bullion

bullion: 金塊/銀塊/金條/銀條

[related terms] 金本位, Fed Reserve, 中國崛起, 黃金, 外匯

bullpen

bullpen:  

[直譯] 牛棚

[意譯] 棒球比賽中投手休息/熱身的區域 

伸卡球

「伸卡」從日本話的外來語而來 (英語的Sink)
伸卡球可直譯成下沉球/下墜球
王建民的伸卡球速度可達150km/hr, 英語稱 Sinking Fastball, 譯做快速下墜球似乎較伸卡球為宜

[ref] http://blog.nownews.com/alexandros/textview.php?file=0000028280

豬流感與禽流感

豬流感: swine flu, pig flu

禽流感: bird flu == Avian Influenza

flu= influenza

vault

vault: 窖, 防空洞? , arched architecture, 拱型結構?

BitDefender Internet Security 2009 supports
"File Vault" which securely stores personal information or sensitive files
and is not provided in BitDefender AntiVirus 2009

tendency

tendency == trend
tendency == inclination

tendency : 趨勢 傾向

samples:
internet tendency
wind tendency
bleeding tendency: a kind of disease
growing tendency
Militant tendency: 英國勞工黨內的馬克思連線

WordNet at Princeton

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premium

premium:
貼水, 酬庸, 獎勵, 仲介費 == commission fee?

溢價
issue of bonds at a premium 溢價發行債券

保險費
premium rebate 保險費回扣


risk premium, riskpremium
historical "equity risk premium"

[ref] http://cn.wordmind.com/ecmaster-cgi/Csearch.cgi?kwd=premium&bool=and&word=im

bolster

bolster:
(n.) a kind of pillow(long pillow)

(v.) support, maintain with unusual effort

Taiwan government has designated 2009 as the year for bolstering its special partnership with Japan.

...tend to bolster investor confidence to invest in these local markets.

[ref]
australia.pimco.com/LeftNav/PIMCO+Group+Product+Focus/2006/