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
- 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。 - 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。 - To many people "compromise" is a dirty word.
对于许多人来说，妥协是个忌讳字眼。 - And I knew that word "nigger" was a dirty word.
我知道那是个脏字。 - 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。 - 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。 - Mortgage-backed security, a dirty word no longer?
抵押贷款担保证券，终于“解禁”？ - My children think that work is a dirty word!
我的孩子都觉得这项工作讨厌。 - As far as she is concerned, cooking is a dirty word!
就她而言，烹调是件讨厌的事。