2017年日本流行语大奖公布安倍丑闻等话题入选_BEC初级作文

2017年日本流行语大奖公布安倍丑闻等话题入选

Japan’s most popular buzzwords of the year reflect the scandals that rocked the political arena and the trend of people eager to shoot photogenic items for social media.

2017年日本年度流行语近日揭晓，有的词汇反映出震动政坛的丑闻，也有的词汇表现出人们热衷在社交媒体晒照的趋势。

One of the winners — announced Friday — for the 2017 U-Can Shingo Ryukogo Taisho (2017 U-Can New Words and Buzzwords Awards) is “sontaku.”

评选结果于上周五揭晓。获得2017年日本“现代用语基础知识选 2017 U-CAN新语•流行语大奖”的词汇之一是“揣度”。

2017年日本流行语大奖公布安倍丑闻等话题入选1

Its meaning is the proactive anticipation of a person’s wish before an explicit order is given. It saw a revival following the Moritomo Gakuen cronyism scandal, in which bureaucrats in charge of approving a new school were suspected of acting in line with the intentions of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe without being actually ordered to do so.

“揣度”的意思是在明确的指令下达前，揣度某人的意愿。在此前的森友学园任用亲信丑闻中，人们怀疑负责批准新校的官员在日本首相安倍晋三的实际命令下达之前，就按照其意图行事。

Kang Sang-jung, committee member and political science professor at the University of Tokyo, said it was quite a year for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, in addition to the country’s general elections being held this year. “Hence, many buzzwords are related to politics,” he said.