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
- 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。 - That's a dirty word around here.
这个字眼在这里可能是脏话。 - 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。 - Mortgage-backed security, a dirty word no longer?
抵押贷款担保证券，终于“解禁”？ - As far as she is concerned, cooking is a dirty word!
就她而言，烹调是件讨厌的事。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。