sacred cow

sacred cow

美 　英

• n.不容置疑的习俗；批评不得的制度
• 网络圣牛；神圣不可侵犯；不可侵犯之物

词形变化

复数：sacred cows  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. (印度的)神牛 2. 〈比喻〉不可批评[冒犯]的人或物

英英解释

n.	1. something that many people think is too important to change, question, or criticize

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。

the public school system is often seen to be the sacred cow of the upper classes

公学制常常被看作是上层阶级神圣不可侵犯的事物。

It's a sacred cow, for sure.

无疑，这一问题就是圣牛——神圣不可侵犯。

Is he a sacred cow? Why are people sentenced to life imprisonment for suggesting that he should step down?

他是冒犯不得的偶像么？为什么人们建议他下台，就要判处无期徒刑了？

If this were India then you would be a sacred cow

如果在印度，你就是一只神圣的奶牛