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“八卦”英语怎么说

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 名词解释:八卦可指在娱乐圈中,非正式的、没有根据的、荒诞低俗的小道消息或者新闻。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

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If you find those sort of quietly whispered questions about your co-workers irresistible, you're hardly alone. But why are we drawn to gossip?

"Gossip recipients tend to use positive and negative group information to improve, promote, and protect the self," writes a research team led by Elena Martinescu of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. "Individuals need evaluative information about others to evaluate themselves."

"Contrary to lay perceptions," the researchers assert, "most negative gossip is not intended to hurt the target, but to please the gossiper and receiver."

如果一些关于你同事的小八卦令你无法抗拒,恭喜你,你并不是一个人。但是,我们为什么会被这些八卦所吸引呢?

来自荷兰格罗宁根大学的埃琳娜•马丁纳斯库率领团队研究这一问题,他们提到,“听到八卦的人会用这些正面的或负面的消息完善、提升和保护自己。每个人都需要通过他人的评价信息来评价自己。”

研究人员称,“与世俗的认知相反,大多数负面八卦并不是想伤害那些被谈论的人,仅仅是因为这样做会让谈论者和听众感到开心。”

  【讲解】

文中的gossip作名词,意为“八卦,闲聊”,如:I have no time to engage in gossip.

(我无暇闲聊。);它也可以作动词,意为“说闲话”,其后常接介词about或of,如:Never gossip about your boss.(永远不要说你上司的闲话。);gossipy woman则通常表示为“长舌妇”。

最后一段中的contrary是形容词,表示“相反的”,常用短语:directly contrary(正相反),contrary to(与……相反),contrary current(逆流)。