Newspapers around the world are reporting that there is a lot of “blamestorming” going around these days in the face of a still-weak global economy.

全世界的報紙都在報道，在持續低迷的全球經濟的背景下，“批評風暴”盛行。

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Once upon a time, the favorite word was “brainstorming,” which meant coming together in a positive way to create a storm of great ideas or solve a problem. Now the word is “blamestorming,” a negative word, which means everyone is blaming everyone else for something that goes wrong. In China, blamestorming takes place on the Internet when netizens post a series of accusations following an accident before all the evidence is in.

“Brainstorming”（頭腦風暴）以前很受寵愛，意思是說大家坐在一起，積極想辦法解決問題，一群人可以想出一籮筐的主意。如今，這個詞演變成了“blamestorming”（批評風暴），有貶義色彩，意思是說每個人都怪別人把事情搞砸了。在中國，有時事故發生后，證據還沒全部浮出水面，網民們就開始在網上攻訐他人，這就是blamestorming。

（中國日報網英語點津 實習生沈清 編輯：Julie）

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Renee Haines is an editor and broadcaster at China Daily. Renee has more than 15 years of experience as a newspaper editor, radio station anchor and news director, news-wire service reporter and bureau chief, magazine writer, book editor and website consultant. She came to China from the United States.