sacred cow

sacred cow

美 　英

• n.不容置疑的習俗；批評不得的制度
• 網絡圣牛；神圣不可侵犯；不可侵犯之物

詞形變化

復數：sacred cows  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

na.	1. (印度的)神牛 2. 〈比喻〉不可批評[冒犯]的人或物

英英解釋

n.	1. something that many people think is too important to change, question, or criticize

例句

Julie: Bryan, one's private life is supposed to be a sacred cow. No one gives a speech about that!

茱莉：布萊恩，每個人的私生活都該受到尊重，沒有旁人置喙的馀地。哪有人演講時會說這個呀。

This aircraft, nicknamed the Sacred Cow, included a sleeping area, radio telephone, and retractable elevator for Roosevelt's wheelchair.

這架飛機，綽號圣牛，包括睡眠區，無線電電話，和可伸縮的電梯羅斯福的輪椅。

If anything is a sacred cow (or triceratops) in the office, it's the desktop computer.

如果辦公室里有圣牛（或三角恐龍），那么它就是臺式電腦。

It seems from your correspondence column that Harold Wilson is a sacred cow.

從你的讀者來信專欄看，哈羅德?威爾遜好像是個批評不得的人。

They see the state not as a sacred cow but as a provider of basic services and security.

他們沒有把國家看成一個圣壇，而是看成一個提供基本服務和安全的組織。

This get becoming IT sacred cow - nothing can alter IT schedule rain or shine.

這已經成了她神圣不可侵犯的聚會了，什么事都無所不能改變她的日程，真是雷打不動。

Let's not make a sacred cow of the monarchy.

咱們別把君主政體奉若神明。

eg. This has become her sacred cow - nothing can change her schedule rain or shine.

這已經成為她神圣不可侵犯的活動了，什么事都不能改變她的日程，真是雷打不動。

Years ago he was a sacred cow in this field .

許多年前，他在這個領域里是個神圣不可侵犯的人物。

a conservative sacred cow. A nuclear accident in Japan prompted her to shut down nuclear plants in Germany.

于是被人稱為“保守、不可侵犯的奶牛”。甚至于日本發生的核泄漏事件促使她宣布關閉德國境內的核電站。

the public school system is often seen to be the sacred cow of the upper classes

公學制常常被看作是上層階級神圣不可侵犯的事物。

It's a sacred cow, for sure.

無疑，這一問題就是圣牛——神圣不可侵犯。

Is he a sacred cow? Why are people sentenced to life imprisonment for suggesting that he should step down?

他是冒犯不得的偶像么？為什么人們建議他下臺，就要判處無期徒刑了？

If this were India then you would be a sacred cow

如果在印度，你就是一只神圣的奶牛