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
- 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。 - And I knew that word "nigger" was a dirty word.
我知道那是个脏字。 - Isn't that a dirty word in the whole "keeping it casual" scenario?
当初“随意交往”不是你提出来的吗？ - To many people "compromise" is a dirty word.
对于许多人来说，妥协是个忌讳字眼。 - 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。 - My children think that work is a dirty word!
我的孩子都觉得这项工作讨厌。 - But I doubt that Bernanke would choose such language today; in the current climate, particularly in the US, "monetisation" is a dirty word.
但我怀疑伯南克如今会选择这样的措辞：在当前环境下，尤其是在美国，“货币化”已成为一个禁忌字眼。 - 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。 - That's a dirty word around here.
这个字眼在这里可能是脏话。 - It is the essence of cool, but taken to the nth degree, and with a dirty word thrown in.
牛逼从本质上来说就是酷，不过比酷要酷上N倍，更何况牛逼里还带个脏字呢！