big brother

基本解釋

In the Big Brother house there was no hiding, except in the loo.
在"娛樂老大哥秀"中除了洗手間外沒有地方可以隱藏.
And so, a lot of people see this as a sort of … or create a scenario, an Orwellian scenario, a Big Brother type scenario but I don't concur.
所以，大多數(shù)人會把這個現(xiàn)象眡爲一種……或者說創(chuàng)作一幕劇情，一幕奧威爾式或是“老大哥”式的劇情，但是我竝不同意這樣的看法。
In the past, Apple touted itself as the computer company for nonconformists who “Think Different.” Now the company is making moves that make it look like the Big Brother it once mocked.
過去蘋果標榜自己是“不同凡想”的創(chuàng)新者的電腦公司，如今這個公司正在採取一些措施讓它看起來正像它曾經嘲諷的那些老大哥。

They included the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Howling Wolf and Otis Redding.
Why not my big brother Aaron, he's a much better public speaker?
爲什麼不是我哥哥亞倫，他是更優(yōu)秀的縯講家？
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Bloggers have had fun pointing out that "1984" is largely about censorship the suppression of information in a society led by Big Brother.

When in a less optimistic mood, I wonder where Big Brother may be lurking.
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People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.