Orwellian
基本解释
- adj.奥威尔式的
英汉例句
- That is not simplypreposterous, but Orwellian.
这不单是荒谬,而是专制。 - Our first duty is to highlight Russia's Orwellian tactics.
我们的首要责任是指出俄罗斯的伎俩。 - Watergate added a distinctly Orwellian tinge to the national atmosphere.
水门丑闻使全国的气氛更添了一分澳威尔式的讽刺色彩。 - Orwellian work rules that sapped productivity and creativity have been removed.
那些侵蚀生产效率和创造力的奥威尔式(见注)的公司纪律已经被废除。 - So in Orwellian fashion, the buyout firms decided to change their moniker.
因此,用奥威尔的说法,并购公司决定改名换姓。
英英字典
- used to describe a political system in which the government tries to control every part of people's lives, similar to that described in the novel "Nineteen Eighty Four", by George Orwell