Sexually explicit scenes in movies and books were taboo under the oldregime.
电影和书籍中露骨的性爱场景在旧体制下是禁忌的。
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He has become a convenient whipping boy for the failures of the oldregime.
他成了承担旧政权失败的现成的替罪羊。
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The reason all this seems so sinister to you is that you are one of the few survivors from the oldregime, which means you naturally distrust the team coming in and resent their clannishness.