obscene
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If you describe something as obscene, you mean it offends you because it relates to sex or violence in a way that you think is unpleasant and shocking. 淫穢下流的
I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene. 我不是假正經(jīng)，不過我認為這些照片淫穢下流。
2. ADJ In legal contexts, books, pictures, or movies which are judged obscene are illegal because they deal with sex or violence in a way that is offensive to the general public. (書籍、圖片、電影等) 淫穢非法的
A city magistrate ruled that the novel was obscene and copies should be destroyed. 一位市治安官裁定該小說是淫穢非法作品，應予以銷毀。
3. ADJ If you describe something as obscene, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral. 令人憎惡的[表不滿]
It was obscene to spend millions producing unwanted food. 耗資數(shù)百萬生產(chǎn)無用的食品令人憎惡。
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obscene /?b?si?n/
劍橋詞典
- offensive , rude , or shocking , usually because of being too obviously related to sex or showing sex
- Somebody's been posting obscene messages in this chat room .
- Recently she has been the target of a series of obscene phone calls .
- His paintings are just obscene.
- They scrawled obscene messages on his car windscreen . 返回 obscene
猥褻的；淫穢的；下流的；粗俗的
In the raid , police found several boxes of obscene DVDs. 警方在這次突擊搜查中發(fā)現(xiàn)了幾箱淫穢光盤。
He was jailed for making obscene phone calls (= ones in which unwanted sexual suggestions were made to the listener ). 他因撥打色情騷擾電話而入獄。
obscene language /graffiti 下流的語言／涂鴉
morally wrong , often describing something that is wrong because it is too large
傷風敗俗的；駭人聽聞的；令人震驚的
to make obscene profits 大撈一筆
The salaries some bankers earn are obscene. 有些銀行高管的薪水高得令人咋舌。
He eats obscene amounts of food . 他食量驚人。
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