| 释义 |
governmentese, n.|gʌvənmənˈtiːz|
[f. government n. + -ese.]
The long-winded, obscure, or euphemistic language held to be characteristic of government departments and their documents.
1953Grosset Webster Dict. p. xvi, Governmentese. a1961A. L. Hench in Webster s.v., A tongue-in-cheek definition..given him in governmentese. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 31 Jan. 9/1 In best governmentese it said that the plan will ‘confirm and reinforce the department's sensitivity to consumer rights and interests as they impact upon the department’. 1985New Yorker 2 Dec. 40/3 ‘Coloured’ is a word used by the South African government to separate people of mixed race and Malays from ‘Africans’ (governmentese for blacks), Indians, and whites. |