obscenity

英 [əbˈsenəti]

美 [əbˈsenəti]

n.  淫秽的语言; 下流的行为; 下流话(或动作)

复数：obscenities　

TEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.12535 / COCA.11789

牛津词典

noun

• 淫秽的语言；下流的行为
  obscene language or behaviour
  1. The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity.
     编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
  2. the laws on obscenity
     禁止淫秽的言语及行为的法规
• 下流话（或动作）
  an obscene word or act
  1. She screamed a string of obscenities at the judge.
     她冲着法官高声骂了一连串的脏话。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 淫秽；色情；猥亵
  Obscenityis behaviour, art, or language that is sexual and offends or shocks people.
  1. He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity...
     他坚持认为这些照片并非艺术，而是色情。
  2. James Joyce justified his use of 'obscenity' on the grounds that it was a natural part of life.
     詹姆斯·乔伊斯以“淫秽”是生活的正常部分为由为自己运用“淫秽”进行辩解。
• N-VAR 猥亵的话；下流话
  Anobscenityis a very offensive word or expression.
  1. They shouted obscenities at us and smashed bottles on the floor.
     他们冲着我们大骂下流话，还把瓶子摔到地上。
• N-COUNT 令人憎恶的行为（或事件);道德败坏的行为（或事件）
  If you refer to an action or event asan obscenity, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral.
  1. It is not the only place experiencing the obscenities of civil war.
     饱经内战蹂躏的不止这一个地方。

英英释义

noun

• an obscene act
• the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
  Synonym:lewdnessbawdinesssalaciousnesssalacity
• an offensive or indecent word or phrase
  Synonym:smutvulgarismfilthdirty word

双语例句

• "That's not my department" is an obscenity on the employment front these days, so don't say it.
  “那不是我的专业”，这是今天就业领域的大忌。不要这样说。
• Obscenity can is find in every book except the telephone directory.
  除了电话簿之外，任何一本书中都可以找猥亵性。
• Such deliberate destruction of the environment is an obscenity.
  对环境的这种蓄意破坏是一件可憎的事。
• I decided instead to follow the hallowed tradition set by Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, who defined obscenity by saying, I know it when I see it.
  相反，我决定追寻最高法院大法官波特斯图尔特的神圣传统&他用一句当我看到它就会认出它的话定义猥亵。
• It is not the only place experiencing the obscenities of civil war.
  饱经内战蹂躏的不止这一个地方。
• Laws concerning obscenity, indecency, and violence.
  有关淫秽、猥亵和暴力的法津。
• In this section, the feminist perspective respectively from the actual situation in China is discussed, and the crime of rights infringement of crime and prostitution or whoring obscenity such specific provision.
  在这一小节中，笔者分别从女权主义角度结合中国实际讨论了侵犯性权利类犯罪，卖淫嫖娼类犯罪以及淫秽物品类犯罪的具体规定。
• Cramer spat an obscenity.
  克拉默愤愤地骂了一句脏话。
• One can differ with the American idea of what constituted obscenity 46 years ago, but no one with access to YouTube will doubt that Bruce violated it.
  人们可以不赞同46年前美国对猥亵罪的定义，但只要能够登录youtube的人就不会怀疑布鲁斯犯下了这一罪行。
• They shouted obscenities at us and smashed bottles on the floor.
  他们冲着我们大骂下流话，还把瓶子摔到地上。