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Pravda is the name of a famous Russian newspaper. For most of the Soviet years it was the official paper of the Communist Party, so what it printed was not only news; it was the Party’s public voice.
Pravda is the name ofPravda這個名字是 a famous Russian newspaper一份著名俄國報紙的名字For most of the Soviet years在蘇聯大部分的年代裡 it was the official paper of the Communist Party它是共產黨的機關報 so what it printed was not only news所以它印出來的不只是新聞 it was the Party's public voice而是黨對外的聲音
The name itself is the Russian word for “truth,” which is a sharp little fact — because many readers, then and later, felt the paper mixed reporting with the government’s story. After the Soviet Union ended, the name lived on in more than one paper and website; when English speakers say “Pravda” they usually mean the old Soviet paper, or they use it as a shorthand for state news that claims to tell the truth.
The name itself這個名字本身 is the Russian word for "truth,"是俄文裡「真理」這個詞 which is a sharp little fact這是個很諷刺的小事實 because many readers, then and later因為不論當時或後來很多讀者 felt the paper mixed reporting with the government's story都覺得這份報紙把報導和政府的說法混在一起After the Soviet Union ended蘇聯解體之後 the name lived on in more than one paper and website這個名字在不只一份報紙和網站上延續下來 when English speakers say "Pravda"英語使用者說「Pravda」時 they usually mean the old Soviet paper通常是指那份舊蘇聯的報紙 or they use it as a shorthand for state news that claims to tell the truth或是拿它當成「自稱說真話的官方新聞」的簡稱
It is a proper name, so you capitalise it. In English it is a cultural reference more than a paper most students will ever hold.
It is a proper name這是個專有名詞 so you capitalise it所以字首要大寫In English在英語裡 it is a cultural reference它比較是個文化典故 more than a paper most students will ever hold而不是大多數學生真的會拿在手上的報紙
組成Borrowed from Russian Правда (Pravda), literally “The Truth”.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Pravdaname/ˈpɹɑːvdə/
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The official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and successor papers.
- These figures indicate that there must have been considerable wastage in the past; indeed Pravda said that “no deviation from these standards is to be permitted, however slight, and it is the duty of Party workers in factories to exercise their rights of supervision to eliminate waste.”
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Pravda.ru, a privately owned Russian news website established in 1999.
- Pravda has described Tony Abbott as “a disturbed mind crying out for therapy”: after his threat to “shirtfront” the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Brisbane.
Pravdanoun/ˈpɹɑːvdə/
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derogatoryA newspaper or other media channel seen as untrustworthy and biased towards its owners or the establishment.
- The fundamental purpose of the Government in introducing this measure, and in turning their three kept newspapers — the three Pravdas of Fianna Fail — to the propaganda campaign, is to wipe out the Labour Party, Clann na Talmhan, Clann na Poblachta and the Independents.
- The music press is forever weeping about corporate-dominated music, but their only real contribution is their service as Pravdas of genre orthodoxy; what's "real jazz," "real blues," "real rock 'n' roll," blah blah blah.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。