glasnost

低频词

['ɡlɑ:snɔst, 'ɡlæs-]

释义

n. （俄语）公开性；公开化

英文词源

glasnost (n.): 1972 (in reference to a letter of 1969 by Solzhenitsyn), from Russian glasnost "openness to public scrutiny," literally "publicity, fact of being public," ultimately from Old Church Slavonic glasu "voice," from PIE *gal-so-, from root *gal- (2) "to call, shout" (see call (v.)). First used in a socio-political sense by Lenin; popularized in English after Mikhail Gorbachev used it prominently in a speech of March 11, 1985, accepting the post of general secretary of the CPSU.
The Soviets, it seems, have rediscovered the value of Lenin's dictum that "glasnost," the Russian word for openness or publicity, is a desirable form of conduct. [New York Times news service article, March 1981]

双语例句

1. In the Soviet Union the leader at the time , Mikhail Gorbachev , was pursuing Glasnost, or'openness.: 当时的前苏联领导人米哈伊尔·尔巴乔夫倡导“开放”的政治改革.

英英释意

1. a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems