【argot】 - A-level备考词汇

argot

UK:  ['ɑː(r)ɡət]

US:  ['ɑrɡət]

复数：argots  

n.

1.(某一职业或团体惯用的)行话

2.(盗贼等的)暗语,黑话

1 . In the grating argot of his public-relations past, Mr Cameron was elected to "decontaminate" the brand.
在私下谈论卡梅伦过去的公共关系形象时，认为他是保守党的“净化器”。

2 . It is a more recent addition to language, added to the vernacular of engineers through the argot of World War II airplane mechanics.
这个词比较新，它是在二战时期从航空工业开始成为工程师的行话的）。

3 . Entire subcultures now define themselves primarily or exclusively through their chosen text-messaging or instant-messaging argot.
所有的亚文化如今都把自己大部分或全部定义为包括经过他们挑选的通过文本信息或即时信息表达的暗语。

4 . Which is to say, in the argot of new media: old, slow and expensive to produce.
也就是说，商业周刊被新媒体称作陈旧的，反应迟钝的及制作成本昂贵的杂志。

5 . DEBT reduction, or deleveraging as it is known in the inelegant argot of economists, is a painful process.
削减债务，或用经济学家并不文雅的行话来说“去杠杆化”，是一个痛苦的过程。