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dystopia

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dys·to·pi·a /dɪsˈtəʊpiə $ -ˈtoʊ-/ noun [countable]  an imaginary place where life is extremely difficult and a lot of unfair or immoral things happen 反面乌托邦,反面假想国,敌托邦〔想象中生活极其艰难的地方〕 OPP utopia
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dystopiaUtopias are goals to be reached and dystopias goals to be avoided.But the narrative of the afterlife is so fully developed it seems to be Self's surreal dystopia of urban alienation.But the flipside of utopia, dystopia, has also been a fertile undercurrent of modernity.
Origin dystopia (1900-2000) dys- bad (from Greek) + utopia
dys·to·pi·a nounChineseSyllable
where extremely an Corpus life imaginary is place


dystopia
dystopia /dɪsˈtəʊpiə $ -ˈtoʊ-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: dys- 'bad' (from Greek) + utopia
an imaginary place where life is extremely difficult and a lot of unfair or immoral things happen
   OPP  utopia


dys·to·piaBrE /dɪsˈtəʊpiə/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈtoʊpiə/ 🔊 nounan imaginary place or state in which everything is extremely bad or unpleasant 反乌托邦,反面假想国,敌托帮(极度恶劣的假想处境或状况)   compare utopia dys·to·pian BrE /dɪsˈtəʊpiən/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈtoʊpiən/ 🔊 (also dys·top·ic BrE /dɪsˈtɒpɪk/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪsˈtɑːpɪk/ 🔊) adjective