taboos
英 [təˈbuːz]
美 [tæˈbuz]
n. (文化或宗教习俗方面的)禁忌，忌讳，戒律; 禁止; 避讳
taboo的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 禁忌;忌讳
If there is atabooon a subject or activity, it is a social custom to avoid doing that activity or talking about that subject, because people find them embarrassing or offensive.- The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo...
毒瘾仍然是个有些忌讳的话题。 - 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。 - Taboois also an adjective.
- Cancer is a taboo subject and people are frightened or embarrassed to talk openly about it.
癌症是个禁忌话题，公开谈论它会让人们感到恐慌或局促不安。
- The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo...
双语例句
- Most blind beliefs in heretical ideas and various taboos originate in some religious mentality.
一些同志对歪理邪说和各种忌讳的迷信，大多源于某种宗教心理。 - Through a contrastive analysis, the present paper investigates the similarities and divergences of linguistic taboos in English and Chinese, which massively exist in both languages.
语言禁忌是各种语言中都普遍存在的现象，本文对英语和汉语中的语言禁忌现象进行了探讨和对比分析，并揭示了其相似性和相异性。 - In China today, such taboos no longer resonate.
而在当今中国，这些禁忌已不被认同了。 - It was just last week that we heard about Love Land, China's first sex theme park, designed to improve sex education and bust taboos.
上周我们听说了一个“爱情岛”，即我国第一性主题公园，旨在改善性教育和减少人们对性的禁忌。 - It's another to be asked to respect their taboos.
被要求尊敬他们的忌讳却是另一回事。 - Too many taboos exist both in English and Chinese.
英汉两种语言都存在着大量的禁忌语。 - One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat.
在美国社会，最新的禁忌话题之一是胖。 - Even taboos against games such as poker and mahjong are eroding.
甚至对扑克和麻将等游戏的禁忌也在逐渐消逝。 - Taboos vary from culture to culture.
文化不同，禁忌也不一样。 - In China, taboos are usually due to pronunciation.
中国送礼的禁忌多半是发音的问题。