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。
• 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？”
• 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。
• 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。
• There must not be a double standard whereby anti-nuclear proliferation is used as a pretext to limit or retard the peaceful use of nuclear energy by developing nations.
  不能采取双重标准，以防止核扩散为借口限制和损害发展中国家和平利用核能。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Researches on standard addition method in ion-selective electrodes ⅲ. on errors in the double standard addition
  离子选择性电极标准加入法研究&Ⅲ、二次标准加入误差规律探讨
• And make punitive damages in the amount of the double standard of compensation.
  并对惩罚性赔偿的数额采用双倍赔偿标准。