美語(yǔ)俚語(yǔ) problematic 政治不正確的

131. problematic 政治不正確的

“Politically incorrect（政治不正確）”的新說法，指某個(gè)詞或某種情況可能會(huì)使人們/某個(gè)人群不快。該詞原本形容會(huì)造成麻煩的事物，比如沒氣的輪胎會(huì)對(duì)駕駛“造成麻煩”。

例：

The celebration of Columbus Day has become problematic since there is a lot of controversy about his relationship with the Native Americans.

慶祝“哥倫布紀(jì)念日”已成為一件政治不正確的事情，因?yàn)槿藗儗?duì)哥倫布與北美土著居民之間的關(guān)系有諸多爭(zhēng)議。