an idea, custom or institution held, especially unreasonably, to be above criticism (with reference to the Hindus' respect for the cow as a holy animal)
不容批评的非理性思想(或习俗,体制)(原指印度教徒把牛尊崇为神圣动物的做法)。
n. 不容批评的非理性思想
If anything is a sacred cow in the office, it's the desktop computer.
如果办公室里有什么东西是神圣不可侵犯的,那就是台式电脑。
It seems from your correspondence column that Harold Wilson is a sacred cow.
从你的通信专栏看来,哈罗德·威尔逊是个不可侵犯的人。
Years ago he was a sacred cow in this field.
许多年以前,他在这个领域里是个神圣不可侵犯的人物。
If anything is a sacred cow (or triceratops) in the office, it's the desktop computer.
如果办公室里有圣牛(或三角恐龙),那么它就是台式电脑。
The Public School system is often seen to be the sacred cow of the upper classes.
公学制常常被看作是上层阶级神圣不可侵犯的事物。
an idea, custom or institution held, especially unreasonably, to be above criticism (with reference to the Hindus' respect for the cow as a holy animal)
不容批评的非理性思想(或习俗,体制)(原指印度教徒把牛尊崇为神圣动物的做法)。