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obscene

adjective
🔊/əbˈsiːn/
🔊/əbˈsiːn/
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  1. connected with sex in a way that most people find offensive淫秽的；猥亵的；下流的
    • obscene gestures/language/books淫秽的姿势／语言／书籍
    • an obscene phone call (= in which somebody says obscene things)色情骚扰电话
    • The book was declared obscene.这本书被宣布为淫秽书刊。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • consider something
    • …
    adverb
    • really
    • utterly
    • almost
    • …
    phrases
    • something obscene
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  2. extremely large in size or amount in a way that most people find unacceptable and offensive（数量等）大得惊人的，骇人听闻的 synonym outrageous
    • He earns an obscene amount of money.他赚钱多得吓人。🔊🔊
    • It's obscene to spend so much on food when millions are starving.当数以百万的人忍饥挨饿时，饮食上挥霍无度是天理难容的。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.