taboo
英 [tə'buː]
美[tə'bu]
- n. 禁忌；禁止
- adj. 禁忌的；忌讳的
- vt. 禁忌；禁止
词态变化
复数: taboos;
中文词源
taboo 禁忌，避讳
由英国 18 世纪著名航海家库克船长带入英国，来自太平洋小岛某土著语言 ta-bu,神圣的。
英英释意
- 1. a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
- 2. an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
英文词源
- taboo (adj.)
- also tabu, 1777 (in Cook's "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean"), "consecrated, inviolable, forbidden, unclean or cursed," explained in some English sources as being from Tongan (Polynesian language of the island of Tonga) ta-bu "sacred," from ta "mark" + bu "especially." But this may be folk etymology, as linguists in the Pacific have reconstructed an irreducable Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu "sacred, forbidden" (compare Hawaiian kapu "taboo, prohibition, sacred, holy, consecrated;" Tahitian tapu "restriction, sacred;" Maori tapu "be under ritual restriction, prohibited"). The noun and verb are English innovations first recorded in Cook's book.
考试真题
- The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do sufficient testing and they've produced a system that will break some kind of taboo ( ' , 禁忌 ).
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- There seems to be more of a taboo (禁忌) about talking about money than about death.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- The biggest concern with robots going against human values is that human beings fail to do sufficient testing and they've produced a system that will break some kind of taboo.
2016年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
实用场景例句
- an incest taboo
- 乱伦禁忌
牛津词典
- a taboo on working on a Sunday
- 禁止星期日工作的习俗
牛津词典
- to break/violate a taboo
- 触犯禁忌
牛津词典
- Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.
- 在我们的文化中，“死亡”是一大忌。
牛津词典
- The subject is still a taboo in our family.
- 这个话题在我们家里仍然讳莫如深。
牛津词典
- in the days when sex was a taboo subject
- 在谈性色变的时代
牛津词典
- The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo...
- 毒瘾仍然是个有些忌讳的话题。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Religious dogmas often include strong sexual taboos and can create in children the impression that sex is sinful.
- 宗教教义中经常包含严格的性禁忌，这会给儿童留下“性是罪恶”的印象。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There is only one subject, we discovered, that should be taboo in a marriage: divorce.
- 我们发现, 婚姻生活中应该只有一个忌讳的话题 -- 离婚.
期刊摘选
- It causes all skepticism about downsizing to be taboo, and both people and companies suffer.
- 所有关于裁员的怀疑成为禁忌, 公司和员工都受到伤害.
期刊摘选
- In people's view, mask is both holy and portent, and thus mask taboo comes into being.
- 面具在一般人的心目中, 是神灵、魂、先的化身和载体,它既是神圣之物,也是危险 、 祥之物,由此产生了对面具的禁忌.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- What makes certain topics taboo?
- 有些话题为什么犯忌 呢 ?
期刊摘选
- To the village doctor's wife it was taboo.
- 这对本镇的医生太太来说是最忌讳的.
辞典例句
- Cang names of the original pier, because taboo Songguang Zong ( Zhao Tun ) instead Cang slope.
- 原地名苍墩, 因避讳宋光宗 ( 赵墩 ) 而改为苍坡.
期刊摘选
- French people like blue, white and red, they have the color is taboo yellow and green.
- 法国人大多喜爱蓝色 、 白色与红色, 他们所忌讳的色彩主要是黄色与墨绿色.
期刊摘选
- Alcohol is ( a ) taboo in this tribe.
- 在这个部落酒是禁忌品.
期刊摘选
- Some places are taboo, and fools who seek them out do not return.
- 有些地方是禁地,去探察的蠢货都没有回来.
期刊摘选
- This month, National Geographic Channel brings you an exciting series called Taboo.
- 这个月, 国家地理频道要为您献上刺激的《禁忌异域》系列节目.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- Something was said that happened to be taboo with him.
- 犯了他的讳了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Taboo other people stretches tongue towards him.
- 忌讳别人冲他伸舌头.
期刊摘选
- After forty, age a taboo to me. If somebody nosy, I respond, " Guess. "
- 四十岁之后, 最恨别人问年龄, 你要是非问不可, 你猜 啊.
期刊摘选
- The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.
- 这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的.
《简明英汉词典》
- For taboo language in avoid is also courtesy system undoubtedly important aspect.
- 对于禁忌语的避免无疑也是礼貌系统里重要的方面.
期刊摘选
- In the vast rural regions however, homosexuality is still taboo.
- 然而在农村地区同性恋仍受到很大的抗拒.
期刊摘选
- But this wants the absolute taboo following ten chopsticks'application method.
- 但这要绝对禁忌以下十种筷子的使用方法.
期刊摘选
- Is there a taboo against sex before marriage in your society?
- 在你们的社会里,婚前的性行为犯禁 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- It's not taboo to talk about fat; it's taboo to be fat.
- 谈论胖并不是禁忌, 而发胖才是禁忌.
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