英语词汇“better red than dead”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P10. better dead than red: used to express unconditional opposition to communism, esp. in the context of a possible nuclear war. Also better red than dead: used esp. by opponents of nuclear weapons to warn against uncompromising opposition to communism. [Compare German lieber tot als rot, which is frequently posited as the model for the English phrase (and is sometimes asserted to have been coined by Josef Goebbels during the Second World War), although there is no evidence that it in fact antedates the English use.]

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1958 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 Aug. d64/1 The popular phrase ‘better red than dead’ has lost what appeal it ever had.

1961 Times 14 Aug. 6/1 I cannot believe that it is proper for a Bishop of the Church to encourage the idea which is commonly expressed in the formula ‘Better dead than red’.

1981 Times 3 Mar. 13/2 Anything is better than the horrors of nuclear war;..better red than dead.

1992 Publishers Weekly Summer 100/3 (heading) Better Dead Than Red!: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madness.

单词	better red than dead
释义	> as lemmas better red than dead P10. better dead than red: used to express unconditional opposition to communism, esp. in the context of a possible nuclear war. Also better red than dead: used esp. by opponents of nuclear weapons to warn against uncompromising opposition to communism. [Compare German lieber tot als rot, which is frequently posited as the model for the English phrase (and is sometimes asserted to have been coined by Josef Goebbels during the Second World War), although there is no evidence that it in fact antedates the English use.] ΚΠ 1958 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 Aug. d64/1 The popular phrase ‘better red than dead’ has lost what appeal it ever had. 1961 Times 14 Aug. 6/1 I cannot believe that it is proper for a Bishop of the Church to encourage the idea which is commonly expressed in the formula ‘Better dead than red’. 1981 Times 3 Mar. 13/2 Anything is better than the horrors of nuclear war;..better red than dead. 1992 Publishers Weekly Summer 100/3 (heading) Better Dead Than Red!: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madness. extracted from redadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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