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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• First, why addressed this question to women specifically? Why the double standard? Second, people are not created equal.
  第一，为什么解决这个问题的妇女特别？
• 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。
• 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。
• In this the US is treating the value of its currency as if it were a pure domestic issue, leading many in China to see a double standard.
  这么做，仿佛是把美元汇率当作单纯的国内问题来对待，这让许多中国人见识到了美国的双重标准。
• Aren't you practicing double standard?
  你这不是双重标准吗？！