obscenity

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ob·scen·i·ty /əbˈsenəti/ noun (plural obscenities)

1 [uncountableU]SWEAR sexually offensive language or behaviour, especially in a book, play, film etc 〔尤指书籍、戏剧、电影等中的〕淫秽语言，下流举动

laws against obscenity

禁止淫秽内容的法律

2 [countableC usually plural]SWEAR a sexually offensive word or action 淫话；淫行 → swear

drunken youths screaming obscenities

高声嚷着淫词秽语的醉酒年轻人

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obscenity• He suspected her existence was an obscenity.• But the pleasure I took in hearing about his obscenities soon passed.• The teens, agitated by their restriction, were randomly leaving their living quarters and vehemently hurling obscenities and spitting at staff.• This would, in Britain, be a test of indecency, not obscenity.• The result is that the practical definition of obscenity has been decided by middle-aged-to-elderly professional men.• Protestors hurled rocks and screamed obscenities.• Rick burst into the apartment, drunk and shouting obscenities.• President Nixon punctuated his Watergate tapes with obscenities.• Someone had written obscenities all over the classroom wall.

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