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单词 obscenity
释义
obscenity
ɒbsenɪti əbˈsiːnnəs ɑbˈsinəti əbˈsinəti ɑbˈsɛnəti əbˈsɛnəti
Word forms: plural obscenities
1 N-UNCOUNT 淫秽;色情;猥亵 Obscenity is behaviour, art, or language that is sexual and offends or shocks people. 淫秽;色情;猥亵
  • He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity.

    他坚持认为这些照片并非艺术,而是色情。

  • James Joyce justified his use of 'obscenity' on the grounds that it was a natural part of life.

    詹姆斯·乔伊斯以淫秽是生活的正常部分为由为自己运用淫秽进行辩解。

SYN indecency, pornography, impurity, impropriety
2 N-VAR 猥亵的话;下流话 An obscenity is a very offensive word or expression. 猥亵的话;下流话
  • They shouted obscenities at us and smashed bottles on the floor.

    他们冲着我们大骂下流话,还把瓶子摔到地上。

3 N-COUNT 令人憎恶的行为(或事件);道德败坏的行为(或事件) If you refer to an action or event as an obscenity, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral. 令人憎恶的行为(或事件);道德败坏的行为(或事件) [disapproval]
  • It is not the only place experiencing the obscenities of civil war.

    饱经内战蹂躏的不止这一个地方。

SYN atrocity, wrong, horror, offence
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