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

• 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。
• Tribal taboos forbade the mandinkas to eat the monkeys and baboons.
  部落的戒律禁止曼丁卡人吃猴肉和狒狒肉。
• Therefore there are many taboos during the Spring Festival.
  所以春节时期有许多禁忌。
• Taboos surrounding menstruation and sex have existed since the times of the Old Testament.
  月经和性的禁忌早在旧约的时候就存在了。
• Taboos vary from culture to culture.
  文化不同，禁忌也不一样。
• There are also fewer taboos.
  禁忌也变少了。
• 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'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。
• The paper contrasts euphemisms of both English and Chinese from the perspective of communication functions including avoidance of taboos, prettification or disguise, and politeness.
  本文试从交际功能角度，即避讳、美化和礼貌三个不同方面将英汉委婉语做了对比。
• 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。