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obscenity n.猥亵下流；猥亵的话(或行为) (1) 编辑们因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。(2) 他们开始用下流话大骂警察。 You know those four-letter words that everyone knows but not everyone likes to hear? The ones that will get you in trouble if you say them in school or on television? They are obscenities, which are also known as swear words. You can also say that anything offensive or inappropriate is an obscenity. This can include things that are not only dirty, but things that are offensive in other ways. Many say torture and war are obscenities.

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英 [əb'senəti] 美 [əb'senəti] (1) The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity.(2) They started yelling obscenities at the cops. An obscenity is a dirty word or phrase. It can also refer to the quality of being lewd, bawdy, or just plain offensive. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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。James Joyce justified his use of 'obscenity' on the grounds that it was a natural part of life.詹姆斯·乔伊斯以“淫秽”是生活的正常部分为由为自己运用“淫秽”进行辩解。2[N-VAR 可变名词]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 可数名词]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.   [disapproval]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。

英语单词	obscenity
英美音标	英 [əb'senəti] 美 [əb'senəti]
中文释义	n.猥亵下流；猥亵的话(或行为)
英语例句	(1) The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. (2) They started yelling obscenities at the cops.
中文例句	(1) 编辑们因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。 (2) 他们开始用下流话大骂警察。
vocabulary简明	An obscenity is a dirty word or phrase. It can also refer to the quality of being lewd, bawdy, or just plain offensive.
vocabulary扩展	You know those four-letter words that everyone knows but not everyone likes to hear? The ones that will get you in trouble if you say them in school or on television? They are obscenities, which are also known as swear words. You can also say that anything offensive or inappropriate is an obscenity. This can include things that are not only dirty, but things that are offensive in other ways. Many say torture and war are obscenities.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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。 James Joyce justified his use of 'obscenity' on the grounds that it was a natural part of life. 詹姆斯·乔伊斯以“淫秽”是生活的正常部分为由为自己运用“淫秽”进行辩解。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]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 可数名词]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. [disapproval] 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。

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