2009美国最大的热词.doc

纽约时报评出2009年度全球十大最热词毁发布: 2009-12-30 16:09 作者: 纽约时报 来源: 纽约时报 查看: 1000次【字体：变小 变大】 TAG: 新闻词汇 英语词汇 词汇学习 回首这个多事的2009年，纽约时报为我们评选出了十大关键热词。从这些流行用语中，我们不难窥见这不平凡的一年中人们关注的焦点。1. Chimerica中美国The intertwined economies of China and the United States, which together dominate the world economy. Popularized by Niall Ferguson in his book “The Ascent of Money.”Chimerica 是哈佛大学教授弗格森在他的书钱的升值中生造的新词。我们可以看出它是China中国，和America美国的组合。意思是在全球金融危机中，中国成为可以和美国匹敌的强国、并主导世界经济。2. Mancession男人衰退A recession that affects men more than women. Also hecession. It turns out that men have been hardest-hit by job losses in the last year, largely because they dominate the sectors where layoffs have been most widespread. So as the total number of available jobs has gone down, the share of remaining jobs held by women has increased这又是一个今年涌现的新词。由man男人和recession衰退组成，可以简单翻译为“男人的衰退”。因为有证据表明，金融危机对男性的影响远远大于女性。男性所从事的工作受经济衰退影响严重，而女性却能在失败后很快找到新工作。3. gaymarry, gay-marry同性婚姻To marry someone of the same sex. Also used hyperbolically to mean to form an unconventional relationship, as in, “I love my new cellphone so much I want to gay-marry it.”当然从字面意思上理解就是“和同性结婚”的意思，不过这个词后来也被广泛运用为“过分喜欢某物”的意思。造句：我太喜欢我的手机了，我要和它来个gaymarry！4. GM=Government MotorGM的新涵义：政府汽车A nickname for General Motors, which is now majority owned by the federal government.全球汽车制造行业的老大通用汽车在今年缩写不变、却多了新涵义：政府汽车。以此纪念它现在的主子换做了美国联邦政府。5. social distancing安全距离Staying away from other people so as not to catch or spread the flu.social distance这个词本来用以形容不同社会团体之间保持的距离，而拜甲型H1N1流感全球爆发所赐，该词组最新的意思是“和其他人保持安全距离，以防止传染流感”。6. sexting性短信The sending of sexual messages or pictures by mobile telephone.由sex性，和texting发短信两个单词拼接而成。该词之所以流行是因为著名高尔夫球运动员伍兹和他的情妇们所发的性短信曝光。7. ununbium新物质The temporary name of a newly foundelement, Uub for short. It comes from the Latin for the elements number, 112.ununbium是一种新发现的化学物质，这是它的暂定名称，简称Uub. 名字来源是拉丁文的112，也就是这种物质出现在化学元素表上的编号。8. netbook上网本An inexpensive portable computer, usually smaller than a laptop but larger than a smartphone, intended mainly for use with the Internet.廉价好用的上网本在经济衰退中似乎特别受欢迎，所以当之无愧选为纪念热词。9. green shoots绿色上升Signs of an economic recovery or of a companys financial turnaround.又是一个和金融危机分不开的热词。green shoots