Spending public money on whizzy new networks appeals to technophiles, but the benefits are not clear for others.

公款支援高科网络，技术爱好者蠢蠢欲动，但是对于其他人，好处实乃有限。

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Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year was "post-truth," a term that means "objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief."

牛津词典的年度词汇是“后真相”，意为“比起客观事实，诉诸情感和个人信念对民意的影响更大”。

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Post-truth, as the website defines it, means to relate to situations where "objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief. ""

正如该网站所定义的那样，后真相指的是“在影响公众舆论方面，客观事实的影响力不如诉诸于情感和个人信念”这样的一种状况。

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But the public was warned to be careful of false appeals.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

Both Translink, Northern Ireland's transport operator, and Northern Ireland Electricity issued appeals to the public on Thursday to be aware of where children were playing.

BBC: Parents in summer safety warning

Unlike some GIK charities that trumpet their activities hoping to get cash donations, Operation Compassion makes no big fundraising appeals to the public, seeks little publicity and long has operated out of the public eye.

FORBES: Charity Eyes Quarter-Billion-Dollar Write-Down In Value Of Goods Handled

But there's the rub: they have to wait for the Forest Service to sort out the appeals against public sales of timber.

ECONOMIST: The logging industry