more equal

短语

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释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Ostensibly equal, but more privileged in reality.

    习语

    ... men who supposedly enjoyed equality and freedom, but in fact did not. The rich more equal than the poor at Strasbourg? ... is there a gap between what human rights say they do and what they actually do?

    2007, Mark Knoller, President Bush Rides In Style, CBS News All the world leaders at the G-8 Summit are supposed to be equal in stature. But in some ways, President George W. Bush is more equal than others.

    He clearly believes some states are more equal than others.

词源

Coined by George Orwell in 1945; see Animal Farm quotation below.

来源:wiktionary