obscene
adjective /əbˈsiːn/
/əbˈsiːn/
- connected with sex in a way that most people find offensive
淫秽的;猥亵的;下流的 - obscene gestures/language/books
淫秽的姿势/语言/书籍 - an obscene phone call (= in which somebody says obscene things)
色情骚扰电话 - The book was declared obscene.
这本书被宣布为淫秽书刊。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- consider something
- …
- really
- utterly
- almost
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- something obscene
- obscene gestures/language/books
- extremely large in size or amount in a way that most people find unacceptable and offensive
synonym outrageous(数量等)大得惊人的,骇人听闻的 - He earns an obscene amount of money.
他赚钱多得吓人。 - It's obscene to spend so much on food when millions are starving.
当数以百万的人忍饥挨饿时,饮食上挥霍无度是天理难容的。
- He earns an obscene amount of money.
词源late 16th cent.: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.