《牛津词典》公布2019年度词汇：“气候紧急状态”_BEC初级作文

《牛津词典》公布2019年度词汇：“气候紧急状态”

Hundreds of cities, towns and even countries have also declared “climate emergencies” during 2019 – from Scotland, the UK, Canada, France and the city of Sydney in Australia.

2019年，包括苏格兰、英国、加拿大、法国在内的国家以及澳大利也悉尼等数百个城镇也宣布进入“气候紧急状态”。

"In 2018, climate did not feature in the top words typically used to modify emergency, instead the top types of emergencies people wrote about were health, hospital, and family emergencies,” the selection panel said. "But with climate emergency, we see something new, an extension of emergency to the global level.”

《牛津词典》评选委员会表示：“在2018年，气候并不是最常用来修饰紧急状况的词，人们写的最常见的紧急情况是卫生、医院和家庭紧急情况。但从气候紧急状态的使用率上升可以看出，气候变化已经扩大成为全球层面的紧急问题。”

"Climate emergency” beat the words “climate crisis”, “climate action”, “climate denial”, “extinction”, “flight shame”, “global heating” and “plant-based”, which were on the shortlist.

在候选的年度词汇中，“气候紧急状态”击败了“气候危机”、“气候行动”、“否认气候变化”、“灭绝”、“飞行羞辱”、“全球变热”、“植物性”等词。

The dictionary’s word of the year is chosen to “reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year” and should have “lasting potential as a term of cultural significance”.