paternalism

pronunciation

UK [pəˈtɜ:nəlɪzəm]word uk audio image

US [pəˈtɜrnəlɪzəm] word us audio image

  • n.
    家长式制度
  • adj.
    家长式的

Word Origin

paternalism 家长式制度,专制

来自paternal,父亲的,-ism,主义,思想,制度。比喻用法。

Example

1. Governmental paternalism when directed to children is less problematic than paternalism toward adults .
政府的家长作风在针对儿童的时候没有针对成年人时的问题那么大。
2. Most of all , you believe , educated paternalism has delivered the goods .
最重要的一点是你相信,教育式家长作风带来的好的一面。
3. Personally I 'm not against paternalism but I think that the level should be based on public opinion .
作为我个人,我并不是的很反对家长作风,但是我觉得它的程度应该建立在公众意见之上。
4. When people think about this range of possible solutions one question that comes up is about the extent of paternalism that we are comfortable with .
当人们思考这一系列可能的解决方案时,碰到的其中一个问题是关于我们能够忍受的家长作风的程度。
5. So , the most reprehensible insult to god in my view is paternalism ; the taking away of my god-given gift to make my own moral decisions and be responsible for them .
所以在我看来,对上帝最大的侮辱就是家长作风剥夺上帝赐予我的自己作出道德决策并为此负责的权利。

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