sacred cow
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˌseɪ.krɪd ˈkaʊ/us/ˌseɪ.krɪd ˈkaʊ/abelief,custom, etc. thatpeoplesupportand do notquestionorcriticize:
不容质疑的信仰；批评不得的习俗They did notdaretochallengethesacredcowofparliamentarydemocracy.他们不敢反对不容质疑的议会民主。
Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- anthropocentrism
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- brainwave
- foundation stone
- great minds think alikeidiom
- hunch
- hypothesis
- idea
- ideologue
- non-practical
- nonconceptual
- nostrum
- opinion
- panspermia
- theory
- thinking
- trope