回顾--2003年流行英语词汇

时间：2007-10-17 03:07:27

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　Top Ten Word Lists of 2003Lewisburg, PA. December 26, 2003. yourDictionary.com the Web's most complete language resource, today released its Top 10 Words of 2003, featuring words that have made the news this year. The complete list includes the top phrases, the top names, the best and worst product names, top Enron inspired words, top YouthSpeak words, and others. The full list is available at the company website, yourDictionary.com. "This year the Iraqi War has dominated the English language as it has dominated the news," said Robert Beard, CEO of yourDictionary.


　　Top Ten Words of 2003


　　1. Embedded1

　　News correspondents embedded in military units suggested to many that news correspondents were in bed with the military.

　　2. Blog

　　Web logs have come of age and, regrettably, this lexical mutation2 with them.


　　3. SARS Farm animals strike back at the humans who eat them again with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome3. The Flu (with a capital "F") is pushing right behind.

　　4. Spam This old word now refers to a plague contending with SARS for destructive potential. Could the Flu (with a capital "F") be any worse?

　　5. Taikonaut The Chinese astronaut distracted our attention from textiles and copyrights to remind us that China is a rising industrial power.

　　6. Bushism This word now has a real possibility for remaining in the language. (Dan Quayle has lost his chance of making solecisms his contribution to political history.)

　　7. Allision The National Transportation and Safety Board in investigating the Staten Island ferry tragedy concluded it wasn't a collision (between two moving objects) but an allision (a crash with an immoveable object).

　　8. Recall As in California Recall that resulted in the election of Ahh-nold as the Governator.

　　9. Middangeard Middle English for Middle Earth in the movies of Tolkien's trilogy, still fascinating millions around the world with its characters and insights into the origins of the English language.

　　10. Celibacy4 The word which holds the key to ending the seemingly eternal scandal of the US Catholic Church.


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1 embedded lt9ztS     
a.扎牢的
参考例句：
  • an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
  • He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。
2 mutation t1PyM     
n.变化，变异，转变
参考例句：
  • People who have this mutation need less sleep than others.有这种突变的人需要的睡眠比其他人少。
  • So far the discussion has centered entirely around mutation in the strict sense.到目前为止，严格来讲，讨论完全集中于围绕突变问题上。
3 syndrome uqBwu     
n.综合病症；并存特性
参考例句：
  • The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
  • Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
4 celibacy ScpyR     
n.独身(主义)
参考例句：
  • People in some religious orders take a vow of celibacy. 有些宗教修会的人发誓不结婚。
  • The concept of celibacy carries connotations of asceticism and religious fervor. 修道者的独身观念含有禁欲与宗教热情之意。

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