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Top Ten Word Lists of 2003
[ 2004-07-30 01:00 ]
Top ten word lists of 2003
美国网络词典门户网站发布了2003年流行英语词汇Top 10排行榜。
Top Ten Words of 2003
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Embedded
（潜伏)
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News correspondents embedded in military units suggested to many that news correspondents were in bed with the military. |
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Blog
（网络日记）
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Web logs have come of age and, regrettably, this lexical mutation with them. |
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SARS
（严重急性呼吸道症候群）
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Farm animals strike back at the humans who eat them again with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. |
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Spam
（垃圾邮件）
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This old word now refers to a plague contending with SARS for destructive potential. |
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Taikonaut
（太空飞行员）
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The Chinese astronaut proved that China is a rising industrial power. |
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Bushism
（布什主义）
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This word now has a real possibility for remaining in the language. |
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Allision
（撞上一个不能移动的物体)
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U.S. 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) |
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Recall
（罢免）
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As in California Recall that resulted in the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Governator |
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Middangeard
（中等危险）
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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. |
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Celibacy
（独身生活）
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The word which holds the key to ending the seemingly eternal scandal of the US Catholic Church. |
Top Ten Phrases of 2003
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Shock-and-Awe
（震慑行动）
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Remember the initial strategy of the Iraqi War? There was probably more of this when we watched Saddam Hussein emerge from his 'spider-hole.' |
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Rush to War
（仓促上战场）
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Something the US was accused of by our allies and the slogan of liberals attacked by Limbaugh. |
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Tire Pressure
（轮胎压力）
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Announced the imminent disintegration of the Space Shuttle. |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
（大规模杀伤性武器）
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The reason given for the Rush to War. Removing a genocidal maniac wasn't reason enough? |
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16 Words
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"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." |
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Guantanamo Bay
（关塔那摩湾）
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The US Justice and Defense Departments thought they would "Gitmo" cooperation from suspected terrorists off shore. |
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Spider-Hole
（蜘蛛洞）
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Looks like this one is going to stick around for a while: Sen. Lieberman is already accusing Howard Dean of 'crawling into a spider-hole of denial'. |
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Tipping Point
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When any topic moves from one level to the next or the state of a politician one word away from falling flat on his face. |
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Angry Left
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The early followers of Howard Dean seem to have frightened him to the center. |
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Halliburton Energy Services
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Vice President Cheney's old company was supplying our fighting men and women with fuel at enlightened prices before the dust settled in Iraq (if it has settled yet). |
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