Buzzwords 完整註解
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我們時常為了聽起來更厲害而選擇用複雜的詞彙，好像用詞越高深就越聰明一樣。
但是語言是用來溝通的，如果別人聽不懂，詞句再華麗又有什麼用呢？
閱讀前你該知道的詞彙
buzzword 指那些通常聽起來很時髦、很專業、很厲害，但無法讓人第一時間理解實質性內容或具體意義的詞語，像是「人工智能」、「區塊鏈技術」、「數位整合」等詞彙。
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I have lost count of the number of times I have he
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I have lost count of the number of times I have heard one form of these or another. I also have lost count of the number of years I have spoken them.
Those words, and sentences, that seem to make some i’m-busy-and-important-come-listen-to-me sound. We’ve learnt to call them buzzwords. You know them when you hear them, from executives, at luncheons…and in several places.
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lose count of ... 「記不清第幾次...了」
Ex. I have lost count of how many times you said sorry. 我已經記不清這是你第幾次說對不起了。
luncheons 「lunch 的正式名稱」
Ex. I have lost count of how many times you said sorry. 我已經記不清這是你第幾次說對不起了。
luncheons 「lunch 的正式名稱」
我已經記不清聽過多少次這些用詞彙，也記不清我自己說了多少年了。
那些散發著「我很忙很重要，快來聽我講話」的字眼和句子。我們稱它們為buzzwords。你一聽到就會知道，無論是在高階主管們的午餐聚會上，還是在其他諸多的場合上。
As a teenager, I had thought the bigger and deeper the words you use are, the more it shows of how intelligent and knowledgeable I am. And almost every meeting I went - at the United Nations, with some corporate or political heads and several of these conferences- had a way of confirming my bias.