2018年是“有毒的”！《牛津词典》年度词汇出炉_公共英语阅读理解

2018年是“有毒的”！《牛津词典》年度词汇出炉

如果让你用一个词总结2018年，你会怎么选择？2018年是“有毒的”！《牛津词典》这样说。

2018 was toxic.

2018年是“有毒的”。

That's the view of the esteemed Oxford Dictionaries. It has chosen the word as its annual "Word of the Year".

这是著名的《牛津词典》的看法。《牛津词典》近日将toxic这个词选为其2018年度词汇。

2018年是“有毒的”！《牛津词典》年度词汇出炉1

Defining the word as “poisonous”, Oxford said it had become a “descriptor for the year’s most talked about topics”. The dictionary pointed to a 45% rise in the number of times the word has been looked up on its website, and said it best captured “the ethos, mood, or preoccupations” of 2018.

《牛津词典》表示，“有毒的”（toxic）已经成为“2018年最热议话题的主题词”。“有毒的”在牛津词典网站的搜索次数增加了45%，精准地体现出2018年的“气质、情绪或关注焦点”。

First appearing in English in the mid-17th century, from the medieval Latin toxicus, “toxic” has also been used to describe workplaces, schools, relationships, cultures and stress over the last year.

“Toxic”来源于中古拉丁文toxicus，在17世纪中期首次出现在英语里，在过去一年还被用来描述工作场所、学校、人际关系、文化和压力。

It said the #MeToo movement "put the spotlight on toxic masculinity" while in politics the word has been applied to the "rhetoric, policies, agendas and legacies of leaders and governments around the globe."