double standard

英 [ˌdʌbl ˈstændəd]

美 [ˌdʌbl ˈstændərd]

n.  双重标准; 双重道德标准

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 双重标准；双重道德标准
  a rule or moral principle that is unfair because it is used in one situation, but not in another, or because it treats one group of people in a way that is different from the treatment of another

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 双重标准
  If you accuse a person or institution of applyingdouble standardsin their treatment of different groups of people, you mean that they unfairly allow more freedom of behaviour to one group than to another.
  1. Mrs Starky accused the local police of operating double standards...
     斯塔基夫人指责当地警方采用双重标准。
  2. We cannot have a double standard where we say everybody else must play by the rules, but we do not need to.
     我们不能采用双重标准，即要求别人必须按章行事而我们自己却不必如此。

英英释义

noun

• an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another

双语例句

• This is a double standard. I'm confused.
  这是双重标准，我很困惑。
• Critics accused the Obama administration of holding a double standard by being more lenient on financial institutions also receiving federal assistance.
  批评者指责奥巴马政府采用双重标准，对同样接受联邦救助的金融机构比较宽容。
• They claimed that this school uses a double standard to admit minorities.
  他们宣称这个学校在招收少数民族的学生时采用了双重标准。
• And the deafing silence of blacks has drawn criticism on talk radio from some whites who say blacks have a double standard when victims of hate crime are whites.
  一些白人在电台谈话节目中对黑人在这起事件上装聋作哑、闭口不谈加以指责。他们说，当攻击性犯罪的受害者是白人时，黑人就采用双重标准。
• Casual dress is regarded as less acceptable for women than for men, leaving women to wrestle with a double standard when choosing a wardrobe.
  女人穿着休闲比男人这么做更难以让人接受，这令女性在选择衣着时面临双重标准的问题，经常摇摆不定。
• It is one of the peculiarities of the warfare between reform and the status quo that it is thoughtlessly governed by a double standard.
  改革与保持现况的战争，奇特之处之一是被双重标准无意识地管制。
• On double standard theory and its reference to China in constitutional review of the Japanese constitution
  论日本宪法违宪审查中的双重基准理论对我国的借鉴
• When you see people abiding by a big fat double standard, step outside their duplicitous perspective by telling yourself that the craziness you feel is coming from the critic.
  当你发现人们带有某条很大双重标准，那么就可以对自己说你感到的疯狂是来自批评一方，从而走出他们的两面性看法中。
• He's got a double standard: it's all right for him to have affairs but not for her.
  他采取双重标准：自己可以有外遇，女方却不行。
• We cannot have a double standard where we say everybody else must play by the rules, but we do not need to.
  我们不能采用双重标准，即要求别人必须按章行事而我们自己却不必如此。