Phubbing refers to the activity of being impolite in a social situation by looking at your phone instead of paying attention to the person you are with.

 

Phubbing指在社交场合不关注身边的人，而是一个劲看手机的不礼貌行为，我们可称之为“低头症”。

 

Have you ever been chatting to a friend and succumbed¹ to the temptation, mid-conversation, of checking your mobile and apologetically interrupting the flow because you just can't resist replying to a text message? If so, then you're guilty of a 21st century impropriety now known as phubbing. People who can’t help checking their phones during a conversation are known as phubbers.

 

你有没有过这样的经历，跟朋友聊天的过程中忍不住想看手机，然后很抱歉地暂停你们的对话，因为你实在忍不住要回个短信？如果有的话，那么你就是21世纪无礼行为“低头症”的一份子。跟人聊天时老忍不住看手机的人就被称为“低头族”。

 

The word phubbing and its related derivations first appeared in 2012, formed from a blend of the noun phone and verb snub meaning 'to insult someone by ignoring them'.

 

Phubbing一词及其衍生词最早出现在2012年，由名词phone和表示“怠慢”的动词snub组合而成。

 

Opinion polls indicate that a one-to-one conversation is the most frustrating² situation in which to be phubbed, causing the victim to feel as if the other person is disinterested³ in them or the conversation in general. Travelling with someone in a car or on public transport, however, is deemed to be the most 'acceptable' situation in which phubbing could take place. (Source: macmillandictionary.com)

 

调查显示，一对一的谈话中出现“低头症”是最让人崩溃的状况，因为受害方会觉得对方对自己或他们的谈话内容不感兴趣。同别人乘车或公共交通工具出行时则是“低头症”最易被接受的场合。

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