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- Law Department officials said many of the accidents either did not happen, or occurred only once, but the defendants created "phantom accidents" and filed false reports to collect insurance money. (Newsday，新聞日報) [查看更多]
- 寵物療法：在治療若干疾病或身體病症時，讓動物，尤其是寵貓或寵狗，陪伴病患。 其他： 名詞。亦稱 companion pet therapy。 [查看更多]
- 兒童消費力；兒童吵著父母親購買東西的能力。 其他： 名詞。有些兒童以纏、黏、吵、哭的功夫叫父母親不得不掏出腰包購買他們平常壓根兒不會買的東西。 [查看更多]
- 一種新娘送禮會 (bridal shower) -- 在此聚會中，新娘的親友送給新娘多年生植物 (perennial plants) 當禮物。 例句： Perennial showers are all the rage in the soon-to-marry crowd these days, and good landscape architects and designers are turning down multiple jobs each day. (The Globe and Mail，地球郵報) 其他： 名詞。shower 原本的意思為「為即將結婚或分娩的女士所舉行的送禮會」，從此衍生出 engagement shower (為訂婚的女士所舉行的送禮會)，baby shower (為剛生小孩的新當母親者所舉行的送禮會) 和 perennial shower 等；在這... [查看更多]
- 真人實境電視節目 (reality television shows -- 參見英文資料庫之歌臺舞榭群星會)。 例句： In days of yore, or at least in days of lore, beautiful young things who wanted a break in show business might be asked to gratify the libidinal fancies of a director or casting agent. The couch was a detour on the way to more savory things, the rung below the bottom rung on the ladder. The latest wave of peeping-Tom television, from "Joe Millionaire" to "Are You Hot?" reworks the old arrangement. Now the hope... [查看更多]
- 根據家庭或公司製造的垃圾量來收取的費用；收取這種費用的計畫或方案。 例句： The north has trash issues, too. The EU has cited France and the Netherlands, among others, for failing to comply with landfill rules. A distrust of intrusive regulation has helped to keep Britain close to the bottom of the recycling league. Even so, dumping places are growing scarce. "Within nine years we won't have any holes left," says Sandra Issar of the Local Government Association in London. Her solution: some form of p... [查看更多]
- 愛國駭客 (試圖滲透或癱瘓被認為與其國家敵對的人或組織的電腦系統的駭客)。 例句： In an advisory posted on an FBI Web site, officials warned Internet service providers worldwide to be on the lookout for "self-described 'patriot' hackers [targeting] those perceived to be responsible for the terrorist attacks" of the Pentagon and World Trade Center. (Los Angeles Times，洛杉磯時報) 其他： 名詞。亦寫成 (如美聯社) patriotic hacker。 [查看更多]
- 小留學生。 例句： Craig, a high school senior, lives a fantasy most teen-agers only dream. He and his sister Zoe, 14, live in a sprawling San Marino ranch house, their one chaperon an elderly servant who speaks no English...Craig and Zoe are examples of a phenomenon so familiar in the Chinese community that there is a nickname for it: "parachute kids" — dropped off to live in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. The parents, mostly from Taiwan and Hong Kong, want their ... [查看更多]
- 都市計畫藍圖上已規劃但尚未開闢的道路。 [查看更多]
- 以不正當的手段或方法來哄抬股價。 例句： Big blocks of merchandise define the market. They tell you whether it is truly strong enough, because little trades can lie — people can "paint the tape" — but big prints like this never do. (TheStreet.com) 其他： 動詞。從例句可知，這些手段包括，例如，將一大筆錢分成多筆小錢，然後多次採購同一支股票來製造買氣熱絡的假象。 [查看更多]
- 劫頁：色情網站利用不當手段劫持 (hijack) 正派網站，讓網路族透過搜尋引擎找出相關的網站後，在按下某個網站時，自動連結到色情網站，而非搜尋引擎所列的網站；據美國聯邦貿易委員會 (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) 表示，色情業者這麼做的動機是為了增加其網站的造訪人數以吸引廣告主。 其他: 名詞。動詞為 page-jack(ed)，而劫頁的色情網站經營者稱為 page-jacker。據信，這個字衍生自 hijacking (劫機) 或 carjacking (劫車)。... [查看更多]
- 集中與分散 (用來重劃選區以圖利或偏袒某一政黨的手法或伎倆)。 例句： Throughout Florida packing and cracking have helped the Republicans to gain an eleven-seat majority in the state's congressional delegation, even though Florida's voting population—as the 2000 election made famously clear—is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. (The Atlantic Monthly，大西洋月刊) 其他： 名詞。pack and crack (動詞)。在政治學上，這種不公平的選區重劃伎倆被叫做「傑利蠑螈」(gerrymandering -- 1822)。gerrymand... [查看更多]
- 執行長。 (商業行話) chief executive officer (CEO) 的另一名稱。 [查看更多]
- 少量，一点点… [查看更多]
- “穷忙族”，即“working poor”，该词源于欧美国家，欧盟对其定义是“在工作却入不敷出，甚至沦落到贫穷线以下的受雇者”。《纽约时报》前资深记者大卫·史普勒(David K. Shipler)在其著作《工作的穷人：在美国所看不到的》(The working poor :invisible in America)中提到穷忙族这个群体,认为美国有500万人过着“辛勤工作却朝不保夕”的生活。在德国，穷忙族人数超过100万；在日本，人数超过1500万。... [查看更多]
- 自殺發生率特別高的地點，如橋樑或高塔。 國外歷來較著名的 suicide magnets 包括 巴黎艾菲爾鐵塔 (Eiffel Tower)、紐約帝國大廈 (Empire State Building) 和舊金山金門大橋 (Golden Gate) 等，但當局皆以對這些結構體採取預防自殺措施。 [查看更多]
- 死的人故意挑釁警察來將他們射殺的自殺方式。 亦寫成 suicide-by-cop。據專家表示，有些尋死的人之所以計畫 "suicide by cop" 而不自己動手了斷生命，原因頗多，如他們的宗教信仰不允許自殺，或是他們認為自己動手是懦夫。亦稱 police-assisted suicide (警察協助的自殺) 或 copicide。 [查看更多]
- 性感男子；被視為性象徵 (sex symbol) 的男子。 亦寫成 studmuffin or stud-muffin [查看更多]
- 街頭特有的景物，如電線桿、路燈柱、書報攤、公共電話亭、長椅、巴士候車亭、垃圾箱等。 例句： While the value of some billboards is expected to grow, the industry expects future revenue growth to come from what's called street furniture—kiosks, trash cans, transit stops and other civic necessities upon which outdoor companies can plaster advertising. (Los Angeles Times，洛杉磯時報) [查看更多]
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