2010年不知不觉又走到了年尾，最近物价飞涨，不少人不禁调侃几句诸如“物价涨了咋不见工资涨”的抱怨话。如今年末已近，年终奖又是员工们关心的话题。那么，“年终奖”英语该怎么说呢？

 

我们来看看《中国日报》中的一段话：

 

Only 20 percent of employees expect their year-end bonus will be more generous than last year's, while the inflation mounted to 4.4 percent, according to a survey by Chinese-language newspaper National Business Daiily.

 

从上句话中我们可以看到，“年终奖”的英语就是“year-end bonus”，“bonus”指的就是“额外津贴，奖金”的意思。除了这个常用意思，它还可以指“anything pleasant in addition to what is expected”，比如说：

 

The warm weather in winter has been a real bonus.（冬天有这样暖和的天气真是喜出望外。）