词汇 | taboo |
释义 | taboo /tә`bu/ /ta`bu/ (复数: taboos) n. A religious system and practice, among the Polynesians and other savage races, in which certain things are made sacred and contact with them forbidden. (玻里尼西亚人或其野蛮民族之)宗教上或惯例上之禁忌。 Ban; prohibition. 禁令;禁止。 Same as tabu. 亦可作 tabu。 phrases put the taboo on 禁止;严禁。 put under taboo 禁止;严禁。 (过去式: tabooed; 过去完成式: tabooed; 现在进行式: tabooing) v.t. To place under a ban; forbid; prohibit. 置于禁令之下;禁止;禁用。 Same as tabu. 亦可作 tabu。 The subject was tabooed. 该问题被禁止讨论。 adj. Set apart; made untouchable or sacred by religious custom. 禁忌的(宗教惯例上认为神圣不可侵犯的)。 Prohibited by social custom, law, or prejudice. (为社会习俗、法律或成见所)禁止的。 Same as tabu. 亦可作 tabu。 Slang is taboo in formal discourse. 俚语为正式交谈中所禁用。 |
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