obscenity

美 [əbˈsenəti]英 [əbˈsenəti]
  • n.下流话(或动作);淫秽的语言;下流的行为

复数: obscenities

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noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies
1

淫秽的语言;下流的行为
obscene language or behaviour

The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity.

编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。

the laws on obscenity

禁止淫秽的言语及行为的法规

2

下流话(或动作)
an obscene word or act

She screamed a string of obscenities at the judge.

她冲着法官高声骂了一连串的脏话。

obscenity

频次

  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 淫秽;色情;猥亵
    Obscenity is behaviour, art, or language that is sexual and offends or shocks people.

    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。

  • 2
    N-VAR 猥亵的话;下流话
    An obscenity is a very offensive word or expression.

    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.

    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。

noun

1
an obscene act
2
the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
Synonym: lewdness bawdiness salaciousness salacity
3
an offensive or indecent word or phrase
Synonym: smut vulgarism filth dirty word

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  1. Cramer spat an obscenity .

    克拉默愤愤地骂了一句脏话。

  2. Promote the healthy entertainment styles . Repelling the superstition , gambling , drugs and obscenity .

    提倡健康娱乐。抵制封建迷信活动,拒绝黄、赌、毒

  3. The best approach to regulating obscenity is a focused one .

    规范淫秽材料的最佳办法是目标清晰。

  4. Obscenity can is find in every book except the telephone directory .

    除了电话簿之外,任何一本书中都可以找猥亵性。

  5. Or the obscenity laws may be used as a pretext to censor other material .

    有关“淫秽”的法律也可能被用作禁止其他材料的借口。

  6. Such deliberate destruction of the environment is an obscenity .

    对环境的这种蓄意破坏是一件可憎的事。

  7. " That 's not my department " is an obscenity on the employment front these days , so don 't say it .

    “那不是我的专业”,这是今天就业领域的大忌。不要这样说。

  8. Kerry called the use of chemical weapons a moral obscenity and said the US is working with its allies about how to respond .

    克里称使用化学武器杀害平民是“道德败坏”的行为,并表示,美国正在和同盟商讨如何应对此事。

  9. This school is a centre of vulgarity and obscenity and they take girls for picnics to different resorts .

    这所学校里充斥着各种低劣与猥琐,他们带着女孩们到各个不同的度假胜地去野餐。

  10. Recently a new computer system has been installed , which we all find frustrating but he keeps shouting a strong obscenity at the screen .

    最近,公司里安装了新的计算机系统,我们都觉得这个系统很烦人,而他则不断对着屏幕喊不堪入耳的脏话。

  11. The meanness of anonymity gave a shuddering obscenity to the moment .

    这种匿名的卑鄙行为使他一时觉得下流得让人吃不消。

  12. They haven 't red-flagged it beyond obscenity concerns .

    他们没有警惕标志,已经超越了淫秽的界限。

  13. If you will permit me a small obscenity , and where better for it , I hold the man 's balls in the palm of my hand .

    容我说几句脏话—还有什么地方比这里更适合了呢?他的卵蛋被我大大方方地捏在手掌心。

  14. The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity .

    编辑们因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。

  15. The whole business of obscenity -- I don 't think there 's anything certainly more unseemly than the sight of a rock star in academic robes .

    整件事情都很怪异——我想没有什么比摇滚明星穿着博士长袍更不合适的了。

  16. pop culture itself seems to yearn for a time when obscenity and graphic sexual images were morally potent rather than merely titillating and profitable .

    那时污秽和性画面具备精神性的强大能量,而不仅仅能用来挑逗观众并从中牟利。

  17. And former academics can find kindred souls at blogs like Chronicles of a Recovering Academic and Dr. Outta Here ( obscenity alert ) .

    这些曾经的学者可以在《学术复苏编年史》(ChroniclesofaRecoveringAcademic)和《前博士汇聚地》(Dr.OuttaHere,需警惕淫秽内容)等博客上找到同道中人。

  18. In some jurisdictions this can get you into jail under " public obscenity " ( a lot of our laws are stuck in the Victorian era ) .

    在某些地方你会因“公共猥亵罪”而被捕入狱(我们有许多条法律还停留在维多利亚时期)。

  19. I decided instead to follow the hallowed tradition set by Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart , who defined obscenity by saying , I know it when I see it .

    相反,我决定追寻最高法院大法官波特斯图尔特的神圣传统&他用一句当我看到它就会认出它的话定义猥亵。

  20. The 1997 new criminal law determines the nature of forced sodomy as coercive obscenity , which does not tally with reality , and it bears remarkable legal loopholes .

    1997年新刑法将强行鸡奸定性为强制猥亵,这并不符合实际,同时它还存在着一些比较明显的法律漏洞。

  21. And former academics can find kindred souls at blogs like " Chronicles of a Recovering Academic " and " Dr. Outta Here " ( obscenity alert ) .

    这些曾经的学者可以在《学术复苏编年史》(ChroniclesofaRecoveringAcademic)和《前博士汇聚地》(Dr.OuttaHere,需警惕淫秽内容)等博客上找到同道中人。

  22. Back in the 1990s , growing explicitness and obscenity in popular culture gave rise to the so-called culture wars , in which the right and the left fought over the limits of free speech .

    回首1990年代,流行文化中露骨和淫秽内容的增多导致了所谓文化战争的产生,左翼和右翼群体就自由言论的界限展开了争论。

  23. In Ramadan , we don 't only abstain from food , drink , smoking , marital sex , but also we abstain form all kinds of immoral acts and obscenity .

    在斋月,我们不仅仅戒除食物,饮料,香烟,房事,而且我们要戒除所有不道德的行为与猥亵。

  24. In the image of the Catcher , Holden is talking about the fall from the innocence of childhood into the obscenity and phoniness of adulthood .

    在麦田里的守望者这一意象中,霍尔顿谈到了从童年的纯真无邪坠落到成人世界的虚伪龌龊。

  25. In the research of obscene information involved in crime , one should first grasps the nature of the concept of obscenity , then analyze their characteristics , and further summarize the concept and characteristics of obscenity crimes .

    在研究淫秽信息涉罪问题过程中,首先应当在本质上把握淫秽信息的概念,进而分析其特点,从而归纳出淫秽信息犯罪的概念以及特点。

  26. Initially , newscasters will strip to their underwear , but Uchikawa indicated that he hopes to be able to see how far Japanese obscenity broadcasting laws can be bent before they are broken .

    主持人们最初将脱到只穿内衣时为止。但是内川表示,他希望能够试探出日本淫秽广播法的底线。

  27. Few , if any , people can recall their foray into explicit obscenity two years later with ' Star Star . ' The earlier song was sly and licentious ; behind the sexual allusions were the vitality and energy to carry them out .

    很少有人能回想起两年后他们在《StarStar》中对露骨污秽内容的尝试。第一首歌是狡猾而放纵的,性暗示背后展现的是活力和能量。

  28. That is what Montaigne meant when he reminded his readers that ' both kings and philosophers defecate . ' Making public the permanent and leveling truths of our animal nature , through obscenity or evocations of sex , is one of democracy 's sacred energies . '

    这正是蒙田(Montaigne)在提醒读者“国王和哲学家都要排便”时所要表达的意思。通过淫秽粗俗或性唤起,将人类之动物本性这一事实永恒而赤裸地公之于众,是民主的一种神能量。