taboo
[tə'bu:]
n.禁忌, 禁止接近, 禁止使用
adj.禁忌的
vt.禁忌
例句与用法:
Questions and problems that were once taboo are now discussed openly.
一度视为犯忌的许多问题现在可以公开谈论了。
Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
在他家里一提政治就犯忌。
There's a taboo on smoking in this office.
在这个办公室里一向是都不吸烟的。
Sex is no longer the taboo subject it used to be.
现在不再像过去那样把性的问题视为禁区。
词形变化:
动词过去式: tabooed/tabued | 动词过去分词: tabooed/tabued | 动词现在分词: tabooing/tabuing | 动词第三人称单数: taboos/tabus |
n.
1. 禁忌, 忌讳; 戒律[U][C]
2. 禁忌的事物(或行为); 禁忌语[C]
3. 禁忌信奉, 守戒
a.
禁忌的, 忌讳的; 禁止的
For most people, birth control is no longer such a taboo subject.
对大多数人来说, 节制生育已不再是那么一个禁忌的话题。
vt.
把……列为禁忌; 禁止
taboo
名词复数:taboos
过去式:tabooed
过去分词:tabooed
现在进行时:tabooing
词形变化:
动词过去式: tabooed/tabued | 动词过去分词: tabooed/tabued | 动词现在分词: tabooing/tabuing | 动词第三人称单数: taboos/tabus |
词义辨析:
同义参见:
forbidden2
prohibition
obstruction
inhibit
forbid
taboo[tə'bu:; tæ-]n.1.■(社会习俗或传统习惯方面的)禁忌;忌讳2.■【宗教】戒律3.■(南太平洋波利尼西亚等地人禁止与圣物或不洁物相接否则将招致超自然力惩罚的)禁忌习俗;塔布4.■禁止交际;避讳,避忌5.■【语言学】禁忌语adj.1.■(社会上)禁忌的;忌讳的2.■(南太平洋波利尼西亚人等)神圣的;亵渎的;禁止使用的3.■(因有危险而)禁止通行的vt.1.■禁止;禁用;忌讳:The subject was tabooed.这个话题禁止讨论。2.■将…列为禁忌3.■禁止和…的社交4.■放逐(某人或集体等)[亦作tabu]变形n.taboos变形vt.tabooedtabooing
tabootaboo[təˈbu:]n.(=tabu)1.■【宗】禁忌; 忌讳, 戒律2.■【语】禁忌语3.■放逐, 排除taboos and commandments清规戒律
词性变化taboo[təˈbu:]adj.1.■禁忌的, 忌讳的, 禁止的vt.1.■把...列为禁忌; 禁止
(亦作 tabu)
(pl. taboos or tabus)
- a social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing
禁忌
- prohibited or restricted by social custom
禁忌的,避讳的
sex was a taboo subject.
性曾是个禁忌话题。
■designated as sacred and prohibited
(因神圣而属于)禁忌的
the burial ground was seen as a taboo place.
墓地被看作是禁地。
- [with obj.]place under such prohibition
把…列为禁忌
traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period.
传统社会禁止女性在这个时期触摸食物。
- late 18th cent.: from Tongan tabu 'set apart, forbidden'; introduced into English by Captain Cook
taboo
名词 taboo:
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
同义词:tabu
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
同义词:tabu
动词 taboo:
declare as sacred and forbidden
形容词 taboo:
excluded from use or mention
同义词:forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
同义词:tabu
taboo
■"I like Germany Anthony, I would want for his effectiveness," Wade is not taboo: "I mean, I love what I do not like to attack Germany Anthony?
“我喜欢德安东尼,我自然希望能为他效力,”韦德并不避讳:“我的意思是,我爱进攻我为何不能喜欢德安东尼?
■"So, no taboo on the condom issue, but also no myths and trivialization as if these put the world in order.
“所以,没有任何禁忌的避孕套问题,但也没有神话和庸俗化,正如这些世界的秩序。
■Once there was an old grandmother who believed in taboo.
一个老奶奶很讲究忌讳。
■Questions and problems that were once taboo are now discussed openly.
一度视为犯忌的许多问题现在可以公开谈论了。
■Yet once you tie the knot, anything going beyond talking becomes taboo.
一旦你打上了婚姻的领节,超过交谈范围的都成了禁忌。
■Hypnosis has been a taboo word for far too long.And many people see it in a mystical light.
一直以来,"催眠"这个词都似乎很忌讳,也有些人觉得催眠很神奇。
■The immortal children became unmentionable, a taboo.
不死身小儿成为不能被提及的东西,成为一种禁忌。
■Sporting a tattoo or two is no longer the taboo counterculture act it once was.
专家指出,纹一两个刺青已不再是过去那种社会禁忌的反传统文化之举,
■China has never allowed an independent investigation into the crackdown, and the number of victims remains a taboo subject.
中国从不允许对有关镇压进行独立调查,受害者人数也仍然是禁忌。
■Why is she a big taboo subject all of a sudden?
为什么她突然变成禁谈话题了呢?
■The aether of glycol kind also be a kind of virulent dissolvent, by strict taboo.
乙二醇的醚类也是一类剧毒的溶剂,被严格禁止使用。
■From the wrist, as well as from the heart, I urge all companies to take no notice of the Utrecht findings. Computer games should remain taboo.
从手腕考虑,也从内心考虑,我都鼓励所有公司不要理睬Utrecht的研究成果。电脑游戏还应该列为禁区。
■They have many misconceptions about chairvoyance ,think it's taboo,and something to suppress .
他们对此怀有颇多的误解,认为这是一种忌讳,是应该压制的东西。
■Mr Fryer is prepared to test even the most taboo proposition.
他准备去探索一系列包括最为禁忌的争议论题。
■The taboo against reneging on debts already shows signs of fading in hard-hit markets like Phoenix and Las Vegas.
他表示,他不是为这种行为辩护,但“如果你家的房子现值不如债务,你当然知道你将永远不会真正拥有它。你将去其他地方租房子住。
■He said that one taboo area is religious faith, but not how people use their faith.
他说一个禁忌领域就是一种宗教的信仰,而不是人们如何去使用他们的信仰。
■The words legacy and entitlement and dynasty are "almost taboo "in the family, he says.
他说,在他家里,遗产、特权和王朝这几个词“差不多是禁忌”。
■Anything that has to do with dying, death and ghosts is strictly taboo!
任何和临终、死亡还有鬼怪的事都绝对是禁忌!
■But she had also broken a film industry taboo by revealing that a middle-aged director had tried to force her onto the casting couch as a teenager.
但她也打破了电影界的禁忌,他透露说,一名中年主任曾试图强迫她上投榻作为一名少年。
■But discover it is a kind of carcinogenic substance before long, accordingly by taboo.
但是不久就发现它是一种致癌物,因此被禁止使用。
■However, taboo is also a social phenomenon, so it is closely linked with the society.
但是,语讳又是社会现象,语讳的产生和发展总是和语讳赖以存在的社会息息相关。
■Ases man should taboo bad hobby, Cultivates good sociality ability.
作为男人应该避讳不良嗜好,培养良好的社交能力。
■Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upsetting and unpleasant that it was a taboo to even talk about them.
例如,类似“死”的话题,曾被认为是一个令人十分不安、非常不愉快的话题,所以,谈论这些话题也成了禁忌。
■According to the strict rules of Hindu iconography, Ganesha figures with only two hands are taboo.
依照印度教肖像学的严格规则,甘尼萨只有二臂的外形是被禁止的。
■Are you ready to open the door of the taboo palace?
做好准备了吗?禁忌殿堂的大门即将为您打开?
■Nudity and topless bathing are still taboo in poor Balkan countries.
全身或半裸游泳在贫穷的巴尔干半岛国家仍然是被禁止的。
■PUBLISHING the names of serving spies is a huge taboo in the intelligence world.
公布间谍特工的姓名在情报界往往被视为一大禁忌。
■Topics about sex are no more taboo with the increased opening up of society.
关于两性关系的话题随着社会开放程度的增加已经不是什么忌言了。
■In general,bibliolatry cultural system consists of some cultural elements such as god idea,rite of offering sacrifices to the gods,taboo and so on.
典籍崇拜文化丛由神灵观念、祭祀仪式、禁忌等文化元素所组成。
■Before the peasants had power, they could only appeal to religious taboo in opposing the slaughter of cattle and had no means of banning it.
农民没有权力时,只能用宗教观念反对杀牛,没有实力去禁止。
■Now we can discuss topics that would have been taboo a few years ago.
几年前犯忌的话题,我们现在可以谈论了。
■Single women choosing to be single moms. It's a scenario that was once taboo -- even discouraged. Now it's a growing trend.
单身女性选择做单身母亲,曾经被视为一种禁忌,甚至受到阻挠。现在这种情况正成为一种潮流。
■Among Hindus there is a taboo against killing cows.
印度教徒有禁止杀牛的戒律。
■Because primitive man had no idea about signifier and signified, they dared not say some words or expressions under taboo, which were expressed in a roundabout way.
原始思维把语言符号的能指和所指等同起来,由此产生了对某些语言符号的禁忌,只好用一些委婉的说法替代被禁忌的语言符号,这就是传统委婉语的成因。
■Only Brahmins -- members of Hinduism's priestly caste -- are allowed to touch them.Even the skins shed by the snakes are covered by the taboo.
只有作为印度教最高种姓的婆罗门才能够触摸它们,就连蛇褪下的皮也受到保护。
■Shi Yuzhu This is not a taboo "old" games, even in the name also highlights the special "nostalgia".
史玉柱并不忌讳这是一款“旧”游戏,甚至在名字上还特意突出了“怀旧”二字。
■Why polygamy is such a taboo?
同性婚姻合法了,多妻制又如何?
■Cannibalism is perhaps the ultimate cultural taboo.
同类相食也许是人类文化的最高禁忌。
■The great day was set for the sixth, an auspicious day and one on which leaving home was not taboo.
喜日定的是大年初六,既是好日子,又不用忌门。
■Due to this harsh reality, the German Economic Minister Wolfgang Clement has finally broken a taboo and brought the problem of East German reconstruction to the table.
因此最近德国经济部长沃夫冈?雷门特终于打破禁忌,将德东重建问题搬上檯面。
■Hence, even though similar words occur in other Polynesian languages, the form taboo from Tongan tabu is the form we have borrowed.
因此,虽然相似的词也曾出现在其它的波利尼亚语言中,但是从汤加语的tabu 发展而来的 taboo 这一形式就成了我们所借用的形式。
■The taboo culture of Tujia nationality is full of ancient mystery originated from primitive cultures.
土家人的禁忌文化古老神秘、远流长。
■The traditional taboo of the Tujia nationality is a double- edged sword, which has both positive and negative influences on the life of Tujia nationality.
土家族传统禁忌是一把双刃剑,对土家族精神生活与物质生活有积极意义和消极作用,二者共生互存,杂于一体。
■Direct criticism of leaders is still virtually taboo in China.
在中国,直接批评领导人实际上依然是禁忌。
■Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
在他家里一提政治就犯忌。
■And in countries like South Africa, where for many wearing condoms is a cultural taboo, infections are growing exponentially.
在像南非这样的一些国家,许多人认为用避孕套是文化禁忌,因此感染人数在不断地呈几何级数增长。
■In India, killing cows is taboo.
在印度,杀牛是遭禁忌的事情。
■Divorce is increasingly common among Christians. No longer a taboo word.
在基督徒中间,包括华人福音派教会的信徒,离婚越来越普遍。
■In the religion society, if you make an appointment in a religious festival, you will against religious taboo and will be tried in the inquisition.
在宗教社会里,如果你在宗教节日里去约会,就违背了宗教戒律并且将在宗教法庭上受到审判。
■Eating human flesh is a taboo in civilized countries.
在文明的国度里,吃人肉是被禁止的。