Introduction It’s almost Friday. I believe many friends are already looking forward to the arrival of 2021. At the same time, the beginning of 21 years marks the end of 20 years. Today, the editor is here to talk about Let’s take stock of the top ten Internet hot words in 2020. How do you say them in English? Let’s take a look at what weird Internet hot words we have in this year!
01 Workers
p>Workers have the soul to work, and workers are superior to others
As if overnight, both blue-collar and white-collar workers, as well as celebrities and Internet celebrities, are calling themselves workers. "80% of the pain in life comes from working, but if you don't work, 100% of the pain comes from not having money." Among the quotes from working workers, half is full of motivation and encouragement, and the other half is full of helplessness in real life. But they are always full of yearning for a better life.
"Beating a worker" is a kind of black humor and a strong cry for adults under the dual pressure of workplace competition and life burden.
How to express such hot words in English? There are several types as follows, learn it quickly!
laborer Workers
Office worker Office white-collar workers
desk jockey office worker
corporate slave social animal
02 Jimei
Jimei guys, rush to the duck
Jimei It was originally the place name of Xiamen City, which means "gathering the beauty of the world". This year, because a Kuaishou anchor pronounced "sisters" as "Jimei", it became a popular title on the Internet. Just open Weibo and you can see girls calling each other "Jimei". Some netizens interpreted Jimei as "a woman who combines beauty and talent."
"Dear", "Brother", "Jimei", "Little Sister"... A large number of new titles have been born on the Internet, some of them are dialectal, and more are gradually "Cute".
When it comes to friends, the only word we can think of is friend. In fact, there are many expressions of friends~
bestie<口> The word bestie often appears in spoken conversations. Mostly used between female friends.
confidante female confidant (or close friend)
buddy<口>Brother, buddy is commonly used in the United States, and is generally used between male friends who have a close relationship.
03 Toolman
Toolman is fed up with being treated as a tool, but he still can’t get away from it
Toolman in the workplace is a little transparent person in the company. The secret of doing things is to "receive" and "understand"; the tool man in love is the jack of the goddess. He is not even qualified to be a spare tire. He is as low as dust and is at her disposal... The essence of the tool man is that his personality is materialized. Losing self and being used as a tool.
In the contemporary context, "tool man" has been generalized to various fields. Young people call themselves tool people in order to relieve the helplessness they face and express their desire to get rid of this embarrassing situation.
Still using tool man to mean tool person? Nonono! In fact, there is an authentic idiom with a very similar meaning, which is cat's paw↓↓
cat's paw: a person used by another as a tool A person who is used by others; a person who is fooled
In addition, there are some similar expressions with similar meanings:
backup spare tire
puppet puppet
04 Netease Cloud
I am sorry for being born as a human being
NetEase Cloud Music, which is characterized by hot comment culture, was criticized due to a large number of negative comments. Netizens jokingly call it "the net suppresses the cloud". Previously, if I clicked on a ballad at random, decadent and pretentious "pain literature" would always appear in the comment area, just like a book called "Disqualification in the World".
Many netizens believe that deliberately selling fake literature and art will cause great harm to people with real depression. "As a human being, I am very happy." More and more netizens are using positive energy to respond to the "mourning culture", turning the net to suppress the cloud into the "net to heal the cloud."
In the comment area where "golden sentences" frequently appear, have you also found some cries? Let us appreciate a few English expressions from Net Yiyun:
1. What I fear the most is a life of mediocrity, and I also say that being ordinary is precious.
We are afraid of accomplishing nothing special in our life. But we always
said nothing special is what makes you special.
2. "Do you remember Her?" "I forgot, haha." "I haven't said who she is."
"Do you still remember her?" "No, haha." "I haven't said who she is. ."
3. I am sorry for being born human.
I'm sorry for my birth and existence.
05 Rebellious One
A great hero serves the country and the people
When others were trying to escape from the epidemic area, they went in the opposite direction: regardless of the return date, no fear of danger, no regard for reward, no matter life or death! They risked their lives to snatch people from the hands of death. They are the well-deserved "heroes" of this era. ".
Rebels are not only medical staff fighting the epidemic, but also firefighters putting out fires, warriors fighting floods, volunteers fighting earthquakes... a general term for heroes. On the road to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, this "retrograde" spirit will be passed on forever.
So, how do you express "rebels" in English? The original words of Foreign Minister Wang Yi are as follows:
More than 100 medical teams and more than 20,000 medical staff came from all over the country to They gathered in the hardest-hit areas of Hubei and were hailed as the "most beautiful rebels" in the contemporary era.
Hailed as heroes in harm's way, over 20,000 healthcare workers in 100 plus
medical teams converged in Hubei, the hardest hit province, from across the
nation to support epidemic control.
06 Cloud Supervisor
This is not supervision, this is an incentive
During the epidemic, more than 100 million netizens watched the live broadcast of "Supervisor" The construction of Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals testifies to China's speed in overcoming difficulties. This slow live broadcast has also been integrated into the fan circle culture, and netizens have named forklifts, forklifts, and excavators. Coincidentally, Tmall's express live broadcast on Double Eleven this year also attracted more than 100 million "cloud supervisors". Unlike "Chajiang" and "Lan Wangji" who became popular because of their diligence, the delivery robot "199" became the focus of netizens because of its laziness.
2020 is a special year. Due to the impact of the epidemic, many people have begun to "cloud", such as "online classes", "cloud office", "cloud fitness", etc. So how should they be expressed in English? ?
1. Online courses
e.g. Schools should make full use of all kinds of quality open online courses
and educational resources to organize online education activities.< /p>
Schools should make full use of high-quality online courses and teaching resources to carry out online teaching activities.
2. Cloud Fitness
e.g. The Covid-19 epidemic hasn't been healthy for gyms in Shanghai. Many
have been trying to tide themselves over by offering exercise programs online.
Also, many gyms in China are now live-streaming classes.
Due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, many gyms in Shanghai are still not open to the public. However, some gyms provide online classes, and some gyms also launch live fitness classes.
3. Cloud office
indoors person otaku otaku
stay at home stay at home without going out
stay indoors stay indoors
07 Houlang
Those who keep saying that each generation is inferior to the last should look at you
On the eve of the May 4th Youth Day, Station B invited the famous actor He Bing A message to the younger generation: "You are lucky to meet this era, but the era is even more lucky to meet you like this." One stone stirred up a thousand waves: some young people do not want to be represented, "The superiority of a small number of people does not represent us"; some Young people don’t want to be defined. “Young people don’t need middle-aged people to speak on their behalf.” How to define Houlang is still undecided, and it may be in the words and deeds of every young person.
"Lao Lang" refers to the new generation, or new generation. It can be represented by younger / new generation.
e.g. The new generation surpasses the old.
The new generation is often stronger than the old generation.
08 Nunchucks
Singles Day is already in pairs, but I’m still single
This year, the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are celebrated together. There is a joke circulating on the Internet. If you are still single after the double festival, it is called "nunchaku". Coincidentally, Tmall's Double Eleven, which was born out of "Singles' Day", has also become "Nunchaku" this year (sold in two waves). The term nunchuck became popular again and was extended to mean "a person who is still single after two Double Elevens".
From singles to nunchucks, the expression of singleness is becoming more and more subtle. While young people long for love, they create new memes to laugh at themselves about being single, forming a unique subculture.
Let’s take a look at the related expressions!
Double Eleven Double Eleven
Black Friday Black Friday
Cyber ??Monday Monday Monday
Singles Day
bachelor Bachelor
09 Final Payment Man
Li Jiaqi stays up late to make money to catch up on sleep during the day, and is the final payment recipient Stay up late and spend money and get up early to work
“When the final payment person pays the deposit, I feel like I can afford everything.” Li Jiaqi sounded the gong, and the final payment person spent the whole night rushing to buy the goods. In less than 2 hours, there was one on Tmall The turnover of 100 brands exceeded 100 million. People with final payment are rushing to buy goods not because they have money, but because they think it will be more expensive later if they don’t buy now. They put together orders to get full discounts and pay deposits in advance to save money. The balance-payers and the wage earners are almost the same group of young people. The core of being a wage earner is to have fun in the midst of hardship, while the person who makes the final payment is to buy with tears in his eyes.
Everyone who is crazy about unpacking express delivery, do you know how to say "payment person" in English?
1. Deposit advance payment
e.g. The undersigned buyers agree to pay a 5,000 dollar deposit.
Signed buyers agree to pay a 5,000 dollar deposit.
2. Pay the balance
e.g. I'd like to check the balance in my account please.
I'd like to check the balance in my account .
3. Pay for all the items Clear the shopping cart
e.g. I wish there was someone who could pay for all the items in my cart.
Really hope Someone can help me clear my shopping cart.
10 Professional Team
When Brother Hei smiles, life or death is unpredictable. As soon as the coffin was lifted, the world was in vain
In April, Wuhan Kaicheng, the life interrupted by the epidemic began to fully recover. At the same time, the video of "Black Man Carrying a Coffin" became popular all over the Internet. In the video, Ghanaians carried coffins on their shoulders, applauded, stamped their feet, and bid farewell to the deceased with wild dances. Chinese netizens called them a "professional team." Ghanaians prefer to use laughter instead of tears at funerals, which coincides with Zhuangzi's "singing with drums and pots" at his wife's funeral. This view of life and death has brought a strong spiritual impact to the Chinese people who are taboo about talking about "death".
Coffin Dance / Dancing Pallbearers Dance coffin bearers to send off the deceased
casket / coffin coffin
pallbearer coffin bearers
"There is only one kind of true heroism in the world, which is to still love it after recognizing the truth of life." These young people who like to praise, ridicule and self-deprecating through Internet hot words have precisely seen the truth of life. People who can actively relieve and release inner pressure are people who love life and the world.
The above is what the editor has compiled and shared with you today about "How to say the top ten Internet hot words in 2020 in English?" I hope it will be helpful to everyone. With the development of society, English has become more and more important, so how to enlighten children in English is very important. Scientific and effective methods can achieve twice the result with half the effort!