obscenity

英式音标：[əbˈsenəti]

美式音标：[ɑbˈsɛnɪti, əb-]

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概况：

n. 猥亵，淫秽；猥亵的言语（或行为）

词义：

n.

淫秽；猥亵；下流；淫秽的词语或行为

变形

复数：obscenities

英英释义

obscenity[ əb'senəti, -'si:- ]

n.

the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

同义词：lewdnessbawdinesssalaciousnesssalacity

an offensive or indecent word or phrase

同义词：smutvulgarismfilthdirty word

an obscene act

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity.
编辑们因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。

They started yelling obscenities at the cops.
他们开始用下流话大骂警察。

权威例句

Obscenity and the origins of modernity

The female nude : art, obscenity and sexuality

The Female Nude: Art, Obscenity, and Sexuality by Lynda Nead

Obscenity and Indecency on the Usenet: The Legal And Political Future of Alt.Sex.Stories

STIMULUS FADING AS TREATMENT FOR OBSCENITY IN A BRAIN-INJURED ADULT

Modernism, Mass Culture, and the Aesthetics of Obscenity

The Invention of Pornography: Obscenity and the Origins of Modernity, 1500-1800 by Lynn Hunt

Lawyers, Organized Interests, and the Law of Obscenity: Agenda Setting in the Supreme Court

Integrating Alternative Approaches to the Study of Judicial Voting: Obscenity Cases in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Girls Lean Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius. By Edward de Grazia. (New York: Vintage, 1993. xvi, 814 ...

同义词：salacity,molesting,indecency

同根词：obscenely,obscene

英语词源：

obscenity (n.)

1580s, "obscene quality," from French obscénité, from Latin obscenitatem (nominative obscenitas) "inauspiciousness, filthiness," from obscenus "offensive" (see obscene). Meaning "a foul or loathsome act" is 1610s. Sense of "an obscene utterance or word" is attested by 1690. Related: Obscenities.

造句：

1. Applications are checked for potential obscenity,but with mixed success; most state employees are not multilingual.

车牌申请是受检查的，以防有潜在的猥亵之意，但也只是糊涂行事，因为大多数政府雇员只会一种语言。

-- 来源 -- life - 汉英

2. (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency.

（指行为或者特别是指语言）以淫秽或者下流为特点。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

3. He sank his voice, like someone who is obliged for medical reasons to utter an obscenity.

他压低了声音，好像有人为了医学上的原因而不得不说肮脏话一样。

-- 来源 -- 英汉文学 - 1984 - 1984-3

4. laws against obscenity on the television

禁止在电视上出现有伤风化事物的法令.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

5. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. 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。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

7. Obscenity can be found in every book except the telephone directory.

除了电话薄之外，任何一本书中都可以找到猥亵性。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

8. The magistrate comment on the obscenity of some parts of the film.

治安法官对电影某些部分的淫秽处作了评论。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. Supreme misery an occasion for obscenity.

最大的不幸，是她听到了一大堆肮脏的话。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

10. A crudely indecent word or phrase;an obscenity.

下流话粗俗下流的词或短语；下流话

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考