World Cup, Avicii, Mac Miller Top Goggle Searches of 2018

 

The World Cup, the movie “Black Panther,” Meghan Markle and the deaths of several famous people are among the most popular Google searches of 2018.

The search engine company this week released its yearly ranking of search terms that had the highest growth in comparison to the year before.

The World Cup final between France and Croatia is at the top of Google’s list.

The second- and third-most popular search topics were for the young musicians Avicii and Mac Miller¹. Both died in 2018. Sweden’s Avicii started his music career at the age of 16. He retired² after 10 years and killed himself in April at the age of 29. American singer Mac Miller died of a drug overdose in September. He was only 26 years old.

Stan Lee took the fourth spot on the list. He was the creator of famous comic book characters like Spider-Man, the Hulk and Black Panther. He died in November at the age of 95.

“Black Panther” was the fifth-most searched term. The superhero movie broke box office records around the world. It was also the most-tweeted-about movie ever.

The much-discussed May wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry³ and American actor Meghan Markle landed Markle in sixth place on Google’s 2018 list.

American cook and television personality Anthony Bourdain, musician XXXTentacion, scientist Stephen Hawking⁴ and fashion designer Kate Spade also were among the top 10 Google searches.

Bourdain and Spade both killed themselves in June -- within the same one-week period. Their suicides⁶ led to strong calls for more mental health treatment and suicide⁵ prevention efforts.

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overdose - n. an amount of drug that is too much and usually dangerous

topic - n. someone or something that people talk or write about

personality - n. a person who is famous

comic - adj. causing laughter or amusement

character - n. a person who appears in a story, book, movie ...

fashion - n. a business of creating and selling clothes

1 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

2 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

3 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

4 hawking   

利用鹰行猎

参考例句：

• He is hawking his goods everywhere. 他在到处兜售他的货物。
• We obtain the event horizon and the Hawking spectrumformula. 得到了黑洞的局部事件视界位置和Hawking温度以及Klein—Gordon粒子的Hawking辐射谱。

5 suicide   

n.自杀，自毁，自杀性行为

参考例句：

• The number of suicide has increased.自杀案件的数量增加了。
• The death was adjudged a suicide by sleeping pills.该死亡事件被判定为服用安眠药自杀。

6 suicides   

n.自杀( suicide的名词复数 )；自取灭亡；自杀者；自杀性行为

参考例句：

• Since when do suicides miss twice, lay down a rug and start over? 自杀什么时候会失手二次后铺好地毯然后再试一次？ 来自电影对白
• Chris: And the reality is suicides go to hell? 克里斯：而现实就是自杀者要下地狱？ 来自互联网