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.
  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。

双语例句

• In China, taboos are usually due to pronunciation.
  中国送礼的禁忌多半是发音的问题。
• 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。
• Religion, sex, there are few taboos.
  宗教，性，当然有一些禁忌。
• Unlike many other taboos, fat is a topic that Americans talk about constantly.
  与其他诸多禁忌不同，胖是个为人们所不断谈论的话题。
• England's taboo and custom Three taboos Cannot the gasser English have the custom which lines up.
  英国的禁忌与习俗三个禁忌不能加塞英国人有排队的习惯。
• 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。
• You should take notice of the taboos on colours in the Chinese culture when choosing the appropriate packing paper.
  在选择包装纸时，要注意到中国文化中颜色的忌讳。
• 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。
• Taboos vary from culture to culture.
  文化不同，禁忌也不一样。
• She was unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.
  她被藩蓠、法律及外来的戒律赶下了马。