Orwellian

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  • adj.极权的
  • Web奥威尔式；奥威尔现象；奥威尔式的

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Orwellian
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1.
（政治制度）奥威尔式的，极权的used to describe a political system in which a government tries to have complete control over people's behaviour and thoughts

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Society's surfeit of surveillance cameras that inspires the Big Brother format is often condemned as a symbol of an Orwellian dystopia.
社会上随处可见的监控摄像头，经常被指责为奥威尔式（Orwellian）禁锢社会的象征，而《名人老大哥》便是受此启发。
shè huì shàng suí chù kě jiàn de jiān kòng shè xiàng tóu , jīng cháng bèi zhǐ zé wèi ào wēi ěr shì ( Orwellian ) jìn gù shè huì de xiàng zhēng , ér 《 míng rén lǎo dà gē 》 biàn shì shòu cǐ qǐ fā 。
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I instantly thought of the Orwellian newspeak at my own Manhattan school where achievement tests were the order of the day.
我立刻想到奥威尔式新语，在我自己所在的曼哈顿学校，成就测试是每日必行。
wǒ lì kè xiǎng dào ào wēi ěr shì xīn yǔ , zài wǒ zì jǐ suǒ zài de màn hā dùn xué xiào , chéng jiù cè shì shì měi rì bì xíng 。
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It seems like an oddly Orwellian note to end on, but neither of us can think of how to take the conversation further after that line.
这看上去像是一个奇特的奥威尔式（Orwellian）结尾，但在此之后，我们俩都不知道该如何让谈话继续下去。
zhè kàn shàng qù xiàng shì yī gè qí tè de ào wēi ěr shì ( Orwellian ) jié wěi , dàn zài cǐ zhī hòu , wǒ men liǎ dōu bù zhī dào gāi rú hé ràng tán huà jì xù xià qù 。
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4.
In an Orwellian attempt to hide the nastiness, it may be known in America as an "aggregator bank" .
在试图掩盖一切污秽的“奥威廉”世界中的美国，好像被称为“集合银行”。
zài shì tú yǎn gài yí qiè wū huì de " ào wēi lián " shì jiè zhōng de měi guó , hǎo xiàng bèi chēng wéi " jí hé yín háng " 。
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Walker's critics are amusingly Orwellian. They liken the crowd in Madison to the ones in Tunisia and claim to be fighting for democracy.
r的批评就像是奥威尔式的幽默，他们就像聚集在麦迪逊大道的拥挤人群，这些人声称聚会是声援突尼斯为了民主而进行的斗争。
r de pī píng jiù xiàng shì ào wēi ěr shì de yōu mò , tā men jiù xiàng jù jí zài mài dí xùn dà dào de yōng jǐ rén qún , zhè xiē rén shēng chēng jù huì shì shēng yuán tū ní sī wèi le mín zhǔ ér jìn xíng de dòu zhēng 。
article.yeeyan.org
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THE Syrian government's attempts to conceal the extent of the crackdown in the country have taken on an Orwellian quality.
叙利亚政府意欲遮掩该国国内镇压规模的企图已经带有奥威尔主义性质。
xù lì yà zhèng fǔ yì yù zhē yǎn gāi guó guó nèi zhèn yā guī mó de qǐ tú yǐ jīng dài yǒu ào wēi ěr zhǔ yì xìng zhì 。
bbs.ecocn.org
7.
It all sounds like a thrilling Orwellian movie, but it's happening in real life.
这一切听起来很刺激奥威尔电影，但它发生在现实生活中。
zhè yí qiè tīng qǐ lái hěn cì jī ào wēi ěr diàn yǐng , dàn tā fā shēng zài xiàn shí shēng huó zhōng 。
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Discussions about Internet privacy often include Orwellian allusions to fear: We're concerned about government surveillance.
在有关网络隐私的讨论中，常常包括了奥威尔式（Orwellian）的忧虑：担心受到政府监控。
zài yǒu guān wǎng luò yǐn sī de tǎo lùn zhōng , cháng cháng bāo kuò le ào wēi ěr shì ( Orwellian ) de yōu lǜ : dān xīn shòu dào zhèng fǔ jiān kòng 。
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The adoption of Orwellian techniques gave the Republican propaganda machine a competitive advantage in electoral politics.
共和党的宣传机器采用了奥威尔式的技巧，便在竞选政治中获得了优势。
gòng hé dǎng de xuān chuán jī qì cǎi yòng le ào wēi ěr shì de jì qiǎo , biàn zài jìng xuǎn zhèng zhì zhōng huò dé le yōu shì 。
dongxi.net
10.
On the first weekend in June, residents in one of China's richest cities were subjected to an Orwellian charade.
今年6月份的第一个周末，中国南部广东省深圳市的市民们在猜着一个奥维尔（Orwell）式的哑谜。
jīn nián liù yuè fèn de dì yī gè zhōu mò , zhōng guó nán bù guǎng dōng shěng shēn zhèn shì de shì mín men zài cāi zhe yī gè ào wéi ěr ( Orwell ) shì de yǎ mí 。
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