taboo
听听怎么读
英 [təˈbu:]
美 [təˈbu, tæ-]
是什么意思
禁忌;忌讳;戒律;禁忌的事物(或行为)
禁忌的,忌讳的;
把…列为禁忌,禁止;
变形
复数:taboos
英英释义
taboo[ tə'bu:, tæ- ]
- n.
- 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
- a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
- v.declare as sacred and forbidden
- adj.
- excluded from use or mention
"a taboo subject"
同义词:forbiddenout(p)prohibitedproscribedtabuverboten
- forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
同义词:tabu
- excluded from use or mention
学习怎么用
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- Cannibalism is perhaps the ultimate cultural taboo.
同类相食也许是人类文化的最高禁忌。 - There's a taboo on smoking in this office.
在这个办公室里一向是都不吸烟的。 - Among Hindus there is a taboo against killing cows.
印度教徒有禁止杀牛的戒律。 - Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
在他家里一提政治就犯忌。
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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。 - 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。
用作及物动词(vt.)
- A man should taboo bad hobbies, and cultivate good habits.
作为男人应该避讳不良嗜好,培养良好的习惯。
权威例句
Lifting the taboo on adaptationTaboo search: an approach to the multiple minima problemA Fast Taboo Search Algorithm for the Job Shop ProblemRobust taboo search for the quadratic assignment problemParallel Taboo Search Techniques for the Job-shop Scheduling ProblemTaboo trade-offs: Reactions to transactions that transgress the spheres of justice.Climate change 2007: lifting the taboo on adaptation.Ant colony optimization combined with taboo search for the job shop scheduling problemPurity and danger : an analysis of the concepts of pollution and tabooThe psychology of the unthinkable: taboo trade-offs, forbidden base rates, and heretical counterfactuals.