“保持社交距离”这种说法最早出现于1957年,“最初是一种态度,而不是一个描述身体距离的术语,指的是一种超然的态度,或者在社交上故意疏远他人。现在我们都明白,这是为了避免感染而与他人保持身体上的距离”,帕顿写道。
aloofness [əˈluːfnəs]:n.冷漠;高傲;超然离群
Previous pandemics have also given rise to new vocabulary. Usage of “pestilence”, or “a fatal epidemic or disease”, first appears in 1382, not long after the bubonic plague peaked in Europe between 1347 and 1351. The adjective “self-quarantined” was first used in 1878 to describe the actions of the villagers of Eyam in the 17th century, who isolated themselves to prevent the second wave of “Black Death” from spreading to surrounding villages.
以前的疾病大流行也产生过新的词汇。“瘟疫 “It is a consistent theme of lexicography that great social change brings great linguistic change, and that has never been truer than in this current global crisis,” wrote Paton.
帕顿写道:“词典编纂的一个一贯主题是,巨大的社会变化带来了巨大的语言变化,而在当前的全球危机中,这一点从未如此真实。”
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