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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• This part mainly analyses the principle of double standard, differentiated in and outside, the standard of the intendment of being a shareholder and group consensus, and the effect of perfect trust system in the identification of the dormant contributors 'shareholder qualification.
  主要分析了双重标准、内外有别的原则和成为股东真意与团体合意的标准及信托制度的完善在隐名出资人股东资格认定中的作用。
• 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。
• 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。