go viral 是什麼意思?

go viral 是什麼意思?

 viral  [ˋvaɪrəl]  這個字是 "病毒" virus  [ˋvaɪrəs] 這個字的形容詞, 意思就是 "病毒的, 病毒般的"，所以 go viral 字面上的意思是 "像病毒般蔓延"。它指的是某人或物透過社群網站或軟體廣為流傳而造成轟動。比如一個在 Youtube 或臉書上被人大量點閱, 推薦, 轉載/分享而爆紅的影片或人, 物。我們就可以說這個人, 物或影片 went viral。(from: https://www.facebook.com/notes/teacher-sammys-english-teaching-blog/go-viral-%E6%98%AF%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D/626787834001841/)

#TryBeatingMeLightly: Fight Against Domestic Violence Goes Viral

When Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology proposed a law allowing men to beat their wives "lightly," photographer Fahhad Rajper responded with a photo project called "#TryBeatingMeLightly." As VOA's Andrew Palczewski reports, the campaign not only went viral on social media, but sparked a global conversation about domestic violence.(from: http://www.voanews.com/)