《劍橋詞典》日前宣布，2021年度詞匯是perseverance（毅力）。該詞的當選得益于美國宇航局的火星探測器“毅力號”?！秳蛟~典》的編輯認為，該詞也反映出過去一年來人們面對新冠疫情和氣候危機帶來的挑戰(zhàn)所展示出的耐力。

Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year for 2021 has been revealed as “perseverance”.

《劍橋詞典》日前公布2021年度詞匯為“毅力”。

The word was inspired by Nasa’s mission to Mars, as data showed that users across the globe searched for the word online more than 243,000 times throughout the year.

該詞的當選得益于美國宇航局的火星任務，數(shù)據(jù)顯示，全球用戶從年初至今對“毅力”一詞的網(wǎng)絡搜索量超過了24.3萬次。

The dictionary found there was a surge in searches for the meaning of “perseverance” between 18 and 24 February, after Nasa’s Perseverance Rover landed on Mars.

《劍橋詞典》發(fā)現(xiàn)，在美國宇航局的“毅力號”探測器登陸火星后，2月18日至24日期間網(wǎng)友對“毅力”含義的搜索量激增。

"Perseverance” is defined in the Cambridge Dictionary as a “continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time”.

《劍橋詞典》將“毅力”一詞定義為“不斷努力地做某事或實現(xiàn)某個目標，無論有多困難或需要花多長時間”。

The word is “almost always a positive word that expresses our admiration for people who keep going in difficult situations”, wrote the editors.

編輯寫道，這個詞“幾乎總是正面的，用來對不怕困難堅持不懈的人表達敬佩之情”。

They added that people had shown the meaning of the word “in the face of challenges and disruption to our lives from Covid-19 and other problems”.

他們還表示，人們“面對疫情和其他問題給生活帶來的挑戰(zhàn)和挫折”展示出了“毅力”一詞的內涵。

Wendalyn Nichols, Cambridge Dictionary publishing manager, said it “made sense” that searches for the word spiked after the descent of the Mars Rover.

《劍橋詞典》的出版經(jīng)理溫達琳·尼克爾斯說，在火星探測器著陸后該詞的搜索量暴增是“合理的”。

"Cambridge Dictionary is the top website in the world for learners of English, and perseverance is not a common word for students of English to have in their vocabulary," she said.

她說：“劍橋詞典官網(wǎng)是世界一流的英語學習網(wǎng)站，很多英語學習者都不知道perseverance這個單詞是什么意思?！?/p>

"We often see spikes in look-ups of words associated with current events when those words are less familiar."

“當時事新聞中出現(xiàn)不常見的單詞時，通常會出現(xiàn)搜索量激增?！?/p>

She said editors felt it was an appropriate word for the year, given the challenges of 2021.

她表示，編輯們認為考慮到2021年的種種挑戰(zhàn)，“毅力”很適合做年度詞匯。

"Just as it takes perseverance to land a rover on Mars, it takes perseverance to face the challenges and disruption to our lives from Covid-19, climate disasters, political instability and conflict," said Nichols.

尼克爾斯說：“正如讓探測器登陸火星需要不懈的努力，面對新冠疫情、氣候災難、政治動蕩和沖突給我們生活帶來的挑戰(zhàn)和挫折也需要毅力。”

Other words that can be used as synonyms for “perseverance” include “determination”, “persistence”, “doggedness”, “tenacity”, “resolve”, and “will”.

Perseverance的同義詞包括determination（決心）、persistence（堅持）、doggedness（頑強）、tenacity（堅韌）、resolve（決心）和will（意志）。

Last year, Cambridge Dictionary named “quarantine” as word of the year, after it became one of the most highly searched for words online.

去年，《劍橋詞典》選出的年度詞匯是“隔離”，該詞是當年網(wǎng)絡搜索量最高的詞匯之一。

英文來源：獨立報

翻譯&編輯：丹妮