YOLO
动词 v.
短语
英 /ˈjəʊləʊ/
美 /ˈjoʊloʊ/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To make the most of the present moment.
— Dario Amodei […] has cautioned that if the real numbers go off course, big spenders could face bankruptcy as a result of “Yolo-ing” on capital expenditure, a reference to some of his peers' you-only-live-once exuberance.
短语
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Acronym of you only live once, i.e. expressing the view that one should make the most of the present moment.
— Making this cake mix eleven years past the expiration date, because YOLO!
词源
词源 1
The phrase (not the acronym) "you only live once" dates to the 19th century according to research by Katherine Martin, head of U.S. Dictionaries at Oxford University Press. It saw a steady increase of usage from 1940 to 2000. Ben Zimmer, lexicographer, found the earliest usage of the acronym from 1993, in a trademark filed for YOLO gear with "you only live once" in small lettering. The acronym was popularized around 2011 by Canadian rapper Drake.
YOLO was entered into the Oxford English Dictionary as a word on September 12, 2016.
YOLO was entered into the Oxford English Dictionary as a word on September 12, 2016.
词源 2
The phrase (not the acronym) "you only live once" dates to the 19th century according to research by Katherine Martin, head of U.S. Dictionaries at Oxford University Press. It saw a steady increase of usage from 1940 to 2000. Ben Zimmer, lexicographer, found the earliest usage of the acronym from 1993, in a trademark filed for YOLO gear with "you only live once" in small lettering. The acronym was popularized around 2011 by Canadian rapper Drake.
YOLO was entered into the Oxford English Dictionary as a word on September 12, 2016.
YOLO was entered into the Oxford English Dictionary as a word on September 12, 2016.
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