taboos

英 [təˈbuːz]

美 [tæˈbuz]

n.  (文化或宗教习俗方面的)禁忌，忌讳，戒律; 禁止; 避讳
taboo的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 禁忌;忌讳
  If there is atabooon a subject or activity, it is a social custom to avoid doing that activity or talking about that subject, because people find them embarrassing or offensive.
  1. The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo...
     毒瘾仍然是个有些忌讳的话题。
  2. Religious dogmas often include strong sexual taboos and can create in children the impression that sex is sinful.
     宗教教义中经常包含严格的性禁忌，这会给儿童留下“性是罪恶”的印象。
  3. Taboois also an adjective.
     
  4. Cancer is a taboo subject and people are frightened or embarrassed to talk openly about it.
     癌症是个禁忌话题，公开谈论它会让人们感到恐慌或局促不安。

双语例句

• There are also fewer taboos.
  禁忌也变少了。
• Taboos surrounding menstruation and sex have existed since the times of the Old Testament.
  月经和性的禁忌早在旧约的时候就存在了。
• It was just last week that we heard about Love Land, China's first sex theme park, designed to improve sex education and bust taboos.
  上周我们听说了一个“爱情岛”，即我国第一性主题公园，旨在改善性教育和减少人们对性的禁忌。
• Through a contrastive analysis, the present paper investigates the similarities and divergences of linguistic taboos in English and Chinese, which massively exist in both languages.
  语言禁忌是各种语言中都普遍存在的现象，本文对英语和汉语中的语言禁忌现象进行了探讨和对比分析，并揭示了其相似性和相异性。
• His real intent was to question his own views on Korean culture and whether he could break some taboos.
  他真正的意图是质疑自己对于韩国文化的看法，以及他是否能打破一些禁忌。
• One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat.
  在美国社会，最新的禁忌话题之一是胖。
• Familiarize yourself with the norms, rituals, and taboos of other cultures.
  熟悉其它文化的规范、习俗和禁忌。
• A lot of taboos began to weaken in the 20th century.
  很多禁忌到了20世纪已经没那么大影响了。
• Taboos related to soil also existed because Chinese people also showed great respect towards it.
  与土壤的禁忌，也存在因为中国人也表现出很大的尊重对待它。
• It's another to be asked to respect their taboos.
  被要求尊敬他们的忌讳却是另一回事。