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
- 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。 - Why is feminism a dirty word? Why is motherhood seen as the ultimate goal for every woman? Why are pants getting smaller?
为何女权主义成为一个禁忌字眼？为何为人母会被视为所有女性的终极目标？为何女性的裤子正越来越缩水？ - 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！ - That's a dirty word around here.
这个字眼在这里可能是脏话。 - Coercion is a dirty word to most liberals now, but it need not forever be so.
对大多数自由主义者来说，「强制」是脏话，但无需永远是这样的。 - 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。 - Deficit spending seems to be turning into something of a dirty word in Washington, D.
在华盛顿，透支看起来开始成为禁忌字眼。 - 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。 - 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？ - To many people "compromise" is a dirty word.
对于许多人来说，妥协是个忌讳字眼。