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极客”是来自英文geek一词的翻译，又译作“奇客”。在“美国俚语”中意指智力超群，善于钻研但不懂与人交往的学者或知识分子，含有贬义。 极客(geek)文化 Move over, high school quarterback. Thegeek is the new cool kid in town. 　　让位吧，高中橄榄球队四分卫，现在城里的新派酷哥是“极客”。 　　According to a new study presented by information technology company Modis in honor of Geek Pride Day, one in six Americans considers himself or herself a geek, and a whopping 57 percent believe being called a geek is a compliment. 　　据Modis信息科技公司的最新调查，六分之一的美国人认为自己是“极客”，另有多达57%的受访者认为被称为“极客”是一种赞美。该调查旨在纪念“极客节”。 　　Americans most closely associate the term geek with favorable attributes such as being extremely intelligent (45 percent), a reliable source for technology advice (56 percent) and a first adopter of technology (45 percent), according to a phone survey of 1,000 American adults. 　　美国人最爱将“极客”和某些优点联系起来，比如45%的受访者认为“极客”非常聪明、能提供正确的技术建议（56%）、是新技术的尝鲜者（45%）。共有一千名美国成年人接受了调查。 　　However, perhaps one of the most interesting findings that supports this point is that nearly twice as many Americans would prefer to be called a “geek” (41 percent) rather than a jock (22 percent). 　　但能支持这一论点的一个最有趣的发现是，愿意被称为“极客”的美国人（41%）是愿意被称为“运动健将”的美国人（22%）的两倍。 　　Of the people surveyed by the Opinion Research Group for Modis study, 17 percent said they were geeks. 　　在Modis公司委派市场研究集团进行的这项调查中，17%的受访者自称“极客”。 　　The results pointed to a cultural shift in the way Americans perceive geeks. While two-thirds of Millennials, the age 18-34 demographic group, think being identified as a geek is a compliment, only 39 percent of respondents who are 65 and older agree. 　　调查结果表明，美国人看待“极客”的方式出现了文化转变。三分之二的“千年一代”，也就是年龄在18岁至34岁之间的群体，认为被称为“极客”是一种赞美。而在65岁及以上的受访者中，仅有39%的人对此表示赞同。 　　Eighty-two percent of the respondents feel it is more acceptable to be a geek today than it was 15 years ago. 　　82%的受访者认为，与15年前相比，而今“极客”更被大家所接受。 　　It might be Americans increasing dependence on and comfort with technology, or the prevalent images of former geeks who now successfully lead multibillion-dollar technology companies, but being a geek has gone mains