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10個字典新增單詞,讓你的知識新鮮度upup~

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Do you like fast fashion and hate humblebragging? Those terms didn't exist just a year ago—until Merriam-Webster Dictionary made them official, along with these other funny phrases.

你喜歡快時尚,討厭謙虛自誇嗎?就在一年前這些術語還不存在,直到韋氏詞典把它們與其他一些有趣的短語正式收錄進詞典中。


Humblebrag

謙虛自誇


Often found on social media, the humblebrag is a boast disguised as self deprecation. Most legitimately used in job interviews to answer the dreaded trick question, "What is your worst quality?" There is no other answer but a humblebrag.

謙虛自誇就是用自貶作爲掩飾來自誇,而且經常會從社交媒體上看到這樣的帖子。最合理的用法是在工作面試中回答那個刁鑽的問題,"你最不擅長什麼?"除了謙虛自誇沒有別的答案了。

(翻譯:Dlacus)

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Snollygoster

不講原則又誇誇其談的精明人(尤指政客)


A snollygoster often refers to a shrewd, unprincipled politician who is only out for himself.

Snollygoster通常是指一個只爲自己考慮,且精明又沒有原則的政客。

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Fast fashion

快時尚


Fast fashion refers to an elaborate system of producing cheap, trendy garments in sweatshops that are designed to fall apart quickly: the perfect excuse to buy next season's fad. These style tricks will make you look instantly expensive, even if you're wearing fast fashion.

快時尚指的是在那些會迅速瓦解的血汗工廠中,生產廉價時髦服飾的複雜體系,也是購買下一季爆款的完美理由。這些時尚品的特點就是即使你穿着快時尚的服飾,也會讓你看上去很奢華。

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Collapsar

坍縮星


Have you been wondering what to call an old star that's imploded under the pressure of its own gravity to form a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole? Try collapsar, which may sound like a Marvel super villain, but really just means "collapsed star."

你想知道在自身重力的壓力下內爆,形成一顆白矮星、中子星或黑洞的古老恆星該怎麼稱呼嗎?用“collapsar”這個詞試試,它可能聽上去像漫威漫畫中的超級惡棍,但它真的只是“坍縮星”的意思。

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Mumblecore

呢喃核


Everyone knows about hardcore and software, but what about mumblecore? Lena Dunham's TV show Girls is a prime example of this genre, which focuses on the private lives of earnest young slackers who talk a lot but don't understand themselves and, frankly, sometimes don't speak clearly enough for the audience to understand them either.

每個人都知道硬核和軟件,但你知道呢喃核嗎?莉娜•杜漢姆執導的電視劇《衰姐們》就是這類體裁的一個典型的例子。這部電視劇主要講述了那些認真但又懶惰的年輕人們的日常生活的故事,她們很健談但並不明白自己在說啥,坦白說,有時候她們口齒不清,觀衆也不明白她們的意思。

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Abandonware

停用的軟件


If you're one of the many fans who pines for discontinued software, you probably know all about abandonware. For the rest of us, it's a revelation to discover that third party suppliers are keeping thousands of orphaned programs alive online—enough to justify a new word in the dictionary!

如果你是衆多渴望得到已停產軟件的粉絲之一,你可能會知道關於“abandonware”這個詞的一切。對於我們其他人來說,發現第三方供應商還在網上運營上千種停產軟件是一件很出乎意料的事,這足以在詞典中爲這個新詞做出解釋。

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Yowza

天哪


Yowza, an exclamation of surprise or amazement, was first introduced in 1933. It never died out, probably because it's just so much fun to say, and this year it finally made the cut.

“Yowza”指的是詫異地驚呼,這個詞最先於1933年被提出。可能正因爲說這個詞十分有趣,所以它從未消失,今年這個詞終於被收錄進詞典中。

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Woo woo

哦哦


Woo woo refers to any mystical, paranormal, and generally unscientific claim, from alien abduction to the telekinetic bending of spoons.

“Woo woo”指的是一切神祕、超自然且通常不科學的說法,例如外星人綁架以及通過心電感應使勺子彎曲等。

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Conlang

人工語言


A conlang is an invented language with a real vocabulary and consistent grammatical rules. And though conlangs arise from elaborate fictional worlds like Klingon from Star Trek, or most recently, Dothraki from Game of Thrones, these languages have taken on a life of their own, with thousands of fantasy fans around the world using them in real life.

“Conlang”是一種創造出來的語言,而且它有真正的詞彙表和一致的語法規則。雖然“conlang”產生於複雜的虛構世界,例如《星際迷航》中的克林貢語以及最近播出的《權力的遊戲》中的多斯拉克語,但這些語言都有着自己的生命力,而且全世界有數千名喜歡幻想的粉絲在現實世界中使用這些語言。

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Supercentanarian

超百歲老人


Anyone older than 110 is supercentanarian, and we'll probably be seeing that word a lot more often as human life spans continue to grow. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Probably depends on the supercentanarian! Can you pass this longevity test?

年齡超過110歲的人都是超百歲老人。隨着人類壽命的持續增長,我們很可能會見到更多超百歲老人。這是好事還是壞事呢?那可能要取決於超百歲老人自身!你能通過這場壽命試驗嗎?