unmentionable

美 [?n?men??n?b(?)l] 　英 [?n?men?(?)n?b(?)l]

• adj.不可提及的；不宜述說的；難以啟齒的
• n.難于說出口的事物；〈謔〉褲子；內(nèi)衣
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)不宜說出口的；不堪說出口之物

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Meanwhile, all the publicity surrounding the trial turned the once unmentionable business of birth control into a topic of daily discourse.

同時，所有的圍繞審判曾經(jīng)不可告人的事情變成了日常話語的主題。

History tends to hide the fortunate and unmentionable facts relating to people that become heroic or famous.

歷史往往會替英雄或名人們遮掩他們那些不幸的，難以啟齒的事兒。

Yet stillbirth remains one of the great unmentionable subjects, until it happens to you.

但除非事情發(fā)生在自己身上，否則人們非常不愿意提及這個沉痛的話題。

Some of the crimes committed during the war are unmentionable.

有些戰(zhàn)爭期間的犯罪行為讓人簡直說不出口。

You'll spend an unmentionable number of hours, and sit up late at night coding when you really should go to bed.

你將會花費難以數(shù)清的時間，并且，還要做在電腦前面編碼到很晚，直到你不得不睡覺為止。

Why do people have so much trouble mentioning that unmentionable state?

為什么人們提起這件難以啟齒的事時這么麻煩？

'Everything is below ground and your product is . . . ' unmentionable, Mr. Gottschall says.

戈特沙爾說，“一切都在地下，你的產(chǎn)品……難以說出口。”

Depression is a lot more manageable once you've uttered the unmentionable to people who ought to know.

一旦你把抑郁癥告訴了應(yīng)該知道的人，這種難以啟齒的事就好對付多了。

There's also a list of unmentionable terms, but they're most often used privately among programmers.

當(dāng)然，還有一些不宜說出口的術(shù)語，不過多用于程序員之間私下交流。

Was her "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" unmentionable?

是她的“女性權(quán)利論辯”不值得一提？

Perhaps he mentioned my cardie because my work was unmentionable.

或許他提到我的羊毛衫，是因為我的工作不值一提？

In our dreams we meet colleagues in all sorts of odd situations, covered in cheese or doing other unmentionable things.

在夢中，我們會在各種奇怪的場合遇到同事，頭上粘著奶酪，或做著其它一些令人難以啟齒的事情。

This denial of flaws is alarming because if flaws are unmentionable they can't be addressed.

這種拒絕承認缺點的情況讓人擔(dān)心，因為如果不提缺點，就不可能得到改正。