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。 - Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
道听途说:蹒跚学步的孩子在听到有人讲脏话时做的事。 - Profit wasn't a dirty word.
利润这个词也不是那么难听。 - Oh no I know, a dirty word.
哦不,我知道一个脏词。 - 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。 - 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。 - To many people "compromise" is a dirty word.
对于许多人来说,妥协是个忌讳字眼。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。