dirty word
英 [ˈdɜːti wɜːd]
美 [ˈdɜːrti wɜːrd]
令人讨厌的字眼; 脏字; 粗鄙的字眼
英英释义
noun
- a word that is considered to be unmentionable
- `failure' is a dirty word to him
- an offensive or indecent word or phrase
双语例句
- Profit wasn't a dirty word.
利润这个词也不是那么难听。 - After all, during most of the past decade, as Japanese prices gently drifted down, Western economists and policymakers have recoiled in horror; deflation has been a dirty word.
毕竟，过去十年里，随着日本物价在大部分时间缓慢下降，西方经济学家和政策制定者感到惊恐；通缩是一个贬义词。 - And I knew that word "nigger" was a dirty word.
我知道那是个脏字。 - My children think that work is a dirty word!
我的孩子都觉得这项工作讨厌。 - Isn't that a dirty word in the whole "keeping it casual" scenario?
当初“随意交往”不是你提出来的吗？ - Mortgage-backed security, a dirty word no longer?
抵押贷款担保证券，终于“解禁”？ - Holiday is a dirty word to most people in this office.
对这个办公室的大多数人来说，假期是很令人讨厌的。 - Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
道听途说：蹒跚学步的孩子在听到有人讲脏话时做的事。 - Even before last September's meltdown, Barack Obama was trying to nudge his compatriots towards the idea that government is not always a dirty word.
早在去年9月份政治权利变更以来，奥巴马不断试图提醒他的同胞们，政府并不总是给人负面的印象。 - Marketing became a dirty word at the company.
市场营销成了公司里一个很令人讨厌的字眼。