释义 |
unmentionableun‧men‧tion‧a‧ble /ʌnˈmenʃənəbəl/ adjective - Divorce, desertion, and illegitimacy were considered almost unmentionable scandals.
- Let us begin with a few simple, crucial, and apparently unmentionable facts about a typical high-school classroom.
- Miguelito yelled up that the man should do something unmentionable to himself.
- She hoped she hadn't caught an unmentionable disease from her visit to the news-theatre.
- Stalin had long been unmentionable and Volkogonov was said to be using closed secret archives.
- This behaviour was unmentionable a few years before, although it probably did take place.
too shocking or embarrassing to talk about: unmentionable scandals |