taboo的意思|taboo的解释-里氏词典

taboo [tə'bu]

n. 禁忌, 禁止接近, 禁止使用

a. 禁忌的, 忌讳的

vt. 禁忌, 忌讳, 禁止

[医] 禁忌, 禁止

taboo

[ noun ]

a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

<noun.cognition>

an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

<noun.attribute>

[ verb ]

declare as sacred and forbidden

<verb.social>

[ adj ]

excluded from use or mention

<adj.all>

forbidden fruit

in our house dancing and playing cards were out

a taboo subject

forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

<adj.all>

Taboo \Ta*boo"\, n.
A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach
to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an
interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common
in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also
{tabu}.]

Taboo \Ta*boo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tabooed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tabooing}.]
To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to
interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set
apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also {tabu}.]

Taboo \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also {tabu} and {tapu}.]
[Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a
prohibition.]
Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races
of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain
persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties;
interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be
taboo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

I sensed I had broken a taboo of some sort.
After the sixth congress, journalists seized the opportunity provided by the liberalization to probe previously taboo subjects.
More vigorously than ever, they are sniping at each other's advertising, each trying to make the other taboo among teen-agers.
Pork and pork products, along with alcohol, are taboo in Saudia Arabia for religious reasons.
"Debt relief is no longer a taboo subject," said John Williamson, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics in Washington.
"Twenty years ago, it was such a complete taboo to even talk about homosexuality," Miller said.
Fear of rightist reprisals, along with respect for the imperial family, has kept the question of Hirohito's wartime responsibility a largely taboo subject.
He said the Japanese have been wrong to put such a taboo on discussing the wartime role of the emperor, revered as a Shinto god.
But Marlin Fitzwater quickly amended his remarks to erase the taboo "t" word.
Third, the state is likely to create an estimated 40,000 jobs in areas such as home help for the elderly, child care, public safety and security. The one area which seems certain to remain taboo is unemployment benefit.
Sex shops and pornography, once taboo, are cropping up in all but the smallest villages.
Two years ago, any discussion of the deaths of the 4,300 officers was taboo.
Pepsi's challenge to the taboo earned it some much-needed publicity in the Japanese market, where its estimated 7% of cola sales compares with Coke's overwhelming share of around 90%.
Guards there have been known to proffer hints, a practice that is taboo at the Gran Maze.
He was accused of both separatism and fascism and his name was taboo in official history books under Communist rule.
Reclaiming such land is a national priority, receiving the attention of Bulgaria's best scientists and research institutes. In Wales, the long-term future of reclaimed land is a taboo issue for land reclamation agencies, says Haigh.
We're celebrating military as fashion." For more and more high school students, mousse abuse is taboo.
Many in the LDP regard Japan's taboo on lay-offs as essential to corporate loyalty and a cornerstone of the post-war economic success which took place under its rule.
"No issues are taboo," Shamir told Israel radio.
While scientists should be asked their opinions on what should be made taboo in research, Muller-Hill said ultimately the decision should be made by the public.
"It used to be a taboo in China to study suicide.
No wonder these topics are taboo.
The results of the new study raise the possibility that this taboo should be extended into early childhood if babies are breast-fed.
But as Ms Segolene Royal, a former Socialist minister, said 'the taboo (about shorter working hours) is now broken'.
It is an uncomfortable new era for a sport that still has an intimate and Corinthian feel to it. Chris Law is the British helmsman who broke through the last taboo.
The new Soviet accounting method will bolster Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost," or greater openness in discussing previously taboo subjects.
Wearing make-up or jewelery in public is taboo.
Spurred by the U.S. decision to open talks with the PLO, Israelis have embarked on a serious debate about a subject once virtually taboo here: talking peace with the Palestinian organization.
The taboo on sex amongst that generation is still so great that we know very little about their sexual experience.
It also quoted him as saying, "The media are not open enough to give free scope to fresh initiatives." Hungary's official media has become increasingly open, reporting on issues once considered taboo.

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