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。 - 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。 - My children think that work is a dirty word!
我的孩子都觉得这项工作讨厌。 - 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。 - Yasukuni Shrine – a dirty word linked with WII war criminals.
一个二战战犯之类的脏词。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。