡

Gallup/opinion/exit poll,survey

民意调查

stand trial

受审

radioactive adj. 放射性的

People should keep away from the radioactive waste.

人们应远离放射性废物。

radiation n. 辐射(能); 放射

The sun, a lamp, or an electric heater all warm us by radiation. 太阳、灯或电热器都可以通过辐射来温暖我们。

uranium enrichment program 铀浓缩计划

nuke nonproliferation 核部扩散

fake goods 假货

notorious adj. 臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的

He is a notorious rake.

他是个声名狼藉的浪子。

bloody tyrant 血腥独裁者

execution n. 依法处决

Executions used to be held in public.

过去处决犯人都公开执行。

death penalty 死刑

Recent crimes lean me more towards favouring death penalty.

最近的犯罪情况使我们更加倾向于赞同死刑。

predecessor 前任

Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor.

我们的新医生比他的前任年轻得多。

military option 军事解决途径(动用武力)

escalating tension 逐步升级的局势

military coupe 军事政变

forced from office 被赶下台

step down/aside下台

Pressure mounts on Japan PM Mori to step down.

要求日相森喜朗下台压力日渐升高。

on the brink of war 处于战争边缘

heavy fighting 激战

genocide 种族灭绝

Genocide is an offense to all civilized human beings.

种族灭绝违反文明人的道德规范的罪行。

relief effort 救济工作

humanitarian aid 人道主义援助

In turn, the United States would increase humanitarian aid to Palestine. 美国将相应增加对巴勒斯坦的人道主义援助。

end the bloodshed 结束流血事件

special envoy 特使

The special envoy's visit establish a link between the two countries. 特使的出访在两国间建立了联系。

peace-keeping forces 维和部队

guerrilla war 游击战争

Chapter VIII Development of Guerrilla War into Mobile War

第八章游击战向运动战发展

border dispute 边境争端

We rejected their conditions for settling the border dispute. 我们拒绝了他们对解决边界争争端出的条件。

We wont to smoke cigarettes before sleep.

[误译] 我们不愿睡前抽烟.

[原意] 我们习惯于睡前抽烟.

[说明] 句中的wont 不是won’t(will not),而是不及物动词, 意为" 习惯"," 惯常". 可见, 连小至一个逗点都不能忽视, 否则就会误译罗

Why is Victor walking on air?

[误译] Victor 为什么在腾云驾雾?

[原意] Victor 为什么兴高采烈?

[说明] walk on air,为俗语, 意为“兴高采烈”,"得意洋洋" 。

Kirk never has words with his neighbours.

[误译] Kirk从不与他的邻居说话.

[原意] Kirk从不与他的邻居中吵嘴.

[说明] have words with sb 是习惯用语, 意为与某人吵嘴;have a word with sb 才是与某人说话的意思

He did business without return.

[误译] 他去做生意没有回来。

[原意] 他做生意没赚到钱。

[说明] without return 意为“赚不到钱”,“无利可图”。

That child told his mother a white lie.

[误译] 那个小孩向他妈妈说了一个白色的位置。

[原意] 那个小孩向他妈妈撒了一个小谎。

[说明] white lie 意为“无恶意的谎言”,“小谎言”。

Lumbermen fell trees year-round.

[误译] 伐木工人砍伐有年轮的树木。

[原意] 伐木工人一年到头地砍伐树木。

[说明] year-round 当形容词时意为“一年到头的”,“全[整]年的”;当副词用时意为“全[整]年地”,在本例中当副词。annual ring 和 growth ring 才是“年轮”

Rene was wronged.

[误译] Rene错了。

[原意] Rene是冤枉的(即Rene 受到冤枉)。

[说明] 本例中的wrong 并非解作“错误的”之形容词,而是解作“冤枉”之及物动词。(被动式)。

Won’t you sit down.

[误译] 你不要坐吗?

[原意] 请坐。

[说明] 本例是否定修辞疑问句表示肯定的意义

翻译:

A:Will you swim with us?

B:Will a duck swim?

[误译]

A:你愿意与我们一块去游泳吗?

B:鸭子愿意游泳吗?

[原意]

A:你愿意与我们一块去游泳吗?

B:这还用问吗?

Harry is too yellow to arrest the escaped prisoner.

[误译] 哈里面色太黄(身体太弱),无力捉拿那个逃犯。

[原意] 哈里太胆小,不敢捉拿那个逃犯。

[说明] yellow为俚语,意为“胆怯的”,“懦弱的”

Logan would sooner die than take drugs!

[误译] Logan死得快而未能吸毒。

[原意] Logan宁死也不愿吸毒。

[说明] would sooner …than…是习语,意为“宁愿……而不愿……”.

Lily is a woman of the world.

[误译] Lily 是个世界知名的女人。

[原意] Lily是个深通人情世故的女人。

[说明] woman of the world,意为“深通人情世故的女人”。

Where’s the Who’s Who of Artists.

[误译] 不知道姓名的艺术家在哪里?

[原意] 那本《艺术家名人录》在哪里?

[说明] who’s who(合成名词)意为“名人录”(在作实际书名时要采用大写)。

Why did kent attack Leo with a vengeance a few days ago?

[误译] 为什么肯特日前攻击利奥以报一箭之仇?

[原意] 为什么肯特日前激烈地攻击利奥?

[说明] with a vengeance 是习语(口语) ,意为“激烈地”,“猛烈地”,“极度地”,“彻底地”。 WHO was established in 1948.

[误译]

谁在1948年开业?

[原意]

世界卫生组织成立于1948年。

[说明] 本例句并非疑问句而是陈述句。WHO 不是“谁”,而是“世界卫生组织”。 即WHO=World Health Organization.

He is a white-haired boy of the general manager.

[误译] 他是总经理的一个早生白发的儿子。

[原意] 他是总经理的大红人。

[说明] White-haired boy 和fair-haired boy 是口语,意为“大红人”,“宠儿”

容易误译的英语(30)with a grain/pinch of salt

翻译:

Joanna took the news about the rising in price of edible oil with a grain/pinch of salt.

[误译] Joanna 得到了食油和粒状食盐价格上涨的消息。

[原意] Joanna 对食油价格上涨的消息半信半疑。

[说明] with a grain/pinch of salt是习语,意为“半信半疑”,“可疑”。

He left his pet dog with Billie.

[误译] 他把他的爱犬和Billie 一起留下就走了。

[原意] 他把爱犬交给Billie 照顾。

[说明] 本例中的with (介词)意为“由……照顾”之意。

Jenny was with child when she left Guangzhou.

[误译] Jenny离开广州时是带着孩子一起走的。

[原意] Jenny离开广州时已怀孕了。

[说明] with child 是习语, 意为“怀孕”。若在child 前加个不定冠词a, 即with a child , 意思就变成" 带着孩子" 了。

Eg:Mona left for Beijing with a child .(Mona 带着孩子去北京了。)

翻译:The chairman of the board of directors did not receive Walker

yesterday because he was a walk-in.

[误译] 董事长昨天不接待步行者, 因为他是擅自走进来的。

[原意] 董事长昨天不接见沃克, 因为他是未经预约而来的。

[说明] Walker 是姓氏" 沃克" ,若是步行者其前应有冠词且不大写. 而walk-in (N)意为" 未经预约而来的人" 。

Bert passed the spoken language exam with the skin of his teeth.

[误译] Bert 轻而易举地通过了口语考试。

[原意] Bert 差一点就没地通过口语考试。

[说明] with /by the skin of one’s teeth是源典故的口语(介词短语),意为“差一点没”,“险些没”,“好不容易才”,“侥幸”。


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