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
- 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。 - Profit wasn't a dirty word.
利润这个词也不是那么难听。 - 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? - De-normalization is no longer a dirty word; instead, it is a design tool that you will apply in many aspects of your App Engine for Java applications.
反规范化不再是一个忌讳的字眼,相反,它是一个设计工具,您可以把它应用在AppEngineforJava应用程序的许多方面。 - 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。 - To many people "compromise" is a dirty word.
对于许多人来说,妥协是个忌讳字眼。 - 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。 - 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。 - That's a dirty word around here.
这个字眼在这里可能是脏话。 - 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。