新词新译：帮倒忙/保送生/子弹头列车/实体店/开瓶费/玻璃悬崖/众包/点击纹/谷歌炸弹

帮倒忙
disservice, a bad turn
The Chinese term, which can be translated literally as "a reverse of help," actually means an act intended to help that turns out badly.

保送生
direct admission student
According to a direct admission program in China, a small number of high school graduates can be enrolled by colleges and universities without having to sit the entrance examinations. Such students are usually selected for their high grades and good conduct.

子弹头列车
bullet train
Bullet trains are trains with bullet-shaped locomotives, which are designed according to aerodynamics, allowing the train to run at a high speed. A bullet train arrived in Shanghai on January 15, which will travel between 200 and 250 kilometers an hour.

实体店
real shop
Nowadays, some people tend to run "real" shops on street corners alongside with "virtual" shops on their Websites. The purpose is to win trust and business from more customers.

开瓶费
bottle-opening fees
Restaurants always charge bottle-opening fees if customers bring drinks by themselves. Many people complain that the rule is a "despot term" and refuse to pay the fee.

玻璃悬崖
glass cliff
Chinese are now quick to introduce new English terms. This glass cliff is one example. It means a senior job or important project, particularly one given to a woman, with a high risk of failure.

众包
crowdsourcing
This Chinese term is actually a translation of the new English word "crowdsourcing," which means obtaining labor, products, or content from people outside a company, particularly from a large group of customers or amateurs who work for little or no pay.

点击纹
clickprint
This is another Chinese translation of the English word "clickprint," which is defined as a unique pattern of Web-surfing behavior based on actions such as the number of pages viewed per session, the number of minutes spent on each Web page, or the time or day of the week the page is visited.

谷歌炸弹
Google bombing
This Chinese translation of the English term means setting up a large number of Web pages with links that point to a specific Website so that the site will appear near the top of a Google search when users enter the link text.

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