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主播：Flora（中国）+ Erin（美国）

歌曲： Forget Me Nots

Today, we’re talking about a topic that’s always fascinating (有吸引力的): the Words of the Year (年度热词) chosen by major English dictionaries (各大英语词典).

It's already December now. 每到年末的时候各大媒体都会公布自己的“Word of the Year”。These words capture the mood, trends (趋势), and even social challenges (社会挑战) of the past year.

How a single word can capture the mood (捕捉情绪) of an entire year, or why certain words suddenly dominate conversations across the globe? We’ll mainly explore Collins’ and Cambridge’s Words of the Year (柯林斯和剑桥词典的年度最佳词汇) for 2024, along with some shortlisted words (入围词汇).

01. Collins’ Word of the Year: brat 柯林斯词典年度热词——“brat”

Here is the definition of 'brat' from the Collins Dictionary:

如果你叫一个人“brat”，那说明你觉得他表现非常不好or he or she annoys you（让你生气）。

Collins chose brat as their Word of the Year, but not in the way we might expect (并不是以我们可能预料的那种方式).

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