Single-use当选《柯林斯词典》年度词汇这些新词也值得关注_BEC初级作文

Single-use当选《柯林斯词典》年度词汇这些新词也值得关注

2018年哪个英语词汇最流行？“一次性的（single-use）”！据报道，英国出版的《柯林斯词典》日前将该词评为2018年度词汇，彰显出环保问题的受关注度。

Collins Dictionary says we’re hearing a lot more of “single-use.”

《柯林斯词典》表示，单词“一次性的”（single-use）出现的频率大幅增加。

Single-use当选《柯林斯词典》年度词汇这些新词也值得关注1

The adjective applied to disposable plastic products has been named the dictionary’s 2018 word of the year. Collins says use of the term has risen fourfold since 2013, as pollution climbs the political agenda.

这个词用来形容用后即弃的塑料产品，被评为《柯林斯词典》2018年度词汇。《柯林斯词典》表示，随着污染成为日益重要的政治议题，这个单词在2018年的使用频率达到2013年的四倍。

The term refers to products that are often made of plastic and have been made to use just once, only to be thrown away after, rendering them unsustainable and harmful to the planet.

“一次性的”产品常由塑料制成，仅供一次使用，之后就被丢弃，不可持续且对地球环境有害。

Collins’s lexicographers said the word “single-use” is now being used more than ever before in light of universal efforts to combat the threats such plastics pose to the environment, with the European parliament recently supporting a ban on products such as straws, cotton swabs and disposable plates.