澳大利亚命名下一个十年“One-ders”_文化教育

澳大利亚命名下一个十年“One-ders”

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2009-12-04 02:03 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A leading Australian website has tried to solve the problem of what to call the next decade - by holding a competition to name it.

澳大利亚一个主流网站试图以竞赛方式命名下一个十年的名称。

Other popular names include the 'Tennies'

The winning choice of the One-ders earned Adam Vujic a prize of 2,010 Australian dollars ($1,866; £1,122).

More obvious choices such as Tennies, Tenties or Teenies were rejected because "they were so popular they had to be discounted".

The website said the winning name expressed "bright-eyed optimism¹".

"We needed something that communicated a feeling, not just denoted² a number," said the website.

But one unimpressed contributor, who gave his name as Kevin Longfellow, asked: "Is this decision binding³ on（约束） the whole world?"

Observers say the debate over what to call the 2010s mirrors problems with the current decade, which has never had a universally accepted name.

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1 optimism
n.乐观，乐观主义
参考例句：
Don't pour cold water on their optimism.别给他们的乐观态度泼冷水。 Optimism made him alive through the hard days.乐观主义使他在艰难的岁月里活了下来。

2 denoted
为…的符号( denote的过去式和过去分词 )；为…的名称；指示；指出
参考例句：
Those seedilots can be denoted by their relative growth rates. 这些种子可根据其相对生长速度进行编号表示。 The union of two sets A and B is denoted by AUB. 两个集合A和B的并，用AUB表示。

3 binding
有约束力的，有效的，应遵守的
参考例句：
The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。 Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。