Orwellian

基本解釋

That is not simplypreposterous, but Orwellian.
這不單是荒謬，而是專制。
Our first duty is to highlight Russia's Orwellian tactics.
我們的首要責(zé)任是指出俄羅斯的伎倆。
Watergate added a distinctly Orwellian tinge to the national atmosphere.
水門醜聞使全國的氣氛更添了一分澳威爾式的諷刺色彩。
Orwellian work rules that sapped productivity and creativity have been removed.
那些侵蝕生産傚率和創(chuàng)造力的奧威爾式（見注）的公司紀(jì)律已經(jīng)被廢除。
So in Orwellian fashion, the buyout firms decided to change their moniker.
因此，用奧威爾的說法，竝購公司決定改名換姓。

used to describe a political system in which the government tries to control every part of people's lives, similar to that described in the novel "Nineteen Eighty Four", by George Orwell