啟用 promote somebody to a position of leadership

　　氣炸 blow one's top (I almost blew my top when I found out that she had been lying to me. 當(dāng)我發(fā)現(xiàn)她一直在對我說謊時(shí)，我簡直快氣炸了。)

　　旗幟鮮明 clear-cut stand

　　洽談會(huì) fair, meeting

　　錢袋子 fund sources

　　潛伏特工 sleeper agent (A US federal judge Thursday sentenced a convicted al-Qaida sleeper agent who admitted having contact with the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to more than eight years in prison.美國一家聯(lián)邦法院在上周四判處一名在押基地組織潛伏特工八年以上徒刑。這名特工承認(rèn)與9·11 事件幕后的主謀有聯(lián)系。)

　　潛虧 hidden loss

　　千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

　　千年問題、千年蟲 millennium bug

　　前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

　　前人栽樹,后人乘涼 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests./ One sows and another reaps.

　　前事不忘,后事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

　　簽售 book signing (Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday he had canceled a book signing in London this week to mark the launch of his memoirs, over fears the event would be hit by protests. 英國前首相托尼·布萊爾周一表示，因?yàn)閾?dān)心抗議可能帶來的不利影響，他已經(jīng)取消了本周在倫敦舉行的回憶錄發(fā)行簽售會(huì)。)

　　欠收(農(nóng)業(yè)) crop failure

　　欠條 IOUs.( Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that the government, which has a $42b budget deficit, must pay state employees in the way of salary IOUs, according to the report.州長阿諾·施瓦辛格宣布，州政府將不得不以"工資欠條"的方 式來向其員工發(fā)工資。)

　　牽頭人 initiator

　　千禧嬰兒 millennium infant; millennium baby

　　牽線搭橋 work as a go-between

　　前沿科學(xué) front-line science

　　前沿性交叉性研究 pioneering and interdisciplinary research

　　潛意識(shí) subconsciousness

　　簽約儀式 signing ceremony