“拍脑袋决定”当选澳大利亚2015年度热词

 　　Captain's call - a phrase "plucked" from the cricket pitch and politicised by former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott - has become the Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2015.

　　“拍脑袋决定（原意：队长的决定）”一词源于板球运动，后因被用来戏谑澳大利亚前总理托尼·阿博特而变成政治术语。现在，该词已被麦夸里辞典列为“2015年度热词”。
　　Mr Abbott's controversial choice to award Prince Philip a knighthood was one of his many "captain's calls".
　　阿博特做过不少“拍脑袋的决定”，其中包括授予英国菲利普亲王骑士头衔，此事让他备受争议。
　　The noun is defined as "a decision made by a political or business leader without consultation 1 with colleagues".
　　这个名词是指“一个由政治或商业领导人所做的决定，未经与其同僚商议过。”
　　The dictionary said the word "perfectly 2 encapsulates" Australia in 2015.
　　该辞典称这个词“完美总结”了2015年的澳大利亚。
　　拍脑袋决定
　　"There has been an interesting change in usage; an infrequent item of the jargon 3 of cricket makes the leap into politics and is now being used generally with an ironic 4 tinge 5 to it that is very Australian," the Macquarie Dictionary said in a statement.
　　“这个词在用法上发生了一个十分有趣的变化；一个并不常见的板球术语进入到了政治领域，并且，人们在使用该词时通常带有讽刺意味，这种情况极富澳大利亚色彩，”麦夸里辞典在声明中如是说。
　　Coming in second was the word "lumbersexual" - a portmanteau of lumberjack and metrosexual - referring to urban men who adopt the style of an outdoorsman as a fashion statement.
　　排名第二的年度热词是“伐木型男”。它是伐木工人和都市型男这两个词的合成词，指那种以户外运动为时尚的都市男性。
　　Other contenders for Australia's best word in 2015
　　澳大利亚2015年度热词候选
　　1. deso: Colloquially 6 refers to a designated driver, who refrains from drinking alcohol in order to drive others safely home. Also, deso driver.
　　的搜：口语中通常指代驾司机，他们为了安全载送顾客回家而不能饮酒。也可称“的搜司机”。
　　2. open kimono: A business policy of sharing information freely with an outside party.
　　开放式和服：指开放信息共享的商业政策。
　　3. keyboard warrior 7: a person who adopts an excessively aggressive style in online discussions which they would not normally adopt in person-to-person communication, often in support of a cause, theory, world view, etc.
　　键盘侠：指那些在网上参与话题讨论时，对与自己立场、理论、世界观不同的人，采取恶语相向、攻击性态度的人，而这些人在现实生活中与人交流时却并不是这样。
　　4. ghost plate: a clear plastic numberplate cover which becomes opaque 8 when viewed from certain angles, thereby 9 obscuring the registration 10 number; designed to circumvent 11 identification by speed cameras.
　　鬼牌：一种透明塑料车牌膜，会使车牌从某些特定角度看来模糊不清；这是专为躲避超速相机抓拍车牌而设计的。
　　5. athleisure: clothing, shoes, etc., designed for both exercise and general casual wear.
　　运动休闲风：既适合运动又很悠闲的衣服、鞋子等。
　　6. tri-tip: a cut of beef, taken from the bottom of the sirloin.
　　三角肉：牛里脊最下面的那块肉。
　　7. digital disruption: Commerce the impact of digital technology in making various established industries and products obsolete 12.
　　数字化冲击：在商业领域中，受信息技术发展的冲击而淘汰的大量工厂和产品。
　　8. abandoned porn: a genre 13 of photography which romanticises abandoned buildings and urban areas in a state of decay. Also, ruin porn.
　　废墟艺术照：一种摄影类型，通过摄影技术使被遗弃的建筑和衰退区呈现一种颓废的浪漫色彩。英文也可以称之为“ruin porn”。
　　9. wombat 14 gate: a swing gate installed in a ditch going underneath 15 a fence, so that wombats 16, who follow very predictable patterns at night, can come and go without destroying the fence.
　　袋熊门：一种旋转门，安装在篱笆下面的沟渠里。夜晚袋熊喜欢朝显眼的地方走，这个旋转门可以吸引袋熊的注意力从而防止它踩坏篱笆。
　　Vocabulary
　　knighthood：骑士身份
　　encapsulate：概述
　　obsolete：废弃的；老式的