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
- But I doubt that Bernanke would choose such language today; in the current climate, particularly in the US, "monetisation" is a dirty word.
但我怀疑伯南克如今会选择这样的措辞：在当前环境下，尤其是在美国，“货币化”已成为一个禁忌字眼。 - For many teachers, change is dirty word.
对许多教师来说，变化是个令人讨厌的字眼。 - 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。 - 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。 - The term stimulus is already a dirty word, even within the Obama administration.
刺激已变成一个肮脏的字眼，甚至在奥巴马政府内部也是如此。 - Everybody uses "supernatural" like it's a dirty word.
每个人使用超自然这个词的时候认为它是个不好的词。 - My children think that work is a dirty word!
我的孩子都觉得这项工作讨厌。 - To many people "compromise" is a dirty word.
对于许多人来说，妥协是个忌讳字眼。 - It is the essence of cool, but taken to the nth degree, and with a dirty word thrown in.
牛逼从本质上来说就是酷，不过比酷要酷上N倍，更何况牛逼里还带个脏字呢！ - But the longer shale gas remains a dirty word in Europe, the more the transatlantic gap in productivity – and psychology – will widen.
但欧洲对页岩气的反感时间越长，欧美生产率（和心理）的差距就会越大。