Newspapers around the world are reporting that there is a lot of “blamestorming” going around these days in the face of a still-weak global economy.

全世界的报纸都在报道，在持续低迷的全球经济的背景下，“批评风暴”盛行。

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Once upon a time, the favorite word was “brainstorming,” which meant coming together in a positive way to create a storm of great ideas or solve a problem. Now the word is “blamestorming,” a negative word, which means everyone is blaming everyone else for something that goes wrong. In China, blamestorming takes place on the Internet when netizens post a series of accusations following an accident before all the evidence is in.

“Brainstorming”（头脑风暴）以前很受宠爱，意思是说大家坐在一起，积极想办法解决问题，一群人可以想出一箩筐的主意。如今，这个词演变成了“blamestorming”（批评风暴），有贬义色彩，意思是说每个人都怪别人把事情搞砸了。在中国，有时事故发生后，证据还没全部浮出水面，网民们就开始在网上攻讦他人，这就是blamestorming。

（中国日报网英语点津 实习生沈清 编辑：Julie）

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Renee Haines is an editor and broadcaster at China Daily. Renee has more than 15 years of experience as a newspaper editor, radio station anchor and news director, news-wire service reporter and bureau chief, magazine writer, book editor and website consultant. She came to China from the United States.