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
- As far as she is concerned, cooking is a dirty word!
就她而言,烹调是件讨厌的事。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - And I knew that word "nigger" was a dirty word.
我知道那是个脏字。 - 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! - 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。