每周一词第136期—升级回收

Word of the Week---

 Upcycling

【词义解释】

剑桥词典近日将“upcycling”（升级回收）评为2019年年度词汇。“升级回收”指的是用旧的或使用过的东西制造新物品的活动。

Cambridge Dictionary has named 'upcycling', the activity of making new items out of old or used things, as its Word of the Year 2019.

【背景介绍】

“升级回收”一词被选为最能引起剑桥词典Instagram账户粉丝共鸣的“每日一词”。 这个名词被定义为用旧的或使用过的东西甚至废品制作新家具、物品等的活动。2019年7月4日，剑桥词典在Instagram账户上分享这个词汇时，它获得的点赞量超过其他所有的“每日一词”。

Upcycling was chosen as the 'Word of the Day' which resonated most strongly with followers on the Dictionary's Instagram account. The noun – defined as the activity of making new furniture, objects, etc. out of old or used things or waste material – received more likes than any other 'Word of the Day' when shared on 4 July 2019.

自2011年12月首次被收入剑桥词典网站以来，“升级回收”一词的搜索量增长了181%，仅去年一年的搜索量就增加了一倍。

The number of times upcycling has been looked up on the Cambridge Dictionary website has risen by 181% since December of 2011, when it was first added to the online dictionary, and searches have doubled in the last year alone.

剑桥词典的出版经理温德林·尼科尔斯说：“我们认为，‘升级回收’一词背后的积极意义比这个词本身更吸引人。阻止气候变化的进程，更不用说扭转它，有时似乎是不可能的。‘升级回收’是每个人可以为此做出改变的具体行动。”

"We think it's the positive idea behind upcycling that appeals more than the word itself," said Wendalyn Nichols, Publishing Manager of the Cambridge Dictionary. "Stopping the progression of climate change, let alone reversing it, can seem impossible at times. Upcycling is a concrete action a single human being can take to make a difference."

“对‘升级回收’一词的搜索反映了个人应对气候变化行动的趋势——由格蕾塔·通贝里发起的青年活动；纯素食、弹性素食和植物性饮食的增长趋势；阅读并遵循《没有第二个地球》手册，以及时装设计师们对衣服进行‘升级回收’来打造最新服装系列。”

"Lookups of upcycling reflect the momentum around individual actions to combat climate change — the youth activism sparked by Greta Thunberg; the growing trends of vegan, flexitarian and plant-based diets; reading and following the handbook There is No Planet B; or fashion designers upcycling clothes to create their latest collections."

撰稿：李天宇