Điều cấm kỵ, điều kiêng kỵ

under a taboo

bị cấm kỵ

Sự cấm đoán

Sự đồng ý chung không làm, sự đồng ý chung không bàn (cái gì)

There's a taboo on smoking in this office

Trong văn phòng này có sự nhất trí không hút thuốc lá

Bị cấm kỵ, bị cấm đoán, bị ngăn cấm (vì sự kiêng kỵ, phong tục..)

unkind gossips ought to be taboo

phải cấm (kỵ) những chuyện ngồi lê đôi mách

Cấm đoán, kiêng kỵ

there smoking is tabooed

ở đây cấm hút thuốc

Tabu, anathema, forbidden, interdicted, off limits, outof bounds, verboten, proscribed, banned, prohibited, restricted,unmentionable, unspeakable; censored, censorable, unacceptable,rude, impolite, indecorous, dirty, explicit; outlawed, illegal,illicit, unlawful: Our holiday in Benidorm is a taboo subjectin my house. Many people dislike hearing taboo language used onradio or television.

N.

Tabu, anathema, interdict, interdiction, proscription,ban, prohibition, restriction: There is still a strict tabooagainst mentioning bodily functions in public.

V.

Tabu, forbid, interdict, proscribe, ban, prohibit: Thehotel taboos the sharing of a room by unmarried couples.

(also tabu)

N. (pl. taboos or tabus) 1 asystem or the act of setting a person or thing apart as sacredor accursed.

A prohibition or restriction imposed by socialcustom.

Adj.

Avoided or prohibited, esp. by social custom(taboo words).

Designated as sacred and prohibited.

V.tr.(taboos, tabooed or tabus, tabued) 1 put (a thing, practice,etc.) under taboo.

Exclude or prohibit by authority or socialinfluence. [Tongan tabu]