单词 | unmentionable |
释义 | unmentionable From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishunmentionableun‧men‧tion‧a‧ble /ʌnˈmenʃənəbəl/ adjectiveRUDE/IMPOLITERUDE/OBSCENEtoo shocking or embarrassing to talk about unmentionable scandalsExamples from the Corpusunmentionable• This behaviour was unmentionable a few years before, although it probably did take place.• She hoped she hadn't caught an unmentionable disease from her visit to the news-theatre.• Let us begin with a few simple, crucial, and apparently unmentionable facts about a typical high-school classroom.• Divorce, desertion, and illegitimacy were considered almost unmentionable scandals.• Miguelito yelled up that the man should do something unmentionable to himself. |
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