| 单词 | 字眼 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔-worded〕So many people think feminism is a dirty word.这么多人都认为女权主义是个龌龊的字眼。柯林斯高阶〔SUITABLE〕I don't know the right word to describe it. 我找不到恰当的字眼来形容。朗文写作活用〔abuse〕Blake was alleged to have hurled racist abuse at a student.布莱克被指控用带有种族歧视的字眼辱骂学生。麦克米伦高阶〔apply〕In the past, unhelpful terms were often applied to children who were dyslexic.过去，不起帮助作用的字眼常常被用在有诵读困难的孩子身上。麦克米伦高阶〔bald〕Money is too bald a word. They prefer funds.“钱”是个太露骨的字眼,他们更喜欢用“基金”这个词。英汉大词典〔better〕Can you think of a better word than ‘nice’? 你能找到一个比 nice 更合适的字眼吗？牛津高阶〔big〕They don't use big words. They are plain talkers.他们不用大字眼, 说话坦诚直率。外研社新世纪〔bite〕He began to swear again but bit off the four-letter word.他刚又要开口骂人,可是终于没把那4个字母的脏字眼说出来。英汉大词典〔black ... out〕She blacked out the words she didn't want.她把自己不想要的字眼都涂掉了。21世纪英汉〔bowdlerize〕I'm bowdlerizing it — just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.我在对它作些改动——只是改换个别字眼，好让听众更容易接受。柯林斯高阶〔cast around〕Fashion editors are always casting around for words to describe colours.时尚杂志的编辑总是挖空心思找字眼来描述各种颜色。剑桥高阶〔catch-all〕Globalisation is a catch-all to describe increased international trade.全球化是用来描述国际贸易增长的笼统字眼。外研社新世纪〔cheapen〕Love is a word cheapened by overuse.“爱”这个字眼用得太滥不值钱了。柯林斯高阶〔cussword〕He never used cusswords in front of his mother.他在母亲面前从不用骂人的字眼。英汉大词典〔dirty word〕A word, an expression, or a concept that is inappropriate or offensive from a particular point of view.粗鄙字眼，脏话：从某一特定的角度或观点来说，不恰当或冒犯性的言词、表达方式或概念美国传统〔dirty word〕For the environmentally aware, "disposable" has become a dirty word.对具有环保意识的人而言，“一次性”已成为一个不受欢迎的字眼。剑桥高阶〔dirty word〕Marketing became a dirty word at the company.市场营销成了这家公司里一个招人讨厌的字眼。外研社新世纪〔dirty word〕The way he acts, you'd think compassion was a dirty word.看到他的一举一动，你会认为同情是个令人讨厌的字眼。韦氏高阶〔dirty word〕They regard “taxes” as a dirty word.他们认为“赋税”是个讨厌的字眼。韦氏高阶〔dirty〕For many teachers, change is a dirty word.对许多教师来说，变化是个令人讨厌的字眼。麦克米伦高阶〔dirty〕Marketing became a dirty word at the company.市场营销成了公司里一个很令人讨厌的字眼。柯林斯高阶〔dirty〕Profit is not a dirty word around here.在这里，赢利不是一个犯忌的字眼。牛津高阶〔dreaded〕Did I hear the dreaded word ‘homework’? 我是不是听到“家庭作业”这可怕的字眼了？牛津高阶〔elude〕The appropriate word eluded him.他找不到合适的字眼。柯林斯高阶〔emphasis〕She put special emphasis on certain words.她特别加强语气说某些字眼。牛津同义词〔expression〕He uses a lot of unusual expressions.他总是用很多生僻的字眼。剑桥高阶〔expression〕She spoke in a quiet voice but used remarkably coarse expressions.她说话声音很小, 但是用了些特别粗俗的字眼儿。外研社新世纪〔expression〕She spoke in a quiet voice but used remarkably coarse expressions.她说话声音很小，但是用了些特别粗俗的字眼儿。柯林斯高阶〔grope〕She groped for the right words.她搜寻着恰当的字眼。外研社新世纪〔grope〕She hesitated, seeming to grope for words.她犹豫了一下，似乎在寻找合适的字眼。麦克米伦高阶〔kick〕He described the court's decision as a kick in the teeth to the people of Britain.他用“使英国人民大失所望”这样的字眼来形容法庭的裁决。麦克米伦高阶〔lavish〕He lavished enormous pains on the choice of every word.他在选择每个字眼时都下了极大功夫去斟酌推敲。英汉大词典〔letter〕They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.他们死抠法律字眼, 在我看来他们应该感到羞愧。外研社新世纪〔letter〕They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed.他们死抠法律字眼。依我看他们应该感到惭愧。柯林斯高阶〔meaning〕That night redefined the meaning of the word 'love' to him.那天夜里，“爱”这个字眼对他来说有了新的定义。牛津搭配〔mot juste〕She paused, searching for the mot juste.她停顿下来，寻找贴切的字眼。朗文当代〔neutrality〕Both sides had agreed to use neutral terms in their references to each other, avoiding controversial ones.双方已达成协议，在提及对方时使用中性的词语，避免有争议的字眼。柯林斯高阶〔offending〕We agreed to omit the offending word from the passage.我们同意把文章里令人反感的字眼去掉。韦氏高阶〔oh〕The invaders have destroyed the, oh, I don't know what the right word is—the atmosphere, the ambience.入侵者破坏了，嗯，我不知道用什么字眼好——气氛，氛围。柯林斯高阶〔overblown〕Their diction is overblown.他们用的字眼华而不实。英汉大词典〔pedantry〕His autobiography is full of recondite words used for no other reason than to show the author's pedantry.他的自传里全是深奥的字眼, 只是为了卖弄自己的学问, 别无其他。外研社新世纪〔phrase〕She was, in her own favourite phrase, ‘a woman without a past’.用她自己最喜欢的字眼说，她是个“没有不清白过去的女人”。牛津高阶〔politely〕Certain words are vulgar and not acceptable in polite society.有些字眼较粗俗，不为上流社会所接受。柯林斯高阶〔politically correct〕Some people think that "fireman" is a sexist term, and prefer the politically correct term "firefighter".有些人认为 fireman 是一个带性别歧视的字眼，因而更愿意用 firefighter 这个避免有歧视之嫌的词。剑桥高阶〔same〕He used the very same(= exactly the same)words.他用了完全相同的字眼儿。牛津高阶〔sting〕He flinched at the sting of that word.那个字眼刺痛了他, 他畏缩了。外研社新世纪〔swear word〕All swear words, even mild ones such as "damn",, were deleted from the text.所有的脏话，哪怕是像 damn 这样比较温和的字眼，都从课本中删除了。剑桥高阶〔the〕This is the word to be used here.这是用在这里最恰当的字眼了。英汉大词典〔toss〕I just tossed that phrase out to get the discussion going.我说出这个字眼是为了使讨论继续下去。麦克米伦高阶〔unkindly〕I think it's a bit unkind to describe the ship in those terms.我觉得用那些字眼来形容这艘船有点刻薄。柯林斯高阶〔use〕I have never used the word genius of anyone else.我从未把天才这个字眼用在任何其他人身上。英汉大词典〔use〕That's a word I never use.那是我从来不用的字眼。牛津高阶〔use〕When Johnson talks about cuts, he uses words like ‘target price’ and 'efficiency payments'.约翰逊谈起降价时, 会使用“目标价位”和“效率支付”之类的字眼。外研社新世纪〔wanted〕There was another emotion, and for want of a better word he called it grief.还有一种情感，由于找不到更好的字眼来描绘，他称它为悲痛。柯林斯高阶〔wog〕Used as a disparaging term for a person of color, especially a foreigner from the Middle East or Asia.中东国家的人：用于对有色人的污蔑的字眼，尤指从中东或亚洲来的外国人美国传统〔wop〕Used as a disparaging term for an Italian.意大利人，意大利后裔：用作对于意大利人的蔑视的字眼美国传统〔word〕So many people think feminism is a dirty word.这么多人都认为女权主义是个令人反感的字眼。外研社新世纪〔word〕That's exactly the word.这是最贴切的字眼了。外研社新世纪〔word〕Work is a dirty word to Frank. () 对弗兰克来说，工作是一个难听的字眼。牛津搭配Fashion editors are always casting around for words to describe colours.时装杂志的编辑总是在寻找描述颜色的字眼。剑桥国际For the environmentally conscious, “disposable”has become a dirty word.环保意识使得“一次性”已成为忌讳字眼。剑桥国际He said some harsh words (=spoke unkindly) about his brother.他用一些不好的字眼说他的兄弟。剑桥国际I can't think of the mot juste to describe how I'm feeling.我想不出合适的字眼来形容我现在的感觉。剑桥国际Some newspapers still refuse to print (= include in the text) certain rude words.一些报纸仍拒绝使用某些粗鲁的字眼。剑桥国际 |
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