每到年底,各大主流英语词典都会评选出各自的年度词汇(word of the year)。在今年新冠肺炎疫情(COVID-19 pandemic)的大背景下,韦氏、剑桥、柯林斯等词典选出的年度词汇均与疫情相关,分别是pandemic(大流行病)、quarantine(隔离)以及lockdown(封锁)。一起跟着视频来回顾一下吧。
韦氏词典(Merriam-Webster)和词典网(Dictionary.com)年度词汇:an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of the population柯林斯词典(Collins Dictionary)选出的年度词汇:the imposition of stringent restrictions on travel, social interaction, and access to public spaces剑桥词典(Cambridge Dictionary)选出的年度词汇:为了防止感染和传播疾病,在一段时间内禁止人们离家或自由旅行a general period of time in which people are not allowed to leave their homes or travel freely, so that they do not catch or spread a diseasea temporary laying-off of employees, usually because there is insufficient work to occupy them为防止感染疾病而在自己和他人之间保持一定距离的做法the practice of maintaining a certain distance between oneself and other people in order to prevent infection with a disease对社会运行至关重要的若干职业的员工,比如教师、警察、医护人员、商店店员等an employee in any of a number of professions considered to be essential to the functioning of society, for example teachers, police officers, health workers, shop workers, etc.BLM(for Black Lives Matter)黑人的命也是命a movement that campaigns against racially motivated violence and oppressiona person who regularly shares or appears in videos on TikTok