red pill
noun [ C or S ] uk/ˌred ˈpɪl/ us/ˌred ˈpɪl/
红色药丸（指让人看到事情真实面目的东西。来自电影《黑客帝国》中的一个场景，片中角色要在揭示真实世界的红色药丸和隐藏真实世界的蓝色药丸之间做出选择。）
beliefs, choices, or information that allow you to see the world as it really is, even though you would feel safer or happier if you did not. This refers to a scene in the film "The Matrix" where a character is offered a choice between a red pill, which reveals the true world, and a blue pill, which keeps it hidden.
Now you are living in reality. It's not easy. If you hadn't taken that red pill you would be so happy returning from the mall with your new $300 jeans. 现在你回到现实中了。这并不容易。如果你没有吞下那颗红色药丸，你会很高兴地从商场回来，穿上300美元的新牛仔裤。
What these artists sought was equivalent to swallowing the red pill in the movie "The Matrix". 这些艺术家所追求的，相当于吞下了电影 "黑客帝国"中的红色药丸。
Compare: blue pill
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- If you are reading this it means you took the red pill, congratulations.
- You could argue that "Through The Looking Glass" and "The Matrix" are the same story: the red pill or the blue pill?
- I'd definitely take the red pill. How cool would that be to be sucked out of a dream state and forced into REAL reality?
red pill
verb [ T often passive ] slang (also red-pill, redpill) uk/ˌred ˈpɪl/ us/ˌred ˈpɪl/
给（某人）吃红色药丸，让（某人）看清真相
to give someone information that allows them to see the world as it really is. This word is often used on the internet by people with views on the political right, especially people who are against feminism (= the belief that women do not have the same rights, power, and opportunities as men and should have them).
We need to red pill these people and make them see what is really going on. 我们需要给这些人吃点红色药丸，让他们明白到底发生了什么。
Being red-pilled, he says, means understanding that everything you were taught, everything you were led to believe is a lie. 他说，被吃了 "红色药丸"就意味着意识到以前被教导的一切、被引导相信的一切都是谎言。
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- They believe that being redpilled means becoming alert to the harsh truth that males (rather than women) are the marginalized class.
- New Trump supporters are seen as being "red pilled".