name of the artificial language of official communication in George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 1949, from new (adj.) + speak (n.). Frequently applied to what is perceived as propagandistic warped English.
雙語例句
1. 'You haven't a real appreciation of Newspeak, Winston,'he said almost sadly.
“溫斯頓呀, 對(duì)新話你根本沒懂, ” 他的口氣幾乎是滿帶悲哀.
來自英漢文學(xué)
2. Their names , in Newspeak: Minitrue, Minipax , Miniluv, and Miniplenty.
拿新話來說,它們分別叫做真部 、 和部 、 愛部和富部.
來自英漢文學(xué)
3. Have you seen the tenth edition of the Newspeak Dictionary?'
你有沒有看過第十版的新話詞典? ”
來自英漢文學(xué)
4. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings.
這個(gè)字眼像新話中的許多其他字眼一樣, 有兩個(gè)相互矛盾的含義.
來自英漢文學(xué)
5. You take a scholarly interest in Newspeak, I believe?'