词典网站Dictionary.com选出的2017年度词汇是“同谋”_BEC初级作文

词典网站Dictionary.com选出的2017年度词汇是“同谋”

日前，词典网站Dictionary.com发布了2017年度词汇：同谋（complicit）。为什么人们都想查“同谋”这个词？“同谋”的含义是什么？“同谋”又影射了哪些大事件呢？

Russian election influence, the ever-widening sexual harassment scandal, mass shootings and the opioid epidemic helped elevate the word “complicit” as the Dictionary.com word of the year for 2017.

俄罗斯对美国大选的影响、性骚扰丑闻的持续扩大、大规模枪击事件、鸦片类药物滥用让“complicit（同谋）”一词成为了词典网站Dictionary.com的2017年度词汇。

Look-ups of the word increased nearly 300% over the last year, lexicographer Jane Solomon said.

词典编纂人简•所罗门说，“同谋”的查询量增加了近300%。

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“This year a conversation that keeps on surfacing is what exactly it means to be complicit,” she said. “Complicit has sprung up in conversations about those who speak out against powerful figures in institutions, and those who stay silent.”

“今年不断有人谈论，complicit这个词的真正含义是什么，”所罗门说，“那些站出来抗议机构大人物的人，那些保持沉默的人，他们的谈话中都会出现complicit这个词。”

The first of three major spikes for the word struck on March 12, the day after Saturday Night Live aired a sketch starring Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka Trump in a glittery gold dress peddling a fragrance called “Complicit” because: “She’s beautiful, she’s powerful, she’s complicit.”