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IELTS BNC: 10404 COCA: 11305

taboo

adjective
/təˈbuː/
/təˈbuː/
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  1. considered so offensive or embarrassing that people must not mention it 禁忌:被认为是令人反感或令人尴尬的,人们不得提及
    • in the days when sex was a taboo subject在谈性色变的时代
    • Any talk of the divorce is strictly taboo.任何关于离婚的谈论都是严格禁止的。

taboo

noun
/təˈbuː/
/təˈbuː/
(plural taboos)
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  1. taboo (against/on something) a cultural or religious custom that does not allow people to do, use or talk about a particular thing as people find it offensive or embarrassing(文化或宗教习俗方面的)禁忌,忌讳,戒律
    • an incest taboo乱伦禁忌
    • a taboo on working on a Sunday禁止星期日工作的习俗
    • to break/violate a taboo触犯禁忌
    • Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.在我们的文化中,“死亡” 是一大忌。
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    • The play violates several taboos on sexuality.该剧违反有关性行为的几个禁忌。
    • his failure to observe the tribe's rigid taboos他对部落严格戒律的违背
    • taboos surrounding menstruation与月经相关的禁忌
    • the problem of breaking down deep-seated cultural taboos破除根深蒂固的文化禁忌这个难题
    • the taboo about religion in British society英国社会的宗教禁忌
    • the taboo against marrying a foreigner与外国人结婚的禁忌
    • They broke cultural taboos against women attending such meetings.他们打破了禁止妇女参加此类会议的文化禁忌。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • powerful
    • cultural
    • religious
    verb + taboo
    • break
    • shatter
    • violate
    taboo + noun
    • subject
    preposition
    • taboo about
    • taboo against
    • taboo on
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  2. taboo (against/on something) a general agreement not to do something or talk about something禁止;避讳
    • The subject is still a taboo in our family.我们家仍然很避讳谈论这件事。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • powerful
    • cultural
    • religious
    verb + taboo
    • break
    • shatter
    • violate
    taboo + noun
    • subject
    preposition
    • taboo about
    • taboo against
    • taboo on
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  3. Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Tongan tabu ‘set apart, forbidden’; introduced into English by Captain Cook.
IELTS BNC: 10404 COCA: 11305
taboo

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + TABOO | TABOO + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEpowerful有強制力的禁忌cultural, religious, sexual, social文化禁忌;宗教禁忌;性禁忌;社會禁忌incest亂倫禁忌VERB + TABOObreak, shatter, violate打破/破除/觸犯禁忌TABOO + NOUNsubject禁忌話題PREPOSITIONtaboo about關於⋯的禁忌taboos about divorce in society社會上關於離婚的禁忌taboo against對於⋯的禁忌the taboo against marrying a foreigner與外國人結婚的禁忌taboo on關於⋯的禁忌The play violates several taboos on sexuality.該劇違反有關性行為的幾個禁忌。taboo surrounding圍繞⋯的禁忌taboos surrounding menstruation與月經相關的禁忌
taboo

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe忌諱become成為忌諱remain仍是忌諱consider sth視⋯為忌諱Sex is considered taboo as a topic for discussion.性被視為討論中忌諱的話題。ADVERBstrictly, virtually絕對是/幾乎是忌諱The subject of death was strictly taboo in their society.死亡這個話題在他們的社會裏是絕對忌諱的。PREPOSITIONto對⋯禁止Such work was taboo to women.這種工作禁止女性參與。
IELTS BNC: 10404 COCA: 11305
taboo noun
ban
taboo adj.
forbidden
IELTS BNC: 10404 COCA: 11305
taboo
Making you feel shocked or appalled: shocking, appalling, outrageous...
Not allowed: forbidden, illegal, unconstitutional...
Morally bad or wrong: evil, wicked, gross...

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