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

• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。