| 释义 |
denazify, v.|diːˈnɑːtsɪfaɪ|
[de- II + Nazi + -fy.]
trans. To (attempt to) detach (Nazis, or their adherents) from Nazi allegiance, or connection; also transf. Hence denazifiˈcation, the detachment of Nazis from their allegiance; the removal of Nazis from official positions; also attrib.
1944Spectator 28 July 72/2 Whenever the problem of..de-Nazifying the young Nazis, is being seriously approached, some encounter or incident turns up to make the..hopelessness of the situation inescapable. 1944Sat. Rev. Lit. 19 Aug. 10 His hope for a de-Nazification of Germany's killers. 1945Times 16 July 3/4 The rapid progress which has been made in carrying out the allied denazification policies. 1955Ibid. 26 July 7/2 Herr Gunter d'Alquen..was ordered by a denazification court in an interim judgment to-day to pay 60,000 marks. 1957Economist 28 Dec. 1136/1 The medals issued from 1939 to 1945 all carry the stigma of the swastika. They..must give place on their holders' breasts to denazified successors. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 30 May 292/2 Denazification was a failure and so was decartelization. 1970Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 8/6 In this way the casual viewer, denied the information that the anti-Jewish remark was addressed to a Jew, while the anti-Nazi remark was written during the Nazi regime, is liable to come away with the impression that here is an anti-Semite attempting to denazify himself. |