本世纪七十年代起一直到现在,英美报刊中出现了大量的以“-gate”作后缀的词汇,诸如Watergate,Irangate,Camillagate,及至最新出的 Zippergate 等等。除极少数外,这些词汇很难在词典中查到,那么这个时髦后缀的含义到底是什么呢?“-gate”最早起源于 Watergate 水门事件。Watergate 是美国民主党总部的所在地水门大厦。1972年6月,共和党内为尼克松总统 From the 1970s up until now, a large number of English-American newspapers have suffixed with “- gate”, such as Watergate, Irangate, Camillagate, and up-to-date Zippergate. With very few words, these words are difficult to find in the dictionary, then the meaning of this fashionable suffix in the end what is it? “” - “Gate” originated in the Watergate Watergate incident. Watergate is the Watergate Building, home to U.S. Democrats. In June 1972, President Nixon inside the Republican Party