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taboo

Related topics: Anthropology
ta·boo1 /təˈbuː, tæ-/ adjectiveadj
1 FORBIDa taboo subject, word, activity etc is one that people avoid because it is extremely offensive or embarrassing 禁忌的,忌諱的
Rape is a taboo subject.
強奸是忌諱的話題。
2 not accepted as socially correct 忌諱的,爲社會習俗所不容的
It’s taboo to date a man a lot younger than you.
和一個比自己年輕許多的男人約會是社會禁忌。
3. SAtoo holy or evil to be touched or used 〔因太神聖或太邪惡而〕禁止接觸的,禁止使用的
Examples from the Corpus
taboo2 noun (plural taboos) [countableC]
FORBIDa custom that says you must avoid a particular activity or subject, either because it is considered offensive or because your religion does not allow it 禁忌,忌諱
taboo about/on/against
There are taboos against appearing naked in public places.
在公共場所赤身露體是犯禁忌的。
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a social taboo
There is a social taboo against expressing negative views of other races.
a sexual taboo
The old sexual taboos had disappeared.
verbs
break/violate a taboo
He is willing to break the taboo about discussing the effects of large-scale immigration.
observe a taboo (=not do something that is considered offensive or unacceptable)
The Kalenjin people of Kenya still observe a taboo against eating fish.
phrases
the taboo surrounding something (=relating to something)
John's work did much to remove the taboo surrounding the disease.
Examples from the Corpus
Origin taboo1
(1700-1800) Tongan tabu

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