glasnost
glasnost — 名詞
1. the policy of greater openness that Mikhail Gorbachev introduced in the Soviet U
公開化政策
戈巴契夫推動的蘇聯公開化改革
the policy of greater openness that Mikhail Gorbachev introduced in the Soviet Union during the 1980s, under which the government allowed free discussion of political matters and gave citizens wider access to information
Under glasnost, Soviet newspapers began printing stories about government mistakes for the first time.
在公開化政策下,蘇聯報紙首次開始刊登政府施政錯誤的報導。
collocation: under glasnost
Anya's grandfather spoke openly about his prison-camp years, a conversation glasnost made possible.
Anya 的祖父公開講述自己在勞改營的歲月——這是公開化政策才使之成為可能的對話。
Lucía stood at the fallen Berlin Wall and told reporters that glasnost had started it all.
Lucía 站在倒塌的柏林圍牆前告訴記者,這一切都是從公開化政策開始的。
Sora's grandmother saved every glasnost-era newspaper, amazed that the government admitted its own mistakes.
Sora 的祖母保存了公開化政策時期的每一份報紙,對於政府承認自身錯誤感到驚奇。
Glasnost freed doctors in Minsk to speak openly about hospital shortages without fear of punishment.
公開化政策讓明斯克的醫生得以公開談論醫院物資短缺,而不用擔心受罰。
- openness
a general quality of being open and honest; glasnost refers specifically to the Soviet policy of the 1980s
- transparency
often used about modern governments and institutions making information public; glasnost is a historical term tied to the Soviet Union
- censorship
the suppression of information, which glasnost was designed to end
- secrecy
the practice of keeping information hidden from the public
用法筆記
Frequently mentioned together with perestroika (economic restructuring), the other major reform policy of the Gorbachev era. The two policies are often paired as 'glasnost and perestroika.'