upset: 意外擊敗
[ 2006-03-09 13:33 ]
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翻看有關(guān)本年度奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)的評(píng)論，最炙手可熱的一個(gè)詞恐怕就是upset了。美國西部時(shí)間3月5日下午5:00，第78屆奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)?lì)C獎(jiǎng)典禮在洛杉磯柯達(dá)劇院舉行，事先不被看好的《撞車》擊敗《斷背山》獲得年度最佳影片獎(jiǎng)，成為奧斯卡歷史上的最大冷門之一。
請(qǐng)看路透社的相關(guān)報(bào)道：The racial drama "Crash" pulled off a stunning upset at Sunday's 78th annual Academy Awards
by swooping in to steal the best picture Oscar from the firm favourite
"Brokeback Mountain."
"Crash" and "Brokeback" each won three Oscars, but first-time Canadian
director Paul Haggis's study of racial prejudice took the top honour --
best picture, while "Brokeback," the story of unfulfilled love between gay
cowboys, had to settle for the best director statuette for Taiwan's Ang
Lee.
報(bào)道中的upset在句子里做名詞，意思是an unexpected triumph in a
competition（在比賽中擊敗強(qiáng)勢(shì)對(duì)手，意外獲取勝利）。upset原意是"推翻、傾覆"，或許，正是由于在比賽中"黑馬"們大爆冷門，推翻人們?cè)缦鹊牟聹y(cè)，才使upset有了這層引申義。
Upset表示"意外擊敗"時(shí)，還可做動(dòng)詞和形容詞，舉兩個(gè)例子：The independent candidate upset the
mayor in the election（那個(gè)獨(dú)立候選人意外擊敗市長，獲得本次選舉的勝利）；" Crash " has really made
an upset victory（《撞車》獲勝，真得很意外）。
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