ThemostrecentupdatetoOxfordDictionaries.comseesahostofnewwordsaddedfromtheworldsofpolitics, popularculture, andsocialmedia. Youcanseetenhighlightsfromtheupdatebelow.
近日,牛津网络辞典(OxfordDictionaries.com)收录了一系列政治、流行文化和社交媒体的新词。本文为您总结出了10个最新表达。
1. autocorreckverb (ofsoftware) cause (text) tocontainmistakesbymeansofanautocorrectorautocompletefunction: “Iwroteagreattexttoher, but ‘love’ wasautocorreckedto ‘move’.”
[Blendofautocorrectandwreck]
autocorreck(动词,用于软件):表示因自动更正或自动完成等功能造成的文本错误,“我正给她写一条极好的短信,但love却误改成了move。”
[autocorreck是 autocorrect(自动更正)和wreck(搞砸)的合成]
2. parrotocracynounahypotheticalsocietygovernedbypeopleselectedaccordingtotheirabilitytorepeatslogansandsoundbitesmechanically, ortorepeatorstealthepoliciesandideasofothers: “Heavenhelpusifweendupwithaparrotocracy.”
[fromparrotand -cracy]
parrotocracy(名词):鹦鹉式政治,在这种假想政体中,人们根据机械背诵口号和语录、或者重复和剽窃他人政治见解的能力选出统治者,“假如我们生活在鹦鹉式政治之下,那就只有老天爷才能救我们了。”
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