
‘747’ named winner of Fat Bear Week for 2nd time following ballot-stuffing attempt
尽管存在投票作假,“747”仍第二次获得“胖熊周”冠军
Contest organizers in Alaska have named the winner of the Fat Bear Week contest despite an earnest attempt among voters to flood the online poll with fake ballots.
阿拉斯加州的竞赛组织者宣布了“胖熊周”竞赛的获胜者,尽管选民们热心地试图用假选票淹没在线投票。
The national park announced on Sunday that someone attempted to “spam” the poll. However, it was “easy” to spot which votes were fraudulent, the park said.
周日,国家公园宣布有人试图在投票中“散布垃圾信息”。然而,该公园表示,“很容易”发现哪些投票是欺诈的。
“Like bears stuff their face with fish, our ballot box, too, has been stuffed,” the national park tweeted.
国家公园在推特上写道:“就像熊把鱼塞满了脸一样,我们的投票箱也被塞满了。”
ballot n. /ˈbælət/
A ballot is a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something. 无记名投票
• The result of the ballot will not be known for two weeks.
本次无记名投票的结果将在两周后才会揭晓。
stuff v. /stʌf/
If you stuff a container or space with something, you fill it with something or with a quantity of things until it is full. 把…装满
• He grabbed my purse, opened it and stuffed it full, then gave it back to me.
他抢走我的钱包,打开并把它装得满满的,然后还给了我。
spam vt. /spæm/
In computing, to spam people or organizations means to send unwanted e-mail to a large number of them, usually as advertising. 群发垃圾邮件
fraudulent adj. /ˈfrɔːdjələnt/
intended to cheat sb, usually in order to make money illegally 欺骗的;欺诈的
• fraudulent advertising 虚假不实的广告
• fraudulent insurance claims 诈骗性的保险索赔