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
- Profit wasn't a dirty word.
利润这个词也不是那么难听。 - As far as she is concerned, cooking is a dirty word!
就她而言，烹调是件讨厌的事。 - And I knew that word "nigger" was a dirty word.
我知道那是个脏字。 - The term stimulus is already a dirty word, even within the Obama administration.
刺激已变成一个肮脏的字眼，甚至在奥巴马政府内部也是如此。 - 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。 - 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！ - 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。 - My children think that work is a dirty word!
我的孩子都觉得这项工作讨厌。 - Why is feminism a dirty word? Why is motherhood seen as the ultimate goal for every woman? Why are pants getting smaller?
为何女权主义成为一个禁忌字眼？为何为人母会被视为所有女性的终极目标？为何女性的裤子正越来越缩水？ - 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。