中國(guó)銀聯(lián)與當(dāng)當(dāng)網(wǎng)日前推出了“固網(wǎng)支付”業(yè)務(wù)。簡(jiǎn)單說(shuō)，“固網(wǎng)支付”就是把你家里的“固定電話(huà)”換成可刷卡的電話(huà)，然后在這種新型的電話(huà)機(jī)上直接刷卡，進(jìn)行水、電、氣、電話(huà)費(fèi)、手機(jī)費(fèi)、轉(zhuǎn)帳等的支付。

請(qǐng)看《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》相關(guān)報(bào)道：China UnionPay, the country's sole bankcard transactions operator, is working with a few leading Chinese e-commerce service providers to promote a fixed-line phone payment system.

The pay service uses a special phone installed at the user's end. E-commerce customers can then swipe their bankcards on the device to complete a transaction.

若要表達(dá)“固網(wǎng)支付”，首先得弄明白“固”即“固定電話(huà)”——fixed-line phone，跟它相對(duì)的是mobile phone（移動(dòng)電話(huà)）。由此，這種新型支付業(yè)務(wù)也就不難用英文表達(dá)了：fixed-line phone payment system。