sacred cow

sacred cow什么意思,sacred cow翻译

基本解释

na.: (印度的)神牛；〈比喻〉不可批评[冒犯]的人或物
网络: 圣牛；神圣不可侵犯；不可侵犯之物

权威解释

• 不容置疑的习俗；批评不得的制度:

  a custom, system, etc. that has existed for a long time and that many people think should not be questioned or criticized

英汉解释

• 高级官员的私人飞机

• 〔比喻〕不可批评[冒犯]的人或物

• (印度的)神牛

例句

• Julie: Bryan, one"s private life is supposed to be a sacred cow. No one gives a speech about that!

  茱莉：布莱恩，每个人的私生活都该受到尊重，没有旁人置喙的馀地。哪有人演讲时会说这个呀。

• This aircraft, nicknamed the Sacred Cow, included a sleeping area, radio telephone, and retractable elevator for Roosevelt"s wheelchair.

  这架飞机，绰号圣牛，包括睡眠区，无线电电话，和可伸缩的电梯罗斯福的轮椅。

• If anything is a sacred cow (or triceratops) in the office, it"s the desktop computer.

  如果办公室里有圣牛（或三角恐龙），那么它就是台式电脑。

• It seems from your correspondence column that Harold Wilson is a sacred cow.

  从你的读者来信专栏看，哈罗德•威尔逊好像是个批评不得的人。

• They see the state not as a sacred cow but as a provider of basic services and security.

  他们没有把国家看成一个圣坛，而是看成一个提供基本服务和安全的组织。

• This get becoming IT sacred cow - nothing can alter IT schedule rain or shine.

  这已经成了她神圣不可侵犯的聚会了，什么事都无所不能改变她的日程，真是雷打不动。

• Let"s not make a sacred cow of the monarchy.

  咱们别把君主政体奉若神明。

• eg. This has become her sacred cow - nothing can change her schedule rain or shine.

  这已经成为她神圣不可侵犯的活动了，什么事都不能改变她的日程，真是雷打不动。

• Years ago he was a sacred cow in this field .

  许多年前，他在这个领域里是个神圣不可侵犯的人物。

• a conservative sacred cow. A nuclear accident in Japan prompted her to shut down nuclear plants in Germany.

  于是被人称为“保守、不可侵犯的奶牛”。甚至于日本发生的核泄漏事件促使她宣布关闭德国境内的核电站。