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词汇 unmentionable
释义 unmentionable
adjective
uk /ʌnˈmen.ʃən.ə.bəl/ us /ʌnˈmen.ʃən.ə.bəl/
shocking or embarrassing, and therefore not allowed or disapproved of as a subject of conversation: 不宜提及的;难以启齿的
the unmentionable possibility that we might lose the war我们可能战败这一难以启齿的可能性
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Saddening, shocking and upsetting
affecting
agonizingly
arrogance
baleful
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disrespect
distressful
distressfully
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hurtful
hurtfully
impiously
impiousness
superiority complex
teary
touching
touchingly
tragically

Examples of unmentionable


unmentionable
Both stories are constructed around shameful secrets and unmentionable activities.
Critics of sensation fiction argued that readers were bound to be negatively influenced by reflecting too long on subjects unmentionable in polite society.
Thirdly, we must consider the unmentionable—labour market policy.
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I will not mention the unmentionable any more.
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I wish to say a few words on a matter which seems to have been almost unmentionable in politics since 1944.
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It has been placed on the list of things which are unmentionable.
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When he might have mentioned the unmentionable, he was moved to other responsibilities.
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It was unmentionable, not because it was morally degrading or wrong.
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The draughts inside such a house are just unmentionable.
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The atrocities which he has committed are almost unmentionable.
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I shall not try the patience of my colleagues at this time of night by mentioning the unmentionable.
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It is bad when a subject becomes unmentionable.
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There are sound and cogent reasons why many subjects previously regarded as unmentionable should be discussed and written about in an honest and adult manner.
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I will therefore refer to them as the unmentionable seven.
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He said: "the intelligence community has acquired the status of an unmentionable taboo exempt from any process of rational public or parliamentary debate".
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