• n. 奧威爾式；奧威爾現(xiàn)象
• adj. George Orwell的筆調(diào)或用字的；受嚴(yán)格統(tǒng)治而失去人性的社會(huì)的

來(lái)自英國(guó)著名科幻諷刺小說(shuō)《1984》作者George Orwell在書中所描述的極權(quán)統(tǒng)治。

Orwellian (adj.)

1950 (first attested in Mary McCarthy), from English author George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Blair, 1903-1950), especially in reference to his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four." Ironically, it has come to be used in reference to the totalitarian systems he satirized.

It is as if George Orwell had conceived the nightmare instead of analyzed it, helped to create it instead of helping to dispel its euphemistic thrall. [Clive James]

1. So in Orwellian fashion , the buyout firms decided to change their moniker.

因此,用奧威爾的說(shuō)法, 并購(gòu)公司決定改名換姓.

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