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"。