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

• They pointed out that no researcher would have been allowed to do this in rich countries, and that permitting it to be done in poor countries therefore amounted to applying a double standard.
  他们指出，在富裕国家没有任何科学家被允许这样做，因此允许在穷国这样做就等于使用了双重标准。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• An article entitled "On Aggression in Politics: Are Women Judged by a Double Standard?"
  名一篇名为：“在政治上的斗争：妇女是否被用双重标准衡量？”
• The principle of a double standard addition method is strictly demonstrated. Four lemmas and two theorems are given and proved.
  本文研究了二次标准加入法原理，证明了四个引理和两个定理。
• 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。
• Women fall prey to the double standard imposed by men, so they "play games" because men make them.
  当女人受够了男人强加于她们的双重标准，她们就开始跟男人进行“心理战”。这都是男人自己一手造成的。
• 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。
• For their own part, short-sellers complain of a double standard: why should a view that a company's shares are likely to fall be inherently less valid, and more worthy of suspicion, than a view that the shares will rise?
  卖空者方面抱怨存在双重标准：为什么与认为某公司股价会上涨的观点相比，认为股价可能下跌的观点就应该更难以成立，更值得怀疑？