There are great differences between English and Chinese Cultures.On the basis of the precedents,by adopting contrastive approach,this thesis attempts to analyze the non-correspondence in word meanings due to differences of English and Chinese cultures.The author hopes this study will be of great help in translation. There are great differences between English and Chinese Cultures.On the basis of the precedents, by adopting contrastive approach, this thesis attempts to analyze the non-correspondence in word meanings due to differences in English and Chinese cultures. of great help in translation.