unmentionable

英 [ʌnˈmenʃənəbl] 美 [ʌnˈmenʃənəbl]

adj.  不可提及的; 不宜述说的; 难以启齿的

复数:unmentionables

BNC.32757 / COCA.31819



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 不可提及的;不宜述说的;难以启齿的
    too shocking or embarrassing to be mentioned or spoken about
    1. an unmentionable disease
      羞于启齿的疾病

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ 不愿提及的;羞于提起的
    If you describe something as unmentionable, you mean that it is too embarrassing or unpleasant to talk about.
    1. Has he got some unmentionable disease?
      他是不是得了什么难以启齿的病?

双语例句

  1. Has he got some unmentionable disease?
    他是不是得了什么难以启齿的病?
  2. In the past pregnancy was considered to be something unmentionable.
    过去怀孕被认为是羞于启齿的事情。
  3. The more interesting answer is that industrial policy is no longer unmentionable in Washington.
    更有趣的答案是,华盛顿不再对工业政策讳莫如深。
  4. During the period when Sterling devaluation was known as "the great unmentionable" a tiny band of Treasury officials kept "a war book" on how to deal with the unmentionable if it nevertheless happened.
    在英镑贬值被视为“说不出口的大事”的那段时期,英国财政部少数官员手中持有一本“战争手册”,里面列出了若果真发生这样的事情,将如何应对。
  5. Hitherto, eurozone orthodoxy has treated this truth as unmentionable.
    迄今为止,欧元区的正统观点是不能提及这样的事实。
  6. Some of the crimes committed during the war are unmentionable.
    有些战争期间的犯罪行为让人简直说不出口。
  7. Sex need no longer be regarded as shameful or unmentionable.
    性不再被认为是羞耻或难以说出口的事了。
  8. Is money an unmentionable subject with you?
    钱是你难以启齿的东西?
  9. If your windows installation has issues, or for some other unmentionable reason is unable to get updates from the windows server, this is what you need to do.
    Tech-recipes报道&如果你的Windows安装出现问题,或者某些难以启齿的原因让你无法从Windows服务器获得更新,下面的小方法也许能够帮助你。
  10. Such unmentionable thoughts are deeply at odds with the stated NATO policy of trying to protect the population as much as possible from the depredations of Taliban insurgents.
    这些未被提出的想法与NATO宣布的政策大相径庭,这些政策试图为在塔利班叛乱中遭受劫掠的人们提供更多的保护。
  11. The Tao in Chinese literary theory and philosophy mainly refers to unmentionable and unnamable Ordinary Tao in the ontological sense.
    中国文论与中国哲学讲的道都主要是不可以言说、不可以名言相求的本体意义的常道。

英英释义

noun

  1. a garment worn under other garments

      Synonym:    undergarment

    adj

    1. unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation
      1. unmentionable words