English-Chinese Chinese-English New Word Dictionary

Author: He Jie
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Publish Date: 2005-09-12
Features: The trendy terms listed in this book are closely related to modern life and are frequently used in China today. They come from the following three aspects:
1. Newly coined words in recent years. With social progress and the development of the times, new phenomena constantly emerge, leading to the creation of corresponding vocabulary, such as "big shot," "Three Represents," "online chatting," "mistress," "digital age," "migrant worker," "SARs enterprises," "Tibetan autonomous region development," etc.
2. Imported words from abroad. Due to frequent international exchanges and rapid advancements in modern communication technology, many foreign social phenomena and new things have been introduced to China promptly and have become widely known, such as "clone," "DINK family," "terrorist attack," "Internet," "Viagra," etc.
3. Existing words brought back into use. Many trendy terms have long existed in the language and remain popular in daily life due to the needs of the times. We believe this book will certainly be well-received by readers.