英语词汇“sacred cow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If a person is so highly respected that it feels wrong to criticize him, you can call him a sacred cow.

When you're hesitant to raise objections to something — a badly planned but popular school fundraiser, for example — you can call the project a sacred cow. The phrase comes from the belief of devout Hindus that cows are sacred animals and should never be harmed. The earliest American usage of sacred cow to mean "immune from criticism" was in the late 1800s.

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sacred cow: sacred cows

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Some Republicans in Congress, including House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, have indicated that some sacred cows might be up for slaughter.

Washington Post(Nov 21, 2016)

In 2014, the two wrote a self-help book titled “Sacred Cows” about marriage and divorce.

Wall Street Journal(Nov 18, 2016)

After the initial shock, secretly or openly, millions of people thrilled to his brazen, crude, engaging, funny attacks on every sacred cow in sight.

Washington Times(Nov 09, 2016)

n a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism

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important person, influential person, personage

a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

单词	sacred cow
释义	sacred cow (once / 25977 pages) n If a person is so highly respected that it feels wrong to criticize him, you can call him a sacred cow. When you're hesitant to raise objections to something — a badly planned but popular school fundraiser, for example — you can call the project a sacred cow. The phrase comes from the belief of devout Hindus that cows are sacred animals and should never be harmed. The earliest American usage of sacred cow to mean "immune from criticism" was in the late 1800s. WORD FAMILY sacred cow: sacred cows USAGE EXAMPLES Some Republicans in Congress, including House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, have indicated that some sacred cows might be up for slaughter. Washington Post(Nov 21, 2016) In 2014, the two wrote a self-help book titled “Sacred Cows” about marriage and divorce. Wall Street Journal(Nov 18, 2016) After the initial shock, secretly or openly, millions of people thrilled to his brazen, crude, engaging, funny attacks on every sacred cow in sight. Washington Times(Nov 09, 2016) n a person unreasonably held to be immune to criticism Hyper important person, influential person, personage a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
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