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
- 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。 - Yasukuni Shrine – a dirty word linked with WII war criminals.
一个二战战犯之类的脏词。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - As far as she is concerned, cooking is a dirty word!
就她而言,烹调是件讨厌的事。 - 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。 - 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。 - Marketing was a dirty word in China less than a generation ago, but even state-owned companies are have snapped up Olympic sponsorships.
曾几何时,市场营销在中国还是一个不太好听的词汇。但如今,就连国有企业也开始抢购奥运会赞助权。