牛津字典每年都會選代表字,今年由vax(疫苗、接種)出線。它是vaccine(疫苗)與vaccination(接種)的衍生字,可當名詞與動詞,如vax sites(接種站)、being fully vaxxed(完全接種的)。台灣2劑覆蓋率約6成多,政府面對Omicron變異株,祭出好康鼓勵施打。
【淺談年度代表字】
vax 疫苗、接種
A:Have you heard the Oxford Dictionary declared "vax" its 2021 word of the year?
(你有聽說牛津字典宣布vax為年度代表字吧?)
B:Yes! It would have been impossible to get through 2021 without hearing the word "vax" at all!
(有!2021年還真不可能完全沒聽到疫苗這個字!)
to crop up 發生、出現
A:I worry about the existing vaccines' protection against the latest, fast-spreading Omicron variant.
(我擔憂現有疫苗對最新變種病毒Omicron的防護力。)
B:With so many people returning to Taiwan for the holidays, imported Omicron cases may crop up.
(那麼多人返台過節,很可能出現Omicron境外移入案例。)
booster shot 疫苗加強劑(第3劑)
A:It's said that some hospitals have begun giving vaccine booster shots to medical workers.
(聽說有醫院已開始替醫護人員打第3劑疫苗。)
B:Exactly! To speed up the vaccination efforts, the government has offered NT$100 supermarket vouchers as a gift!
(對! 為了加速疫苗普及,政府還送1百元超市禮券哩!)
【延伸關鍵字】
1. skepticism:懷疑的態度、懷疑論
2. to replicate:複製
3. to gear up:為……做好準備
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