Welcome to the Voice of America's "News Words".
欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”。
This news word is the 2016 Merriam-Webster Dictionary word of the year: surreal.
这个新闻词汇是2016韦氏词典的年度词汇:不真实的。
Merriam-Webster says web searches for surreal rose after several world events and tragedies in 2016.
韦氏词典表示,2016年,单词“不真实的”网络搜索量在几次世界性事件和悲剧发生之后有所上升。
But, the largest increase in searches for surreal came just after the United States presidential election in November.
但是,单词“不真实的”搜索量最大的一次增加紧随着11月美国总统大选发生。
Surreal describes something or someone as very strange or unusual.
“不真实的”描述的是非常奇怪或不寻常的人或事。
It can seem like a dream.
它看起来就像梦一样。
Surreal is often used to describe something shocking.
“不真实的”通常用来描述令人震惊的事。