unmentionable
英 [ʌn'menʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l]
美[ʌn'mɛnʃənəbl]
- adj. 不宜说出口的
- n. 内衣；说不出口的事
英英释义
- 1. unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation;
- "unmentionable words"
实用场景例句
- Has he got some unmentionable disease?
- 他是不是得了什么难以启齿的病？
柯林斯例句
- 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.
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- Why do people have so much trouble mentioning unmentionable state?
- 为什么人们提起这件难以启齿的事时这么麻烦?
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- Theseus, too, says that Hippolytus's crime is unmentionable , but then he announces it anyway.
- 特修斯也说希波理特斯的罪刑是无法明说的, 但他还是开口说出.
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- A green itchy material that collects between layers of clothing, especially in unmentionable places.
- 一种绿色令人发痒的东西,在衣服的层之间聚集的, 特别是在不好意思提的地方.
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- Perhaps he mentioned my car die because my work was unmentionable.
- 或许他提到我的羊毛衫,是因为我的工作不值一提?
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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？
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Why is his name unmentionable in his daughter's household?
- 为什么他的名字不能在他女儿的家里提及?
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- 3. 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.
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- 4. Why do people have so much trouble mentioning unmentionable state?
- 为什么人们提起这件难以启齿的事时这么麻烦?
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- 5. Perhaps he mentioned my car die because my work was unmentionable.
- 或许他提到我的羊毛衫,是因为我的工作不值一提?
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英文词源
- unmentionable (adj.)
- 1837, from un- (1) "not" + mentionable (adj.). Humorous use of unmentionables "trousers" is attested from 1823; from 1910 as "underwear," both on notion of "articles of dress not to be mentioned in polite circles."