vt.把……列为禁忌
n.（宗教或社会习俗方面的）禁忌，忌讳；禁忌的事物，禁忌行为（或做法）；塔布
adj.忌讳的，为社会习俗所不容的，不被人接受的；（因会冒犯人或引起尴尬而）禁忌的，忌讳的；（因太神圣或太邪恶而）禁止接触的，禁止使用的
The topic of addiction remains something of a taboo in our family.───毒瘾在我们家依然是个有些忌讳的话题。
Sexually explicit scenes in movies and books were taboo under the old regime.───电影和书籍中露骨的性爱场景在旧体制下是禁忌的。
Her brisk treatment of an almost taboo subject was a breath of fresh air.───她对一个几乎是禁忌话题的干脆处理令人耳目一新。
Valuing cultural taboo an important function to seem to be in outward the exchanges is importance.───重视文化禁忌在对外交流中重要作用显得尤为重要。
Even the love-making scenes between the two girls seem to be more for making the film sexy than to discuss a social taboo.───尽管比起讨论社会禁忌来，这两个女孩儿的做爱场景可以让这部电影更煽情。
In 1925, when "Indian Camp" was first published, in Hemingway's first book, In Our Time, how much more of a taboo subject than now.───但在1925年，当《印第安人营地》在海明威的第一部书中出版时，其敏感程度显然非今时可比。
The breaking of a taboo is usually upsetting or embarrassing for the person concerned .───打破禁忌经常会令相关的人生气或尴尬。
Sex education has always been a low priority in schools, and parents are often reluctant to talk about the still-taboo issue.───性一直是学校的一个薄弱环节，家长们也常常羞于与孩子们讨论这个仍被视为禁忌的话题。
Discussing politics on the job used to be regarded as poor form. But employees today are more apt to chat about this once- taboo topic.───过去，在工作中谈论政治被认为是卑鄙的行为。但是如今的员工却更愿意在工作场所谈论这一禁忌的话题。