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
- Yasukuni Shrine – a dirty word linked with WII war criminals.
一个二战战犯之类的脏词。 - 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。 - As far as she is concerned, cooking is a dirty word!
就她而言，烹调是件讨厌的事。 - 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。 - 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。 - Mortgage-backed security, a dirty word no longer?
抵押贷款担保证券，终于“解禁”？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。