plain english campaign

英汉例句

双语例句

• The British Plain English Campaign annually hands out the prize for the most nonsensical remark made by a public figure.
  英国“说通俗易懂英语”运动组织每年为公众人物所发表的最荒谬的言论颁发“不知所云”奖。
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• "When readers or listeners come across these tired expressions, they start tuning out and completely miss the message - assuming there is one," said Plain English Campaign spokesman John Lister.
  英国简明英语组织的发言人约翰·李斯特说：“当读者或听众遇到这些令人厌烦的措辞时，他们会开始转移注意力，结果完全漏掉要点——假如有要点的话。”
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• Formed in 1979, the Plain English Campaign is an independent group that campaigns against cliches, jargon and obfuscation, particularly in official and public documents.
  英国简明英语组织成立于1979年，是一个独立机构，专门从事反对使用陈词滥调、行话和含糊不清的词语的活动，特别是那些在官方和公共文件中出现的词语。

权威例句

• Though intelligent, he remains a stranger to grammar and is ridiculed for his mangled syntax (on the morning of his Commons ordeal he was awarded a booby prize by the Plain English Campaign).
  ECONOMIST: John Prescott’s calming influence
• Hitchings nods at Orwell respectfully but still has questions about the campaign for plain English to which the great man contributed so heavily.
  NEWYORKER: The English Wars

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