| 词汇 | political-correctness |
| 释义 | political correctness noun[ U ] uk /pəˌlɪt.ɪ.kəl kəˈrekt.nəs/ us /pəˌlɪt̬.ə.kəl kəˈrekt.nəs/ the act of avoiding language and actions that could be offensive to others, especially those relating to sex, gender, and race: 政治正确 He claimed that not using the word "chairman" was political correctness gone mad.他声称不使用“主席”这个以男性语素-man结尾的英文词是政治正确得走火入魔了。 See politically correct I'm furious. This is just a silly application of rules and it's political correctness for the sake of it. It's crazy. If you go back 40 or 50 years, there wasn't so much political correctness in the world. I didn't think you'd use such a word, Carol. Not because of political correctness but out of courtesy, common humanity. He shuns political correctness and has become infamous for his comments about immigration. Polite and respectful candy coat candy-coated chivalric chivalrous chivalrously courtly couth deferential deferentially euphemism for someone/something graciousness hyper-civilized keep a civil tongue in your headidiom manner minced oath tactful tactfully ultra-civilized ultra-refined urbane |
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