VOA慢速英語：“同謀”成為Dictionary.com網(wǎng)站2017年年度詞匯

'Complicit' Is Dictionary.com's Word of the Year

“同謀”成為Dictionary.com網(wǎng)站2017年年度詞匯

Every year, language researchers and dictionary publishers choose a "Word of the Year." The word often reflects the news or social media trends during the year.

語言研究人員和字典出版商每年都會選出一個“年度詞匯。”這個單詞通常反映了這一年新聞或社交媒體的趨勢。

The American Dialect Society started the practice in 1991. This year, Dictionary.com selected the word "complicit" as its word of the year.

美國方言協(xié)會從1991年開始了這項活動。今年，Dictionary.com網(wǎng)站將complicit選作年度詞匯。

The online dictionary site chooses its Word of the Year based on the number of people who look up the word's meaning. Overall, there were 300 percent more people looking up the word "complicit" in 2017 than there were in 2016.

這家在線詞典網(wǎng)站選擇年度詞匯的標準是基于查找該單詞含義的用戶數(shù)量。總體而言，2017年查找complicit的人數(shù)比2016年增加了300%。

Before you run to look up the word, too, we will let you know that Dictionary.com says complicit means "choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others."

在你也去查找這個單詞之前，我們會告訴你，Dictionary.com網(wǎng)站稱complicit的意思是“選擇參與某種非法或有問題的行為，尤其是同他人一起。”

Staying silent about crimes is being complicit

對犯罪行為保持沉默就是作為同謀

Jane Solomon is an editor at Dictionary.com. She told The Associated Press that there were many discussions in 2017 about people in power and the people around them who stayed silent about crimes they may have seen.

簡·索羅門(Jane Solomon)是Dictionary.com網(wǎng)站的編輯。她對美聯(lián)社說，2017年對有權(quán)勢者，以及他們身邊對可能看到的犯罪行為保持沉默的人士進行了很多討論。

"This year a conversation that keeps on surfacing is what exactly it means to be complicit," she said. "Complicit has sprung up in conversations about those who speak out against powerful figures in institutions, and those who stay silent."

她說：“今年一直在討論的話題就是同謀的確切含義是什么。在談到那些公然對抗權(quán)威人士以及對此保持沉默人士時，同謀這個詞就冒了出來。”

Interest in "complicit" began with a satire video on Saturday Night Live, a weekly television comedy. The video shows a fake commercial for a perfume designed by Ivanka Trump, a daughter of the United States President Donald Trump. The name of the perfume is "Complicit." A voice in the video explains, "She's beautiful, she's powerful, she's complicit." The satire tries to connect Ms. Trump with accusations that people in her father's election campaign broke laws.

人們對同謀這個單詞的關(guān)注始于每周播出的電視喜劇節(jié)目《周六夜現(xiàn)場》中的一則諷刺視頻。視頻展示了一條虛假廣告，內(nèi)容是川普千金伊萬卡設(shè)計了一款名為complicit的香水，視頻中的背景音念道：“她美麗，她有影響力，她是同謀。”這則諷刺視頻試圖將伊萬卡同人們對她父親的競選人員違反法律的譴責聯(lián)系起來。

About a month later, Ivanka Trump appeared on a morning news television program and said, "I don't know what it means to be complicit." Since she did not explain, more people looked up the word.

大約一個月之后，伊萬卡在早間新聞節(jié)目中表示：“我不知道complicit是什么意思。”由于她沒有做出解釋，更多人查找了這個單詞的含義。

Senator says he will not be complicit

參議員自稱不再作為同謀

On October 24, Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake announced from the Senate floor that he would not try to win another term in the Senate. He criticized President Trump and asked other members of his party not to silently support the president.

10月24日，亞利桑那州共和黨參議員杰夫·弗萊克(Jeff Flake)在參議院宣布不會再次競選參議員。他批評了川普總統(tǒng)，并要求其他黨內(nèi)人士不要無聲支持這位總統(tǒng)。

"I have children and grandchildren to answer to, and so, Mr. President, I will not be complicit," Flake said.

弗萊克表示：“我需要對孩子和孫子負責，所以，總統(tǒng)先生，我不會成為同謀。”

Solomon says that another reason for the increase in look-ups for "complicit" is the accusations of sexual harassment against movie producer Harvey Weinstein. Some of Weinstein's associates say that they knew about the accusations years earlier, but were afraid to say anything about it publicly.

索羅門表示，引起complicit搜索量增加的另一個原因是人們對電影制片人哈維·溫斯坦(Harvey Weinstein)性騷擾的指控。溫斯坦的一些同事表示，他們多年前就知道這些指控，但是不敢公開說什么。

More words of the year to come

更多年度詞匯來襲

Keep your eyes open for more "Word of the Year" awards coming up in December and January. We will help you to add those words to your vocabulary in English, too.

接下來的12月和1月會選出更多年度詞匯，請保持關(guān)注。我們也會幫助你掌握這些英語詞匯。

I'm Jill Robbins.

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