doublespeak
['dʌbl.spi:k]
n.(故意说得)夸张而含糊的话
例句与用法:
Show a good man his error, and he turn it to a virtue, but an ill, it doubles his fault.
指出好人的过错,他会使之变为美德; 指出恶人的过失,他会变本加厉。
It is often found the same actor doubles with father and son in the same play.
人们经常发现在同一剧中同一演员兼演父与子。
He doubles the parts of a farmhand and a miner.
在这出戏里他既扮演雇农又扮演矿工。
Two Scotches, please and make those doubles, will you?
请来两杯苏格兰威士忌--都要双份的,好吗?
详细释义:
n.
暧昧混淆的语言; 模棱两可的夸大欺人之谈
In the world of doublespeak, dying is "terminal living".
用故弄玄虚的话来说, 死亡就是"结束生命"。