expletives

英 [ɛksˈpliːtɪvz]

美 [ˈɛksplətɪvz]

n.  (愤怒或痛苦时用的)秽语，咒骂语，感叹语
expletive的复数

柯林斯词典

• 脏字;咒骂语
  Anexpletiveis a rude word or expression such as 'Damn!' which you say when you are annoyed, excited, or in pain.

双语例句

• Expletives, whose investigation is often neglected, refer to rude words or expressions that the speakers use to convey their emotion.
  咒骂语指的是用于表达说话者情感的粗鲁的词语或表达方式，其研究往往为人们所忽视。
• Be honest, use proper grammar and avoid slang and expletives. You want to project an image of competence, character and commitment.
  要坦诚，用语得当，并避免俚语和粗话。你应该建立一种有能力、有个性并且有责任的形象。
• Drills, hammers, muffled expletives. It must seem a home-from-home for Ms Li and Mr Fang, who come from a People's Republic also under intensive reconstruction.
  钻机、锤子、低声咒骂这里仿佛是李玉和方励的第二故乡，他们所在的那个人民共和国也在进行紧锣密鼓的重建。
• Studies of L1 acquisition of English indicate that English INFL and expletives play a crucial role in child language development. These structures trigger the unlearning of null arguments and the resetting of the null argument parameter.
  母语习得研究发现，英语INFL和赘语在操英语儿童的语言习得中起着关键性作用，它们触发了儿童舍弃零主目，正确设置母语的零主目参数。
• That was actually one of the more polite complaints – the vast majority contained expletives, for obvious reasons.
  实际上这个用户的抱怨已经非常礼貌了，大多数人都因为显而易见的原因而爆了粗口。
• The very suggestion would surely provoke a string of choice Texan expletives in response.
  这种问题肯定会引起一连串美国德克萨斯州骂人的话。
• The expletives were deleted from the transcript.
  咒骂部分被从手稿中删除。
• Paused to deliver a parting shot at the door; a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy-Bret Harte.
  在门口停下来说了临别的最后一句话；比利舅舅离开时迸发出来的咒骂&布瑞特·哈特。
• The Semantic and Pragmatic Features of English Expletives
  英语咒骂语的语义、语用特征
• They insisted that all the expletives were deleted from the article.
  他们坚持说文章里所有的诅咒语已被删掉了。