expletive

英 [ɪkˈspliːtɪv]

美 [ˈeksplətɪv]

n.  (愤怒或痛苦时用的)秽语，咒骂语，感叹语

复数：expletives　

BNC.23042 / COCA.16119

牛津词典

noun

• （愤怒或痛苦时用的）秽语，咒骂语，感叹语
  a word, especially a rude word, that you use when you are angry, or in pain

柯林斯词典

• 脏字;咒骂语
  Anexpletiveis a rude word or expression such as 'Damn!' which you say when you are annoyed, excited, or in pain.

英英释义

noun

• profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
  1. expletives were deleted
  Synonym:cursecurse wordoathswearingswearwordcuss
• a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

双语例句

• A study found releasing the odd expletive helped people cope with discomfort in the short-term but the frequency of swearing played an important role.
  一项研究发现说脏话能帮助人们应对短期不适，然而说的频率起着至关重要的作用。
• The use of the expletive words, which do not exist in Chinese, enforces the completeness of sentence structure.
  填补词的使用使英语句子结构更完整，在汉语中则不用。
• DW: God knows, there have been times in my life when I was done an injustice, or had every right to respond with an expletive.
  沃克：老天爷知道，在我生命中有多少次遭遇不义之举时，我完全有理由骂回去。
• Israeli windsurfing bronze medalist Shahar Zubari used a scatological expletive to describe the Chinese in an interview with the Yediot Ahronot daily on Friday.
  上周五，帆板铜牌得主以色列选手沙哈里-祖巴里在接受《以色列日报》采访时用脏话形容中国人。
• The syntactic status of expletive there and some related theoretical issues
  虚词there的句法地位及相关理论问题
• Theoretically, it is consistent with the Principle of Full Interpretation and the Principle of Economy, according to which the expletive it must be derived by movement, contrary to the traditional view of expletive-insertion.
  从理论上说，本分析方法与充分解释原则以及经济原则的精神完全相一致。根据这些原则，虚词it必须由移位生成，而不能像传统观点上所认为的通过虚词插入产生的。
• The DP in question will not be subject to the case filter, due to its being part of the inner small clause which functions as a predicate for the expletive there.
  DP由于和表场所的短语构成一个主谓短语做谓语，所以，它就不存在赋格的问题。
• Hypotaxis at the intra-sentential level lies in the S-P mechanism and the use of prepositions and the expletive words.
  在句内层面上，主要表现在英语句子的主谓机制、介词和填补词的使用。
• ` Damn! 'is an expletive. Dog it all! Something that is cursed or loathed.
  ‘该死！’是咒骂语。
• Your community actually wants you to sell the [ expletive] out and work in law, accounting or banking.
  你的社群指望着你他妈出人头地，进入法律、会计或银行业工作。