Buzzwords 流行词,热门词
Buzz字面意思是嗡嗡的声音,也可以形容热门的
Trending words 热门词汇,指social media上非常热门的词汇
Toxic 有毒的
According to Oxford's research , we'reusing "toxic" to describe everything from chemicals and gas to masculinity and relationships . We've embraced the word as a kind of blanket descriptor for anything deeply but often invisibly harmful
Toxic不局限于形容有毒化学物品,还可以形容不好的工作环境,人际关系等,比如toxic working enviroment , toxic masculinity 贬低女性的大男子主义
toxic 和 poisonous 的区别是,poisonous 用来形容有毒性的,比如snake
Single-use和disposable
Single-use
used to describe a product that is designed to be used once only:
Sales of single-use cameras fell by 2% last year
Single - use plastic straw
Disposable
A disposable product is intended to be thrown away after use
Nomophobia : fear of the idea of being without your mobile phone or unable to use it 无手机恐惧症
Selfie 自拍
Vape 抽电子烟
The emoji : face with tears of joy
Post-truth : 后真相
Youthquake 青年震荡
Geek 极客
Photobomb 抢镜头
Binge-watch 刷剧
Brexit 英国脱欧 British exit 的缩写
Fake news 假新闻
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