Word · Frequency #10404
tabooing
禁止
tabooing is the present participle of taboo.
to ban or prohibit something
- 1.
To mark as taboo.
视为禁忌。
- 2.
To ban or prohibit.
禁止或不准。
- 3.
To avoid.
避免。
- 4.
declare as sacred and forbidden
宣布为神圣且禁止
把…列为禁忌；回避；避免；视为禁忌。；禁止或不准。；避免。
In use
Many traditional communities taboo hunting animals that they consider sacred.
The school committee tabooed the use of mobile phones during the exam.
In some families, discussing money is tabooed at the dinner table.
taboo sth
The community tabooed any discussion of the incident.
社区禁止讨论这一事件。
be tabooed
常用于被动语态。
In some cultures, certain topics are tabooed.
在某些文化中，某些话题被列为禁忌。
Verb forms
base taboo · third person taboos · -ing tabooing · past tabooed · past participle tabooed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词直接加-ed。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- tabooed topic
- 禁忌话题
- In many companies, asking about salary is a tabooed topic.在许多公司，打听工资是禁忌话题。
- tabooed word
- 禁忌词
- That slur is a tabooed word in most workplaces.在大多数职场中，那句侮辱性话语是禁忌词。
- tabooed by society
- 被社会视为禁忌的
- Certain questions are tabooed by society, so people avoid asking them.某些问题被社会视为禁忌，因此人们避免询问。
- taboo the name
- 禁忌提及（某人的）名字
- In this tribe, people taboo the names of the dead.在这个部落，人们禁忌提及死者的名字。
Synonyms
- ban
- （官方或法律）明令禁止；取缔 · 较通用，强调官方或法律明令禁止；不像 taboo 那样侧重社会或宗教习俗的禁忌色彩，且常用 ban sth / ban sb from doing sth。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 taboo 像“他不”：人们都说不、不许碰的事，就是禁忌。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：人类学与社会学讨论、正式规章与文书 taboo 作动词时比较正式，多用于书面或学术讨论，表示把…视为禁忌、禁止或回避；日常口语中较少这样用，通常说“禁止”“回避”等表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Bamboo、shampoo、tattoo、kangaroo 都与 taboo 押韵，重读的元音同为 /uː/。注意 blood 和 good 虽然也含 oo，但发音分别是 /blʌd/ 和 /ɡʊd/，与 taboo 不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.