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
- To many people "compromise" is a dirty word.
对于许多人来说，妥协是个忌讳字眼。 - 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。 - 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。 - Eventually, globalisation will cease to be a dirty word.
最终，全球化将不再是一个肮脏的词汇。 - 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。 - For the environmentally aware, 'disposable' has become a dirty word.
从环保角度考虑，“一次性”已变成了一个忌讳的字眼。 - 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。 - And I knew that word "nigger" was a dirty word.
我知道那是个脏字。 - Mortgage-backed security, a dirty word no longer?
抵押贷款担保证券，终于“解禁”？ - That's a dirty word around here.
这个字眼在这里可能是脏话。