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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - That's a dirty word around here.
这个字眼在这里可能是脏话。 - As far as she is concerned, cooking is a dirty word!
就她而言，烹调是件讨厌的事。 - It is the essence of cool, but taken to the nth degree, and with a dirty word thrown in.
牛逼从本质上来说就是酷，不过比酷要酷上N倍，更何况牛逼里还带个脏字呢！ - My children think that work is a dirty word!
我的孩子都觉得这项工作讨厌。 - 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。 - Profit wasn't a dirty word.
利润这个词也不是那么难听。 - Mortgage-backed security, a dirty word no longer?
抵押贷款担保证券，终于“解禁”？