Orwellian
基本解释
- adj.奧威爾式的
英汉例句
- That is not simplypreposterous, but Orwellian.
這不單是荒謬,而是專制。 - Our first duty is to highlight Russia's Orwellian tactics.
我們的首要責任是指出俄羅斯的伎倆。 - Watergate added a distinctly Orwellian tinge to the national atmosphere.
水門醜聞使全國的氣氛更添了一分澳威爾式的諷刺色彩。 - Orwellian work rules that sapped productivity and creativity have been removed.
那些侵蝕生産傚率和創造力的奧威爾式(見注)的公司紀律已經被廢除。 - So in Orwellian fashion, the buyout firms decided to change their moniker.
因此,用奧威爾的說法,竝購公司決定改名換姓。
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