expletive meaning in Chinese
adj.
补足的,附加的;多余的。
n.
1.虚词,语助词;(无意义的)惊叹语;赌咒发誓语。
2.填补物,附加物。
Examples
- He felt no qualms about using expletives in our interview .
他在同我们会面时用咒骂的话都没觉得不安。 - It is a "damned human race" in a not merely expletive sense .
那是“倒霉的人类”,这样说并非只是感叹的意思。 - A word which has moved up in the world as an expletive while losing ground in serious use is "ruddy" .
一个逐渐从严肃用语伦为诅咒语的词是“ruddy”。 - Beneath this scorn there is a gloom that twain cannot exercise. it is a "damned human race" in a not merely expletive sense .
在这种藐视的下面,有一种吐温不能驱散的阴郁。那是“倒霉的人类”,这样说并非只是感叹的意思。 - The expletives were deleted from the transcript
咒骂部分被从手稿中删除。