牛津词典：我们决定取消最恶心英文单词票选

　　牛津字典暂停了话题#OneWordMa——最可恨单词这个项目。博客上更新道：“我们很遗憾地通知用户，由于严重滥用，我们不得不把这个功能从我们的网站上撤销。”

　　牛津词典：我们决定取消最恶心英文<a href=http://www.hxen.com/word/ target=_blank class=infotextkey>单词</a>票选

　　It’s possible that the suspension stemmed from the apparent outpouring of anti-Islam sentiment in the submissions⁴ to the project. Some Twitter accounts posted screenshots purporting⁵ to show that Oxford Dictionaries had barred certain sensitive words, like “Islam,” from submission³ prior to the decision to take down the project.

　　此次暂停有可能是源于在项目提交时对反伊斯兰情绪的明显流露。一些推特账户发布的截图显示，在决定拿下这个项目之前，牛津字典已经禁止提交如“Islam（伊斯兰教）”等某些敏感词汇。

　　However, the nature of the misuse was not specified⁶ in the site’s statement, and Oxford Dictionaries had not responded to a request for more details about why the program was halted.

　　然而，滥用的定义并没有在网站的声明中指定，而且牛津字典也没有回应终止原因的更多细节。

　　PREVIOUSLY⁷: Do you hate the word “moist”? Well, congratulations: You’re in excellent company. The word ― usually applied⁸ with varying degrees of ickiness to cake or to bodily orifices ― holds a legendary⁹ power of repulsion, and a new project by Oxford Dictionaries to compile people’s most hated English-language words is confirming this.

　　回顾：你讨厌“moist（潮湿）”这个词吗？好吧，恭喜你：你和大众品味一致。这个词通常指蛋糕或身体器官上不同程度的粘度——拥有一种奇葩的厌恶感，由牛津字典的一个新项目所编辑的“人最讨厌的英语单词”证实了这一点。

　　As of this writing, the website counts over 14,000 submissions, broken down by country, and “moist” hovers¹⁰ at or near the top of the list in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.

　　在撰写本文时，网站上有超过1万4000次的提交，根据国家进行分类，在美国、英国、澳大利亚和加拿大，“湿润”这一单词徘徊或接近了榜首。

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