taboo

英 [təˈbuː]

美 [təˈbuː]

n.  (文化或宗教习俗方面的)禁忌，忌讳，戒律; 禁止; 避讳
adj.  禁忌的，忌讳的

复数：taboos　

考研IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.10404 / COCA.11305

牛津词典

noun

• （文化或宗教习俗方面的）禁忌，忌讳，戒律
  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
  1. an incest taboo
     乱伦禁忌
  2. a taboo on working on a Sunday
     禁止星期日工作的习俗
  3. to break/violate a taboo
     触犯禁忌
  4. Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.
     在我们的文化中，“死亡”是一大忌。
• 禁止；避讳
  a general agreement not to do sth or talk about sth
  1. The subject is still a taboo in our family.
     这个话题在我们家里仍然讳莫如深。

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.
  1. The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo...
     毒瘾仍然是个有些忌讳的话题。
  2. 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。
  3. Taboois also an adjective.
     
  4. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
  Synonym:tabu
• a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
  Synonym:tabu

verb

• declare as sacred and forbidden

adj

• excluded from use or mention
  1. forbidden fruit
  2. in our house dancing and playing cards were out
  3. a taboo subject
  Synonym:forbiddenout(p)prohibitedproscribedtabuverboten
• forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
  Synonym:tabu

双语例句

• 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。
• The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo
  毒瘾仍然是个有些忌讳的话题。
• Something was said that happened to be taboo with him.
  犯了他的讳了。
• This topic is taboo on the campus.
  校园里忌讳讨论这个话题。
• Verbal taboo is a common phenomenon in Chinese and Western culture.
  语言禁忌是中西方普遍存在的一种社会文化现象。
• Once you spell it all out, the tension between temptation and taboo disappears.
  一旦直白地讲出来，诱惑和禁忌之间的张力就消失了。
• 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。
• "Taboo" is a common word with abstract meaning in Chinese.
  “禁”是汉语中常见词（字），词义抽象。
• Short is the new taboo.
  而矮小则成了新禁忌。
• All human behavior exists on a continuum between the poles of the ideal and the taboo.
  一切人类行为存在于理想和禁忌两极之间的连续区。