metropolitan
adj. 首都的;主要都市的,大城市的
convention
n.傳統
Convention dictates that a leader should resign in such a situation.
按照慣例,領導人應該在這種情況下辭職。
patriarchic
adj. 家長的,族長的(patriarchal)
Our boss is too patriarchic.
我們的老板太專制。
institutionalize
v.使制度化或習俗化;使送進專門機構
To institutionalize our scholarship discipline is imperative for all international students.
獎學金制度化是所有國際學生的當務之急
taboo
n./v. 禁忌;禁止(ban, prohibition)
There is a taboo on smoking in this office.
辦公室禁止吸煙。
ethics
n.倫理學
marital
adj.婚姻的(wedded, conjugal)
polygamous
adj. —夫多妻的,一妻多夫的
tribe
n.部落,部族(clan)
clan
n.部落;氏族;宗族;黨派
connubial
adj.婚姻的,夫婦的,配偶的(marital)
matrimony
n.結婚
anathema
n.令人厭惡的事:受詛咒的事
Those terrible ideas are anathemas to me.
那些糟糕的想法令我感到厭惡。