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 〔尤指書籍、戲劇、電影等中的〕淫穢語言，下流舉動

laws against obscenity

禁止淫穢内容的法律

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

drunken youths screaming obscenities

高聲嚷着淫詞穢語的醉酒年輕人

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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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