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 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。
• 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
• Somehow I do understand that China thinks this is kind of double standard if similar companies or even military equipment would be sold to Saudi Arabia or Bahrain without second thoughts.
  如果我们将这俩公司卖给沙特和巴林，我能理解中国人会认为这是双重标准。
• They freely acknowledge their digital double standard, saying they want their children to be surrounded by print books. to experience turning physical pages as they learn about shapes, colors and animals.
  他们坦诚采用了双重标准，希望自己的孩子生活在实体书的包围下，让子女在学习各种形状、颜色和动物的同时有实实在在翻书阅读的体验。
• 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。
• 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？”
• 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。
• All those surveyed said they believed there was an affective double standard.
  所有的被调查者说他们相信是有一种感情上的双重标准。
• Western hysteria over attacks in western countries reinforces a jihadist argument: the western double standard.
  西方人对发生在自己国家的袭击案作出的歇斯底里反应，印证了圣战分子的一个论断：西方国家秉持双重标准。
• 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。