什么是“大规模分散注意力武器”？
<p> 社交媒体似乎让我们时刻处于注意力分散的状态，但与此同时，个别大事件的发生也可能将人们的注意力从他们日常关注的事件中转移开，这样的事情在英文中叫做<span word="weapon">weapon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="distraction">distraction</span>，看着眼熟吗？</p><p> </p><p> <span word="Weapon">Weapon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="distraction">distraction</span> <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="distracts">distracts</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="issues">issues</span>.</p><p> <span word="Weapon">Weapon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="distraction">distraction</span>（大规模分散注意力武器）指能够把大量人群的注意力从某个重要问题上移开的事情。</p><p> <span word="Weapon">Weapon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="distraction">distraction</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pun">pun</span>-<span word="perfect">perfect</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="weapon">weapon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="destruction">destruction</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="latter">latter</span> <span word="phrase">phrase</span> (<span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="plural">plural</span> <span word="form">form</span>) <span word="was">was</span> <span word="voted">voted</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="for">for</span> 2002 <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Dialect">Dialect</span> <span word="Society">Society</span>.</p><p> <span word="Weapon">Weapon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="distraction">distraction</span>这个表达是对<span word="weapon">weapon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="destruction">destruction</span>（大规模杀伤性武器）一词完美的双关演绎，后者（通常用复数形式）曾被美国方言协会选为2002年的年度词汇。</p><p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>:</p><p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="George">George</span> <span word="W">W</span> <span word="Bush">Bush</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="switches">switches</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Baghdad">Baghdad</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="San">San</span> <span word="Diego">Diego</span>. <span word="Maybe">Maybe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Super">Super</span> <span word="Bowl">Bowl</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weapon">weapon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mass">mass</span> <span word="distraction">distraction</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Bush">Bush</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="praying">praying</span> <span word="for">for</span>.</p><p> 今天至少有几个小时，当全美人民把目光从巴格达转向圣地亚哥时，大家的关注度可能会暂时从小布什身上移开。或许超级碗就是小布什一直在期盼的大规模分散注意力武器。</p>
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