Post-truth當(dāng)選牛津詞典年度詞匯

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'Post-truth' declared word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries

到了年底,，各類年度詞匯評選都開始宣布結(jié)果,。此前，我們報道過,，Brexit（英國脫歐）被選為柯林斯詞典的2016年度詞匯,。昨日，牛津詞典宣布其2016年度詞匯為post-truth（后真相）,，單獨發(fā)布的英美年度詞匯也是這個詞,。今年進入牛津詞典年度詞匯候選的還包括adulting,，Brexiteer，glass cliff等,。

Oxford Dictionaries has declared "post-truth" as its 2016 international word of the year, reflecting what it called a "highly-charged" political 12 months.
《牛津詞典》宣布post-truth（后真相）為2016年度詞匯,，這個詞反應(yīng)了這一年政治領(lǐng)域“高度緊張”的狀態(tài)。

It is defined as an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals.
詞典將post-truth定義為形容詞,，描述的是客觀事實對公眾意見的影響沒有感性訴求產(chǎn)生的影響大這樣一個狀況,。

Its selection follows June's Brexit vote and the US presidential election.
這個詞當(dāng)選是拜6月份英國脫歐公投和美國總統(tǒng)大選所賜。

Oxford Dictionaries' Casper Grathwohl said post-truth could become "one of the defining words of our time".
《牛津詞典》的Casper Grathwohl表示,，post-truth或?qū)⒊蔀椤岸�義我們這個時代的詞匯之一”,。

Post-truth, which has become associated with the phrase "post-truth politics", was chosen ahead of other political terms, including "Brexiteer" and "alt-right".
Post-truth（后真相）經(jīng)常跟post-truth politics（后真相政治）一起出現(xiàn)，此次評選中被甩在后面的其他政治詞匯有Brexiteer（脫歐支持者）和alt-right（另類右翼）,。

Oxford Dictionaries says post-truth is thought to have been first used in 1992.
《牛津詞典》表示,，post-truth這個詞首次使用是在1992年。

However, it says the frequency of its usage increased by 2,000% in 2016 compared with last year, coinciding with the EU referendum and the campaign for the White House in the US.
不過,，詞典表示,，這個詞在2016年的使用率比上一年增長了2000%，而今年正好是脫歐公投和美國總統(tǒng)大選之年,。

Mr Grathwohl said: "Fuelled by the rise of social media as a news source and a growing distrust of facts offered up by the establishment, post-truth as a concept has been finding its linguistic footing for some time," he said.
Grathwohl先生說：“隨著社交媒體崛起成為新聞來源,，同時人們對主流機構(gòu)提供的事實越發(fā)不信任，post-truth這個理念的語言學(xué)根基其實已經(jīng)形成一段時間了,�,！�

"We first saw the frequency really spike this year in June with buzz over the Brexit vote and again in July when Donald Trump secured the Republican presidential nomination.
“我們最開始注意到這個詞使用頻率暴增是在今年6月英國脫歐公投期間，后來7月份,，特朗普被確定為共和黨總統(tǒng)候選人時使用頻率再次明顯增加,。”

"Given that usage of the term hasn't shown any signs of slowing down, I wouldn't be surprised if post-truth becomes one of the defining words of our time."
“鑒于目前這個詞的使用頻率還沒有降低的跡象,，post-truth最終成為定義我們這個時代的詞匯之一,，我也不會覺得奇怪�,！�

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2016年其他入選詞匯

Adulting：像一個負(fù)責(zé)任的成年人一樣行為處事,，尤其是完成一些單調(diào)但必要的任務(wù)

Alt-right：完整的拼寫方式為alternative right，即“另類右翼”,，持有極端保守或反對變革觀點的意識形態(tài)組織,，主要特點是反對主流政治，通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)媒體故意散布有爭議的內(nèi)容

Brexiteer ：英國脫歐支持者

Chatbot：聊天機器人

Coulrophobia：小丑恐懼癥

Glass cliff：玻璃懸崖,，指女性或少數(shù)族裔在頗具挑戰(zhàn)的情形下升到領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層職位,，工作過程中遭遇失敗的風(fēng)險較高

Hygge：舒適愜意，這個詞讀作[heu-gah],，是丹麥文化的一個重要特點,，描述的是生活舒適滿足的狀態(tài)

Latinx：拉美移民或后裔，這個詞是Latino或Latina的中性拼寫方式

Woke：警示社會中的不公平行為,，尤指種族主義,，最初多在非洲裔美國人當(dāng)中使用

英文來源：BBC
翻譯：馬文英
編審：yaning（中國日報網(wǎng)）