| 单词 | verboten |
| 释义 | verboten (once / 53725 pages) adj Something verboten is forbidden. It isn't allowed or permitted. If this word looks and sounds odd, that's because it comes straight to English from German. The concept is simple: anything verboten is forbidden to do or say. Lying in court is verboten. Wearing a hat in church is verboten. Many swear words are verboten to say on TV (or at the dinner table). A verboten act could be illegal or just something frowned upon, like a taboo. Different cultures believe different things are verboten. WORD FAMILYverboten: verbotener USAGE EXAMPLESOne combining bourbon, tobacco essence and “hipster bitters”—implausibly named “7AM: 1 Northside Piers After Verboten”—winks at late nights clubbing in Brooklyn. Wall Street Journal(Dec 08, 2016) Meanwhile, any discussion of meaningful debt relief, which Greece, in particular, sorely needs, remains verboten. The New Yorker(Dec 06, 2016) The sort of homes with sofas as hard as boards and cupboards you can’t open because door handles are verboten. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) adj forbidden or prohibited Syn forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu impermissible not permitted |
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