metropolitan
adj. 首都的;主要都市的,大城市的
convention
n.传统
Convention dictates that a leader should resign in such a situation.
按照惯例,领导人应该在这种情况下辞职。
patriarchic
adj. 家长的,族长的(patriarchal)
Our boss is too patriarchic.
我们的老板太专制。
institutionalize
v.使制度化或习俗化;使送进专门机构
To institutionalize our scholarship discipline is imperative for all international students.
奖学金制度化是所有国际学生的当务之急
taboo
n./v. 禁忌;禁止(ban, prohibition)
There is a taboo on smoking in this office.
办公室禁止吸烟。
ethics
n.伦理学
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;党派
connubial
adj.婚姻的,夫妇的,配偶的(marital)
matrimony
n.结婚
anathema
n.令人厌恶的事:受诅咒的事
Those terrible ideas are anathemas to me.
那些糟糕的想法令我感到厌恶。