Australia makes 'captain's call' on best words of 2015
Captain's call - a phrase "plucked" from the cricket pitch and politicized by former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott - has become the Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2015.
✏“拍腦袋決定（原意：隊長的決定）”一詞源於板球運動，後因被用來戲謔澳大利亞前總理托尼·阿博特而變成政治術語。現在，該詞已被麥誇裡辭典列為“2015年度熱詞”。
Mr Abbott's controversial choice to award Prince Philip a knighthood was one of his many "captain's calls".
✏阿博特做過不少“拍腦袋的決定”，其中包括授予英國菲力浦親王騎士頭銜，此事讓他備受爭議。
The noun is defined as "a decision made by a political or business leader without consultation with colleagues".
✏這個名詞是指“一個由政治或商業領導人所做的決定，未經與其同僚商議過。”
The dictionary said the word "perfectly encapsulates" Australia in 2015.
✏該辭典稱這個詞“完美總結”了2015年的澳大利亞。
"There has been an interesting change in usage; an infrequent item of the jargon of cricket makes the leap into politics and is now being used generally with an ironic tinge to it that is very Australian," the Macquarie Dictionary said in a statement.
✏“這個詞在用法上發生了一個十分有趣的變化；一個並不常見的板球術語進入到了政治領域，並且，人們在使用該詞時通常帶有諷刺意味，這種情況極富澳大利亞色彩，”麥誇裡辭典在聲明中如是說。
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.
✏排名第二的年度熱詞是“伐木型男”。它是伐木工人和都市型男這兩個詞的合成詞，指那種以戶外運動為時尚的都市男性。
Other contenders for Australia's best word in 2015
✏澳大利亞2015年度熱詞候選
1. deso: Colloquially refers to a designated driver, who refrains from drinking alcohol in order to drive others safely home. Also, deso driver.
➥的搜：口語中通常指代駕司機，他們為了安全載送顧客回家而不能飲酒。也可稱“的搜司機”。
2. open kimono: A business policy of sharing information freely with an outside party.
➥開放式和服：指開放資訊共用的商業政策。
3. keyboard warrior: 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.
➥鍵盤戰士：指那些在網上參與話題討論時，對與自己立場、理論、世界觀不同的人，採取惡語相向、攻擊性態度的人，而這些人在現實生活中與人交流時卻並不是這樣。
4. ghost plate: a clear plastic numberplate cover which becomes opaque when viewed from certain angles, thereby obscuring the registration number; designed to circumvent identification by speed cameras.
➥鬼牌：一種透明塑膠車牌膜，會使車牌從某些特定角度看來模糊不清；這是專為躲避超速相機抓拍車牌而設計的。
5. athleisure: clothing, shoes, etc., designed for both exercise and general casual wear.
➥運動休閒風：既適合運動又很悠閒的衣服、鞋子等。
6. tri-tip: a cut of beef, taken from the bottom of the sirloin.
➥三角肉：牛里脊最下面的那塊肉。
7. digital disruption: Commerce the impact of digital technology in making various established industries and products obsolete.
➥數位化衝擊：在商業領域中，受資訊技術發展的衝擊而淘汰的大量工廠和產品。
8. abandoned porn: a genre of photography which romanticises abandoned buildings and urban areas in a state of decay. Also, ruin porn.
➥廢墟藝術照：一種攝影類型，通過攝影技術使被遺棄的建築和衰退區呈現一種頹廢的浪漫色彩。英文也可以稱之為“ruin porn”。
9. wombat gate: a swing gate installed in a ditch going underneath a fence, so that wombats, who follow very predictable patterns at night, can come and go without destroying the fence.
➥袋熊門：一種旋轉門，安裝在籬笆下面的溝渠裡。夜晚袋熊喜歡朝顯眼的地方走，這個旋轉門可以吸引袋熊的注意力從而防止它踩壞籬笆。
【Vocabulary】
❖ knighthood：騎士身份
❖ encapsulate：概述
❖ obsolete：廢棄的；老式的
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