你想过没韦氏词典是怎样收录历年新词的

　　During last year’s presidential debates, and through this year’s inauguration, Merriam-Webster has been an active presence on Twitter, sharing words experiencing an uptick in search, or funny, relevant trivia.
　　在去年总统竞选辩论以及今年的就职典礼期间，韦氏词典一直在推特上很活跃，分享着那些搜索量增加的词汇或是一些相关趣事。
　　You might even say the dictionary provided a safe space on social media, or ＂a place (as on a college campus) intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.＂
　　你可能会说这本词典在互联网上提供了一个安全空间，或＂一个（像大学校园一样的）场所，（那里）没有偏见、冲突、指责，或是潜在的危险活动，可以自由地交流思想或进行对话。＂
　　It’s fitting, then, that ＂safe space＂ is among the 1,000 new additions Merriam-Webster made to its online dictionary today. The word was first used in 1970, and has been used by colleges post-election to describe themselves as campuses that will protect students who might feel in danger due to their religious beliefs, sexual orientation, race or gender.
　　后来，韦氏词典就把＂safe space＂（安全空间）这个词收录到现今在线词典的1000个新增词条中，这也是十分恰当的。1970年，这个词被第一次使用，大选后，大学就用这个词来称自己为＂保护那些因个人宗教信仰、性取向、种族或性别而感到危险的学生的校园＂。
　　Not all of the added words have been around for decades. Some of them, like ＂binge-watch＂ and ＂photobomb,＂ are products of newer technologies, but saw big spikes in recent use.
　　不是所有的新增词汇都已使用了几十年。像＂binge-watch＂（刷剧）和＂photobomb＂（照片炸弹）这样的一些词汇是新兴技术的产物，而最近其使用率迅速增长。
　　In an announcement, Merriam-Webster explained its methodology: ＂In some cases, terms have been observed for years and are finally being added; in others, the fast rise and broad acceptance of a term has made for a quicker journey.＂
　　在一则声明中，韦氏词典解释了它的方法论：＂在某些情况下，一些词被观察多年，最后被收录到新词中；在其他情况下，一个词，其使用率迅速增长，且被广泛接受，这个词就会更快地被收入词典中。＂
　　In a statement to The Huffington Post, Merriam-Webster’s editor-at-large Peter Sokolowski added that the words announced today were added to the dictionary’s digital pages. ＂The online dictionary gives us both more space to expand entries and a way to add them more quickly,＂ he said.
　　在发给赫芬顿邮报的一则声明中，韦氏词典的特约编辑彼得·索科洛夫斯基补充道，如今发表的新词被添加到字典的数字页面中。＂在线词典既为我们提供了更多的空间来扩展词条，又为我们提供了一个迅速补充词条的方法。＂
　　Other entries are updates of pre-existing words, such as ＂ghost＂ used as an informal verb, and ＂train wreck＂ used metaphorically to describe ＂an utter disaster or mess.＂
　　其他词条是对现有词汇的更新，如＂ghost＂（悄悄地行进）这个词被用作一个非正式的动词，而＂train wreck＂则被比喻为＂一场彻底的灾难或混乱＂。
　　The new additions come from medicine, sports, literature, fashion, politics and technology. One even comes from the name of a prolific word inventor — ＂Seussian,＂ meaning ＂suggestive of the works of Dr. Seuss.＂
　　新增词汇出自医药、运动、文学、时尚、政治以及技术领域。甚至还有一个词汇出自一个富有创造力的词汇发明家的名字，＂Seussian＂，意为＂瑟斯博士提出的词汇＂。