| 单词 | double-speak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble-speak double-speak n. = double-talk n. 2; cf. -speak suffix and doublethink n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > deliberate prolocution1679 double-talk1948 straddling1949 double-speak1957 codespeak1987 1957 ‘M. Buttle’ Sweeniad ii. 55 In the literary weeklies, the languages of criticism and theology have become one and book reviews all sound like sermons written in the most holy ‘Double-Speak’. 1961 W. Kaufmann in G. E. Myers Self, Relig. & Metaphysics 99 The theologians have a way of redefining terms in rather odd ways, and frequently engage in something best called double-speak: their utterances are designed to communicate contradictory views to different listeners and readers. 1970 M. Pei Words in Sheep's Clothing i. 1 (heading) Double-speak in America. 1975 Economist 4 Jan. 31/3 ‘Indicative planning’ in Japan means almost the opposite of the term in current British doublespeak. In Britain planning would obviously be politically popular, because it means helping uneconomic firms to survive in uneconomic areas. In Japan it is recognised that planning would obviously be politically very unpopular..since planning means killing uneconomic industries more quickly than ordinary market forces would. 1985 Radio Times 28 Sept. 14/1 James Dean never consciously sought to be a god, or, indeed, a symbol for anything... The idea of heading a huge tidal wave of teenage revolt against the narrow, repressive, adult double-speak of the mid-50s did not occur to him. < as lemmas |
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