political correctness

英 [pəˌlɪtɪkl kəˈrektnəs] 美 [pəˌlɪtɪkl kəˈrektnəs]

n.  政治上正确(言行避免有歧视之嫌)

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牛津词典

noun

  1. 政治上正确(言行避免有歧视之嫌)
    the principle of avoiding language and behaviour that may offend particular groups of people

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-UNCOUNT 政治上正确(指力求避免冒犯处于不利地位或被歧视的社会群体的态度或原则)
      Political correctness is the attitude or policy of being extremely careful not to offend or upset any group of people in society who have a disadvantage, or who have been treated differently because of their sex, race, or disability.
      1. In some sectors, where political correctness is a powerful force, I've been criticized for that.
        在很注重政治上是否正确的部门,我因此事受到了批评。

    双语例句

    1. In some sectors, where political correctness is a powerful force, I've been criticized for that.
      在很注重政治上是否正确的部门,我因此事受到了批评。
    2. One employee, who did not want to be named, said:` It` s just the height of political correctness.
      一名不愿意透露姓名的司机说:这样做实在是‘过头了’。
    3. Thus any ignite violation of social taboos and political correctness could cause damage.
      因此任何违反社会禁忌以及政治正确性的导火索都可能带来伤害。
    4. We live in a culture in which a breach of political correctness is criminal, said Leo Schwartz in the Columbia Daily Spectator last week.
      在我们所处的文化之中,违反政治正确性即是犯罪。里奥施瓦兹于上周的《哥伦比亚观察家》中如是说。
    5. This has nothing to do with political correctness or identity politics.
      这跟政治正确或身份政治无关。
    6. These initiatives are not motivated by softhearted political correctness but by hard-headed economic logic.
      这些举措并不是来自于仁慈的政治正确考量,而是基于经济逻辑的冷静思考。
    7. Even so, the novel does skewer some aspects of modern South Africa – in particular the paralysing fear of crime and the hold that political correctness has on its newly reformed universities.
      但即便如此,这部小说还是铺陈出现代南非的一些方面,尤其是令人无助的对犯罪的恐惧,以及政治正确对刚刚经过改革的南非各所大学的支配性影响。
    8. "Political Correctness" and Discriminatory Language in American English
      政治正确与美国英语中的种族歧视性语言
    9. Political correctness is a term generally used to disparage efforts to raise awareness about and eliminate social and political biases in language and other forms of representation.
      政治正确是指为了避免真实存在的或所谓的不公正的歧视而采用的变换另一种称呼的行为。
    10. In a written statement, he said "the President caved into political correctness."
      他在一份书面声明中说,“总统是屈服于政治正确的压力。”
    11. The subject generates great cynicism, with critics suggesting investors are in thrall to political correctness and guilty of creating a "box-ticking" culture that stifles entrepreneurship.
      它催生了诸如批评投资者被政治正确所左右,并且反对建立窒息企业发展的“暗箱文化”的反主流趋势。
    12. Political correctness rings hunchback death knell.
      政治正确“驼背”无理。
    13. Not to be stuck with thoughts of political correctness.
      不被政治正确的概念所捆绑。
    14. To back down would be a craven surrender to political correctness and an abdication of what I believe to be the main responsibility of this committee-to protect America from a terrorist attack.
      放弃意味着懦弱,意味着向政治正确性投降,意味着放弃了该委员会主要的责任&保护美国免受恐怖主义袭击。
    15. Anichkin believes that political correctness is part of the British problem.
      他认为,“政治上正确”是英国教育的问题之一。
    16. This "mode of exclusion" of the American media has developed into a new "political correctness" which appears on its own without any directives from the media bosses.
      美国媒体的这种排除模式,早已发展成一种不必媒体老板交代即会自动出现的新政治正确。
    17. And then there was another group who felt the class was an exercise in political correctness.
      还有一类学生认为,这就是一门有关政治正确的课程。
    18. Political correctness was intended to erase the discrimination that exists in language.
      在政治上正确就要消灭语亩中存在的歧视现象。
    19. However, telling the truth and political correctness do not always intersect.
      然而,要讲真相有时就会说一些不合时宜的话。
    20. Conservatives thought crime was a matter of individual responsibility and that campaigns against discrimination were so much political correctness.
      保守者认为犯罪是个人职责问题,反歧视运动则是极具政治头脑的举措。
    21. This push for local diversity is not simple political correctness, but a consequence of the strategic need to grow in previous unknown territories.
      这种推追求地多样性的行为,不仅在政治上具备合理性,也是出于在以前未知地区实现增长的战略需要。
    22. Professor Buell, while trying to give Emerson the benefit of his forty years of close and fond attention, gives evidence of having weathered many storms of political correctness.
      当贝尔教授试图阐释他四十年的密切喜好地关注的成果时,他也在展示爱默生经受住政治正义性的诸多风暴的事实。
    23. The term of classics usually refers to those works which are authoritative by virtue of their permanent meanings and values, their exemplary strengths and political correctness.
      经典指具有权威性的作品或著作,经典意味着意义持久和价值深远,意味着榜样和力量,意味着政治正确、品位纯正。
    24. So in the writings of these writers, they no longer emphasize on the European cultural tradition and the political correctness in the mainstream culture.
      因此,这些少数民族后现代派作家不再强调欧洲文化传统、主流政治的浑沌和艺术形式的标新立异。
    25. Is it really helpful for a mutual understanding between the cultures that some Europeans scholars, due to the consideration of political correctness, comply with the interpretations of China in a Chinese way?
      欧洲学者出于政治正确性的考虑,屈从于中国建议的解释中国的中国方式,果真有助于文化之间的互相理解吗?
    26. On Political Correctness in American English
      简论美国英语中的政治正确现象
    27. So far, studies on the college education of these students, all in all, address the two fields: the psychological health and the education in ideology& political correctness, and ethnics.
      目前对贫困大学生的教育研究,综合来说,主要是在贫困大学生心理健康研究和贫困大学生思想政治及道德教育研究两个领域开展了深入的研究工作。
    28. The theory of transitivity has been largely applied in the discourse analysis, such as the application in stylistics, the statistic analysis of the distribution of the ideational meanings and the inquiry of PC ( political correctness) in discourse.
      及物性理论已经为许多人用来进行实际的语篇分析,比如在文体分析等方面的应用、在语篇分析中的统计分析以及说明语篇的权力意识等。
    29. However, he did not fully understand the basic laws of social development so he owes to the monarch for the political correctness and darkness as well as the order and disorder of the state.
      但他并没有充分认识到社会发展的基本规律,把政治的清明昏暗、国家的治乱安危全部系于君主一人。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against

        Synonym:    political correctitude