回顾--2002年流行英语词汇(6)

时间：2007-10-17 03:06:58

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Worst Corporate1 Name Changes


1. Bearing Point (or BreakingPoint?) KPMG’s attempt to distance itself from the rest of the former ‘Big Six’ accounting2 firms.

2. Enron Still doing business as Enron!? The crisis management rulebook calls for a clean break with the past to re-position the company. But then Enron never was one to follow the rules.

Top Corporate Words or Phrasees

1. The Schultz Defense3 "I know nothing . . . nothing!" From the running line of the pudgy German guard in the now defunct4 TV series "Hogan's Heroes."

2. Dot communism The belief that all on-line services should be free.

3. Dematerialization (of documents) Correspondence does not need to be shredded5, if it is published by the Web and internet.

4. Low-hanging Fruit Easy-to-win accounts.

5. Rank-and-Yank The technique of ranking employees annually6 and then cutting the lowest 10% loose.

Top Advertising7 Word

1. Frothy A fresh or original idea. Supplants8 ‘edgy’ which was THE word for a few years now.

Top Internet Words Moving into Widespread Use

1. Interface9 To converse10 as in, “Let’s interface”.

2. Multi-task To perform several tasks at the same time.

3. Reboot To start over or begin a new effort.

4. Out of Bandwidth (or RAM) Unable to multi-task..

5. Crash As in ‘My hard drive crashed’.

Top Color-related Words

1. Cornflower Shade of blue

2. Periwinkle Grey/blue

3. Cerulean Blue

4. Plum Purple

5. Cerise Pink

Top Sports-related Words

1. BCS College football’s Bowl Championship Series to crown a national championship in lieu of a playoff.

2. Grand Slam Tiger Woods did not win all four of golf’s major tourneys in the same year, though he did own all four trophies11 at the same time; dubbed12 the ‘Tiger Slam’.

Top Five Most Misspelled Words

1. Grateful You should be grateful to know that keeping "great" out of "grateful" is great.

2. Judgement This word is governed by one of the rare rules of English orthography13, so why not enjoy it? After [c] and [g], [e] is retained to indicate the letter is "soft," i.e. pronounced like [s] or [j], respectively.

3. Its/it's The apostrophe marks a contraction14 of "it is." Something that belongs to it is "its."

4. Founder15 Flounder is a fish; ‘to founder’ is to run aground.

5. Misspell What is more embarrassing than to misspell the name of the problem?

Most frequently spoken word on the Planet:

1. O.K. Still the most popular word in languages around the world.


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1 corporate 7olzl     
adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
参考例句：
  • This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
  • His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
2 accounting nzSzsY     
n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
参考例句：
  • A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
  • There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
3 defense AxbxB     
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
4 defunct defunct     
adj.死亡的；已倒闭的
参考例句：
  • The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。
  • This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前，不能进行任何改动。
5 shredded d51bccc81979c227d80aa796078813ac     
shred的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. 先铺一层碎生菜叶，再把鱼放上，就可以上桌了。
  • I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special. 我觉得麻婆豆腐和鱼香肉丝味道不错。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 annually VzYzNO     
adv.一年一次，每年
参考例句：
  • Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
7 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的
参考例句：
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
8 supplants d0c8a0eeec7ba37e4e3a3215fbec43a6     
把…排挤掉，取代( supplant的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • But hope is a mistaken emotion in our business. It'supplants reason, It'supplants rigor dollarstocks. 但是在我们的商业中，希望是个错误。它替代了理智，替代了严谨–尤其当你的股票成为低价股的时候。
  • A world where the rule of law supplants the rule of the jungle. 这是一个用法治取代恃强凌弱规则的世界。
9 interface e5Wx1     
n.接合部位，分界面；v.(使)互相联系
参考例句：
  • My computer has a network interface,which allows me to get to other computers.我的计算机有网络接口可以与其它计算机连在一起。
  • This program has perspicuous interface and extensive application. 该程序界面明了，适用范围广。
10 converse 7ZwyI     
vi.谈话，谈天，闲聊；adv.相反的，相反
参考例句：
  • He can converse in three languages.他可以用3种语言谈话。
  • I wanted to appear friendly and approachable but I think I gave the converse impression.我想显得友好、平易近人些,却发觉给人的印象恰恰相反。
11 trophies e5e690ffd5b76ced5606f229288652f6     
n.（为竞赛获胜者颁发的）奖品( trophy的名词复数 )；奖杯；（尤指狩猎或战争中获得的）纪念品；（用于比赛或赛跑名称）奖
参考例句：
  • His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
12 dubbed dubbed     
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制
参考例句：
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 orthography MvzyD     
n.拼字法，拼字式
参考例句：
  • In dictionaries,words are listed according to their orthography.在词典中，词是按照字母拼写顺序排列的。
  • American and English orthography are very much alike.美语与英语的拼字方法非常相像。
14 contraction sn6yO     
n.缩略词，缩写式，害病
参考例句：
  • The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
  • The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。
15 Founder wigxF     
n.创始者，缔造者
参考例句：
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

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