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Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year

2021-12-13 06:27:35 | W

 アメリカの英語辞書出版社のメリアム・ウェブスターは、毎年恒例の「今年の言葉」にvaccineを選んだ。

 今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。

 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20211129/p2g/00m/0in/037000c

With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.

 omnipresent: いつどこにでも存在する、遍在の。omnipresent truthで、「避けられない、揺るがない事実」

"This was a word that was extremely high in our data every single day in 2021," Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor-at-large, told The Associated Press ahead of Monday's announcement.

 editor-at-large: 総合監修者

"It really represents two different stories. One is the science story, which is this remarkable speed with which the vaccines were developed. But there's also the debates regarding policy, politics and political affiliation. It's one word that carries these two huge stories," he said.

 political affiliation: 所属政党

The selection follows "vax" as word of the year from the folks who publish the Oxford English Dictionary. And it comes after Merriam-Webster chose "pandemic" as tops in lookups last year on its online site.

"The pandemic was the gun going off and now we have the aftereffects," Sokolowski said.

 本日も更新が大幅に遅れてしまい、誠に申し訳ございません。

 

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