牛津词典：我们决定取消最恶心英文单词票选
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Oxford 1 Dictionaries suspended its #OneWordMap most-hated words project. An update to the blog post describing the feature stated: “We regret to inform users that due to severe misuse 2 we have had to remove this feature from our website.”
牛津字典暂停了话题#OneWordMa——最可恨单词这个项目。博客上更新道：“我们很遗憾地通知用户，由于严重滥用，我们不得不把这个功能从我们的网站上撤销。”
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It’s possible that the suspension stemmed from the apparent outpouring of anti-Islam sentiment in the submissions 4 to the project. Some Twitter accounts posted screenshots purporting 5 to show that Oxford Dictionaries had barred certain sensitive words, like “Islam,” from submission 3 prior to the decision to take down the project.
此次暂停有可能是源于在项目提交时对反伊斯兰情绪的明显流露。一些推特账户发布的截图显示，在决定拿下这个项目之前，牛津字典已经禁止提交如“Islam（伊斯兰教）”等某些敏感词汇。
However, the nature of the misuse was not specified 6 in the site’s statement, and Oxford Dictionaries had not responded to a request for more details about why the program was halted.
然而，滥用的定义并没有在网站的声明中指定，而且牛津字典也没有回应终止原因的更多细节。
PREVIOUSLY 7: Do you hate the word “moist”? Well, congratulations: You’re in excellent company. The word ― usually applied 8 with varying degrees of ickiness to cake or to bodily orifices ― holds a legendary 9 power of repulsion, and a new project by Oxford Dictionaries to compile people’s most hated English-language words is confirming this.
回顾：你讨厌“moist（潮湿）”这个词吗？好吧，恭喜你：你和大众品味一致。这个词通常指蛋糕或身体器官上不同程度的粘度——拥有一种奇葩的厌恶感，由牛津字典的一个新项目所编辑的“人最讨厌的英语单词”证实了这一点。
As of this writing, the website counts over 14,000 submissions, broken down by country, and “moist” hovers 10 at or near the top of the list in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
在撰写本文时，网站上有超过1万4000次的提交，根据国家进行分类，在美国、英国、澳大利亚和加拿大，“湿润”这一单词徘徊或接近了榜首。
n.牛津（英国城市）
- At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
- This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
n.误用，滥用；vt.误用，滥用
- It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能，使我深感不安。
- He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。
n.服从，投降；温顺，谦虚；提出
- The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
- No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。
n.提交( submission的名词复数 )；屈从；归顺；向法官或陪审团提出的意见或论据
- The deadline for submissions to the competition will be Easter 1994. 递交参赛申请的截止时间为1994年的复活节。 来自辞典例句
- Section 556(d) allows the agency to substitute written submissions for oral direct testimony in rulemaking. 第五百五十六条第（四）款准允行政机关在规则制定中用书面提交材料替代口头的直接证言。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的现在分词 )
- Cindy Adams (Columnist) : He's purporting to be Mother Teresa. 辛迪？亚当斯（专栏作家）：他无意成为德兰修女。 来自互联网
- To prohibit certain practices purporting to be sales by auction. 本条例旨在对看来是以拍卖方式作出的售卖中某些行为予以禁止。 来自互联网
adj.特定的
- The architect specified oak for the wood trim. 那位建筑师指定用橡木做木饰条。
- It is generated by some specified means. 这是由某些未加说明的方法产生的。
adv.以前，先前（地）
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
adj.应用的；v.应用，适用
- She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
- This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
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