1. obscenity

1. This massacre is one of the towering obscenities of other time.
    这次大屠杀是当今最令人发指的事件之一。

2. They started yelling obscenities at the cops.
    他们开始用下流话大骂警察。

1. obscenity的翻译

1. 淫秽：反对淫秽色情品的女性主义者认为,淫秽(obscenity)只是一个道德概念,而淫秽品(pornography)却是一个政治实践,是一种同时涉及有权者与无权者的政治实践.

2. 猥亵：对于猥亵(obscenity)的禁制大约开始于维多利亚时代. 从旧约圣经可看到同性恋、鸡奸(sodomy)、强奸(rape)等字,可见那个时代是很 光明正大地描述各种性行为的. 希腊人大大方方歌颂性行为是很闻名于世的,在希腊神话中就常出现有关性生活的描述,

3. 下流：巴塔耶指出,所谓下流(obscenity)是一种关系,是一个对象和人的头脑之间的关系,它并没有客观的存在. 只有当一个人看见一种情形并认为它是下流的,下流才存在. 但这类情形常常是可变的. 比如裸体本身并不下流,它只有在特定的场合才下流.

4. 猥亵,淫秽,下流 猥亵,淫秽,下流：obscene phone call 猥亵/淫秽电话 猥亵/淫秽电话 | obscenity 猥亵,淫秽,下流 猥亵,淫秽,下流 | obstructing justice 妨害司法 妨害司法

1. 淫秽；色情；猥亵
    Obscenity is behaviour, art, or language that is sexual and offends or shocks people.

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    e.g. He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity...
           他坚持认为这些照片并非艺术，而是色情。
    e.g. James Joyce justified his use of ''obscenity'' on the grounds that it was a natural part of life.
           詹姆斯·乔伊斯以“淫秽”是生活的正常部分为由为自己运用“淫秽”进行辩解。

2. 猥亵的话；下流话
    An obscenity is a very offensive word or expression.

    e.g. They shouted obscenities at us and smashed bottles on the floor.
           他们冲着我们大骂下流话，还把瓶子摔到地上。

3. 令人憎恶的行为（或事件);道德败坏的行为（或事件）
    If you refer to an action or event as an obscenity, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral.

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    e.g. It is not the only place experiencing the obscenities of civil war.
           饱经内战蹂躏的不止这一个地方。

1. an obscene act

2. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

    Synonym: lewdnessbawdinesssalaciousnesssalacity

3. an offensive or indecent word or phrase

    Synonym: smutvulgarismfilthdirty word