The OED defines LOL as an interjection "used chiefly in electronic communications… to draw attention to a joke or humorous statement, or to express amusement".

《牛津英语词典》将 LOL 定义为一个叹词，“主要用于电子通信……以引起对笑话和幽默语句的注意，或表示可笑”。

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The OED explained the decision extensively in an online statement and pointed out many of these "noteworthy initialisms...are strongly associated with the language of electronic commications."

牛津英语词典在一份网上声明中详尽地解释了这一决定，并且指出这些“引人注意的缩写……与网络沟通语言有着密不可分的联系”。

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The UK's electronic intelligence agency has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement to deny it will track all UK Internet and online phone use.

英国情报局不同寻常地发布一项声明，否认其追踪英国互联网和在线电话的使用。

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a statement on its website that the language used in the act was too vague.

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In a statement, G4S said it was carrying out the electronic monitoring of offenders in a "completely open and transparent way".

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