perestroika

Related topics: Policies

per·e·stroi·ka /ˌperəˈstrɔɪkə/ noun [uncountableU]

PPPa Russian word meaning ‘rebuilding’, used to describe the social, political, and economic changes that happened in the former USSR in the 1980s, just before the end of the Communist government 重建〔俄语，指20世纪80年代苏联发生的社会、政治和经济变革〕 → glasnost

Examples from the Corpus

perestroika• Supposing they are being formed into a new secret police - with the aim of destroying glasnost and perestroika?• The period of glasnost and perestroika under Gorbachev led to a great burgeoning of group activity throughout the republics.• In July a Pravda editorial had attacked perestroika for creating a new bureaucracy without solving the old problems.• More probably, the mass desertion is another sign of how the people have lost faith in perestroika and its unfulfilled promises.• The passage of time required perestroika from the musicians themselves.• The deep recession that followed shows how painful true perestroika can be.• The Gulf war could instead mark the beginning of a kind of Western perestroika.• Had they been in vogue in 1951, the words perestroika and glasnost might have been used by observers.

Origin perestroika

(1900-2000) Russian perestroit “to rebuild, reorganize”

词汇	perestroika
释义	perestroika Related topics: Policies per·e·stroi·ka /ˌperəˈstrɔɪkə/ noun [uncountableU] PPPa Russian word meaning ‘rebuilding’, used to describe the social, political, and economic changes that happened in the former USSR in the 1980s, just before the end of the Communist government 重建〔俄语，指20世纪80年代苏联发生的社会、政治和经济变革〕 → glasnost Examples from the Corpus perestroika• Supposing they are being formed into a new secret police - with the aim of destroying glasnost and perestroika?• The period of glasnost and perestroika under Gorbachev led to a great burgeoning of group activity throughout the republics.• In July a Pravda editorial had attacked perestroika for creating a new bureaucracy without solving the old problems.• More probably, the mass desertion is another sign of how the people have lost faith in perestroika and its unfulfilled promises.• The passage of time required perestroika from the musicians themselves.• The deep recession that followed shows how painful true perestroika can be.• The Gulf war could instead mark the beginning of a kind of Western perestroika.• Had they been in vogue in 1951, the words perestroika and glasnost might have been used by observers. Origin perestroika (1900-2000) Russian perestroit “to rebuild, reorganize”
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