n. 禁忌;忌讳;戒律;禁忌的事物(或行为)
adj. 禁忌的,忌讳的
vt. 把…列为禁忌,禁止
网络 忌讳; 禁忌语; 御法度
The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo in our family.
毒瘾在我们家依然是个有些忌讳的话题。
Her brisk treatment of an almost taboo subject was a breath of fresh air.
她对一个几乎是禁忌话题的干脆处理令人耳目一新。
Sexually explicit scenes in movies and books were taboo under the old regime.
电影和书籍中露骨的性爱场景在旧体制下是禁忌的。
Cancer is a taboo subject and people are frightened or embarrassed to talk openly about it.
癌症是个禁忌的话题,人们对公开谈论它感到害怕或尴尬。
Compulsory education laws predicated in part on the assumption that a child´s emotional value made child labor taboo.
义务教育法的出现部分是基于下面的假设:孩子们的情感价值使得童工成为了一种禁忌。