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| Processed by: | richwarm (2021-03-12 07:17:09 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 64354 - submitted by 'sl89' >> * 反面教员 seems to be used only in the PRC and to have its origin in party-speak. ☞ 反面教员 【Wenlin】 n. sb. who can be taken as negative example 【Pleco】 teacher by negative example 【LAC】 〖陆〗指可以从反面来教育人民的人。 | 他的错误行为让人引以为戒，可作为我们的～。 ☞ 反面教材 【Wenlin】 n. negative example 【Pleco】 negative example which may serve as a lesson; bad experience which teaches us what not to do 【LAC】 可供借鉴、让人引以为戒的负面材料。通常指不足取的人物、行为以及失败的事例等。 | 炫富行为，是标准的～ | 他好大喜功，导致事业失败收场，成为创业者的～。 右派是很好的反面教员。 The Rightists are very good teachers by negative example. 要留在原单位，剥夺他的一切政治资本，使他孤立起来，利用他当反面教员。 Let them stay on in their own unit but strip them of their political capital, isolate them and use them as teachers by negative example. 从前还有清政府，有袁世凯，有北洋军阀，后头有蒋介石，都是我们很好的反面教员。 Previously there were the Ching government, Yuan Shih-kai and the Northern warlords, and then there was Chiang Kai-shek. They were all fine teachers by negative example. 希腊被作为反面教材以警醒世人，而美国国债收益率的每一个小幅上扬都被解读成市场因美国政府的大量财赤而报复美国。 Greece is held up as a cautionary tale, and every uptick in the interest rate on U. S. government bonds is treated as an indication that markets are turning on America over its deficits. 过去两年内发生在泰国的政治动乱就是摆在我们面前一则生动的反面教材. The political turmoil in Thailand over the past two years has almost given us a counter - example. 这对于设计新市中心是个最佳的反面教材. It is a classic example of how not to design a new city centre. China Uses ‘House of Cards’ as Illustration of West’s Corruption 《纸牌屋》成了中国抨击西方制度的反面教材 https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140620/c20cards/dual/ Yet, despite these welcome modifications to a dress style that served as an unwitting tutorial on how not to wear a suit, Mr. Spicer has stuck to his attention-grabbing neckwear, ties not only carnival-barker garish but also manifestly wrong in other ways. 不过，尽管对其无意间充当了西装穿搭反面教材的着装风格做了可喜的改进，斯派塞仍然执着于佩戴吸引眼球的领带——除了颜色扎眼，像是一个嘉年华活动上的叫卖者，它们还存在其他方面的明显错误。 https://cn.nytimes.com/world/20170307/sean-spicer-white-house-press-secretary-trump-style-suits-ties/dual/ |
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+ 反面教員 反面教员 [fan3 mian4 jiao4 yuan2] /(PRC) teacher by negative example/sb from whom one can learn what not to do/ + 反面教材 反面教材 [fan3 mian4 jiao4 cai2] /negative example/sth that teaches one what not to do/ |