2018年5月翻译考试初级英语笔译词汇（15）
质量守恒定律 law of conservation of mass
致命要害 Achilles' heel
滞纳金 fine for delaying payment; fine for paying late
智囊流失 brain drain
智囊团、思想库 brain trust;think tank
智能终端 intelligent terminal
职能转换 transformation of functions
支票簿新闻 checkbook journalism (Mixing financial and promotional motives with an impartial search for truth stains honest, ethical reporting, checkbook journalism has no place in the news business. 支票簿新闻将经济因素、促销动机、与公正寻求真相混淆起来，玷污了诚实报道、有道德报道的准则，在新闻业没有立足之地。)
掷钱猜先 toss
智商 intelligence quotient (IQ)
纸上谈兵 be an armchair strategist
知识产权 intellectual property right
知识经济 knowledge economy
知识就是力量 Knowledge is power.
知识密集 knowledge-intensive
知识转让 transfer of knowledge
知识资本 knowledge capital
职务发明 on-duty invention
职务犯罪 crime by taking advantage of duty
植物群落 plant community
植物人 person in coma; vegetable
职务消费 position-related consumption (The document set guidelines in salary structure and payment, position-related consumption, and supervision and management, in a bid to establish and perfect incentive and restraint mechanisms regulat ing SOE executives' salaries. 该文件在薪资结构和支付、职务消费以及薪资的监督和管理上制定了指导方针，目的是为了建立健全规范国有企业高管薪酬的激励和约束机制。)
直辖市 municipality directly under the Central Government
