专业词汇|“老欧洲”被语言专家评为年度词语

（2004）柏林:因为德国和法国反对美国出兵伊拉克,美国国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德在对其进行贬损时所用的一个词老欧洲,被德国语言专家评审团评为2003年度词语。当拉姆斯菲尔德所说的这个词被反对伊拉克战争的大家骄傲地用作战斗口号之后,设在威斯巴登市的德国语言协会在一年一度的评选当年最有代表性词语的民意测验中,选择了das alte Europa。

老欧洲一词本意是用来刺激大家的,但它的意思却历程了转化,而今欧洲人将它作为正面的拥有自信的新代名词。语言协会主席鲁朵尔夫胡伯格于周五说道,这是一个很有意思的词,由于它在跨越国界后有了新的意思。他补充道。BERLIN - Old Europe, a term US Secretary of Defense^{1 Donald Rumsfeld used to disparage2 Germany and France for resisting war in Iraq, was named phrase of the year in Germany by a panel of language experts. The Wiesbaden-based Society for the German Language made das alte Europa its choice in the annual poll for the expression of the year after Rumsfeld's phrase became a popular rallying cry①used proudly by opponents of the war.}

The term 'old Europe' was originally used as a provocation^{3, but its meaning underwent a transformation4 and now stands as a new-found symbol of positive self-confidence among Europeans, Rudolf Hoberg, chairman of the language society, said Friday. It's an extremely interesting term because it took on new meanings across borders, he added.}