taboo
US /təˈbu, tæ-/
・UK /təˈbu:/
B2 中高級英檢高級
adj.形容詞禁忌 ； 違礙
It is taboo to ask someone how much money they make
v.t.及物動詞忌諱
It is taboo to talk about religion at work
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字詞如何傷人：哲學快講 #28 (How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #28)
- The use-mention distinction is helpful when we talk about sensitive or taboo words, because we have to use them in order to talk about them.
當我們談論敏感或禁忌詞語時，使用-提及區分很有幫助，因為我們必須使用它們才能談論它們。
- And there are many kinds of taboo words.
而且禁忌詞語有很多種。
社交大忌！用英文閒聊時，這些話可千萬別說！（Things You Should NEVER Say in English Small Talk (Don't Make These Mistakes!)）
- The topics that we're going to discuss in today's video are considered taboo.
我們要在今天的影片中討論的主題被認為是禁忌。
- The topics that we're going to discuss in today's video are considered taboo.
我們今天影片要討論的這些話題，都被認為是禁忌。
3位室內設計師改造同一個廢棄的維多利亞風客廳！| 建築文摘 (3 Interior Designers Transform The Same Abandoned Victorian Living Room | Architectural Digest)
- So we've got our central area for taboo or whatever loud games we want to play.
是以，我們有了自己的中心區域，可以玩禁忌或任何我們想玩的大聲遊戲。
- So we've got our central area for taboo or whatever loud games we want to play.
我打算把它們擺放在這張大理石桌面周圍，這樣看起來就會很優雅高級，上等。
世界史上的驚天陰謀？！ (Conspiracy of the World History. )
- In today's Islam all imagery of the things living is taboo.
在今天'的伊斯蘭教中，所有對活物的想象都是禁忌。
- In today's Islam, all imagery of the things living is taboo.
"這本書將永遠改變你對歷史的認知！"
K他命=可能改變人生的重度憂鬱症療程！ (Ketamine = Potentially "Life-Changing" Treatment For Severe Depression)
- So much of psychological medication and the psychological field is behind a lot of other medicines just because it was so taboo for so long and continues to be.
以另一種不同的姿態再次出現在大眾面前
- JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO TABOO FOR SO LONG, IT CONTINUES TO BE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ADD THE TERM "PARTY DRUGS" TO THE DISCUSSION
原因單純就只是因為這些「禁藥」已經被「禁」太久了，所以就這樣繼續被禁下去。還有一個很大的原因，就是因為很多人都會把這些「禁藥」跟「派對藥物」畫上等號
思想史 - 工作 (HISTORY OF IDEAS - Work)
- Being idle is the new taboo.
在他最長並用來解說的詩「對工作的稱頌」甚至有記載，
- Be idle is the new taboo.
悠閒度日成為新的禁忌
世界上最「特別」的國家是巴布亞紐幾內亞？！ (Geography of Papua New Guinea: The Most Interesting Country in the World?)
- In many Papuan cultures, it is taboo to speak the names of certain individuals, such as in-laws, priests, or deceased persons.
另一種理論認為，熱帶氣候相對穩定的條件使各群體能夠適應其特定的海拔高度，從而使他們留在原地，而不是向山上或山下遷移，從而保持了與世隔絕的狀態。
- In many Papuan cultures, it is taboo to speak the names of certain individuals, such as in-laws, priests, or deceased persons.
在許多巴布亞文化中，忌諱說出某些人的名字，如姻親、牧師或已故者。
為什麼會發明筷子？真相竟然不是你以為的那樣 (Why Were Chopsticks Invented? (It’s Not What You Think))
- Placing chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice, for example, is taboo because it resembles incense sticks used at funerals.
日本人也發展出了「箸」的概念，這是指個人使用的筷子，而非用於共餐。
- Placing chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice, for example, is taboo
舉例來說，把筷子插在飯碗裡是禁忌，