橘子朗文词典

sacred cow

S 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌseɪ.krɪd ˈkaʊ]
  • 美式音标 [ˌseɪ.krɪd ˈkaʊ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 圣牛（印度教等的）；不可修改的文稿；不可批评的人（思想或事物）

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • 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。
  • Years ago he was a sacred cow in this field.
    许多年以前，他在这个领域里是个神圣不可侵犯的人物。
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  • 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。

    • 权威例句

  • And nothing can be allowed to harm the Windows franchise, sacred cow that it is.
    FORBES: Can Anybody Run Microsoft?
  • Commitment to the company's existing technology, product line, distribution system or customer base becomes a sacred cow.
    FORBES
  • But alas, in politics fairness is constrained by another religion, the sacred cow.
    FORBES: Keep Geniuses Out of the Post Office

词组短语

    短语

  • sacred d cow 圣牛
  • a sacred cow 圣牛;神圣不可侵犯的人和物;不许批评的人事物
  • The Sacred Cow 圣牛
  • Milking the Sacred Cow 唱片名
  • a sacred cow churinga 神圣之物

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a belief, custom, etc. that people support and do not question or criticize

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you describe a belief, custom, or institution as a sacred cow, you disapprove of people treating it with too much respect and being afraid to criticize or question it.