????????近日，美國(guó)總統(tǒng)特朗普在采訪中再爆“金句”，一句“It is what it is”（情況就是這樣）引發(fā)廣泛吐槽。

????????當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間8月3日，在接受Axios on HBO節(jié)目主持人喬納森·斯旺采訪時(shí)，特朗普?qǐng)?jiān)稱，美國(guó)疫情盡在控制之中（it's under control）。

????????對(duì)此，主持人反問(wèn)，每天死1000多名美國(guó)人，這也能叫“控制”？

• "How? A thousand Americans are dying a day," Swan said.

• “怎么就在控制下了？每天有1000多名美國(guó)人在死去?！?/span>

????????面對(duì)主持人的反問(wèn)，特朗普用五個(gè)字進(jìn)行了回應(yīng)——“It is what it is”（情況就這樣）……

• "They are dying, that's true. And it is what it is," Trump said. "But that doesn't mean we?aren't doing everything we can. It's under control, as much as you can control it."?

????????特朗普這句“It is what it is”一出口，立刻引發(fā)廣泛吐槽。

????????CNN主持人安德森·庫(kù)珀表示被特朗普這番言論“震驚了”（astonished），他在當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間5日的節(jié)目中對(duì)此進(jìn)行了一番犀利點(diǎn)評(píng)：

• It is what it is. It would be a?cruel and heartless?thing to say, if it came from any individual. But it didn't. It came from the most powerful office-holder in the world.

• 情況就這樣。即便是一個(gè)普通人說(shuō)出這樣的話，都顯得很殘酷無(wú)情。但說(shuō)這話的并不是普通人，而是世界上最有權(quán)勢(shì)的國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。

????????他無(wú)不諷刺地說(shuō)，“情況就這樣了，還能怎么辦……”（It is what it is. What are you gonna do？）

這句話為何令人反感？

????????特朗普說(shuō)的“It is what it is”為何會(huì)引發(fā)普遍反感呢？這還要從這句話的意思和實(shí)際用法說(shuō)起。

????????Urban Dictionary網(wǎng)站對(duì)這一短語(yǔ)解釋為：“看似只是說(shuō)了顯而易見(jiàn)的事兒，實(shí)則傳遞出了一種無(wú)能為力?！?/p>

• A phrase that seems to simply state the obvious but actually implies?helplessness.

????????Dictionary.com網(wǎng)站解釋稱，“It is what it is”用來(lái)形容“人們認(rèn)為無(wú)法改變，只能接受的令人失望或頗具挑戰(zhàn)的局面?！?/p>

• It is what it is?is an expression used to characterize a frustrating or challenging situation that a person believes cannot be changed and must just be accepted.

????????看了上面兩個(gè)詞典的解釋，也就更能理解為什么特朗普在談?wù)撁绹?guó)疫情死亡人數(shù)時(shí)，一句“It is what it is”會(huì)引發(fā)廣泛吐槽了吧。

“It is what it is”怎么來(lái)的？

????????It is what it is究竟起源于何時(shí)何種情況下并不能確定，但根據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》，該短語(yǔ)最早有記載的使用是在上世紀(jì)40年代末。

????????當(dāng)時(shí)J.E. Lawrence在文章中用“It is what it is”描述內(nèi)布拉斯加州在美國(guó)邊疆開(kāi)發(fā)時(shí)期（frontier-era）所面臨的困難：

• New land is harsh, and vigorous, and sturdy. It scorns evidence of weakness. There is nothing of sham or hypocrisy in it.?It is what it is, without apology.

• 新土地是艱苦、充滿活力且強(qiáng)健的。它蔑視一切軟弱的證據(jù)。這片土地上沒(méi)有佯裝和虛偽。就是這樣的情況，沒(méi)有任何歉意。

????????進(jìn)入21世紀(jì)以后來(lái)，It is what it is越來(lái)越流行。

????????2004年《今日美國(guó)》上的一篇文章指出，這句話成為體育領(lǐng)域談?wù)摫荣愂Ю麜r(shí)的流行語(yǔ)。

• A 2004?USA Today?article by Gary Mihoces, titled “It is what it is,” pointed out that?the phrase had become popular in sports about losses.

????????也是在2004年，這句話出現(xiàn)在了政治領(lǐng)域。當(dāng)年大選日，面對(duì)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手克里票數(shù)領(lǐng)先的情況，時(shí)任美國(guó)總統(tǒng)小布什告訴助手：“It is what it is”（就這樣了）。不過(guò)后來(lái)，小布什成功連任。

• It is what it is was noted in politics in 2004, when, according to The New York Times, President George W. Bush responded to an aide telling him his opponent John Kerry was leading the polls with, "It is what it is."

????????這個(gè)表達(dá)除了在體育、政治領(lǐng)域被經(jīng)常使用外，也在商業(yè)、軍事、心理學(xué)等方面也有著廣泛使用。甚至有歌曲和電影以該短語(yǔ)做名稱。

• Besides sports and politics, it is what it is has also seen exhaustive use in business, the military, and psychology. It's also titled songs and even a 2001 film.?

????????Dictionary.com就總結(jié)說(shuō)，從各類語(yǔ)境來(lái)看，“It is what it is”被視作“口頭聳肩”，傳遞出一種面對(duì)無(wú)法改變局面，就聽(tīng)天由命接受的信號(hào)。

• Throughout these contexts, it is what it is is used as a kind of verbal shrug signaling resigned acceptance of an unchangeable situation.

????????一般情況來(lái)說(shuō)，當(dāng)人們認(rèn)為真實(shí)情況太困難或非常耗時(shí)，就會(huì)拿這句話當(dāng)借口。

• Often times, according to critics of?it is what it is, the phrase is used as an excuse by people who think the real solution is too difficult or time-consuming…

????????當(dāng)然語(yǔ)言也不斷發(fā)展，具體的意思還是要放到相應(yīng)的語(yǔ)境中去理解。

????????小伙伴們不妨在評(píng)論區(qū)用“It is what it is”來(lái)造句試試吧。

編輯：唐曉敏

來(lái)源：中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)雙語(yǔ)新聞

綜合：紐約時(shí)報(bào)?城市詞典 dictionary網(wǎng)站 今日美國(guó)等