Reading丨Reform’s big taboo

taboo

主要释义：

if something is taboo, people do not do it or talk about it because it is

offensive or shocking（符合本文的义项）

something that is taboo is not allowed by a particular religion or culture

not accepted as correct

原句：Reform’s big taboo

例句：

Cocktails and after-dinner brandies are strictly taboo.

The topic of addiction remains something of ataboo.

scurry

主要释义：

to move fast with small quick steps（符合本文的义项）

to hurry to do something or to get something

原句：“I LIKE it here,” says Zhang Xiaojie, as she surveys the crowds scurrying below her spick-and-span apartment.

例句：

They were scurrying around like ants.

The animals scurried for shelter.

spick-and-span

主要释义：

very clean and tidy

原句：as she surveys the crowds scurrying below her spick-and-span apartment.

例句：

My little house is spick and span.

flock 

主要释义：

a group of birds, sheep, or goats

a large group of people

the group of people who go to a particular church

to gather together in a large group, usually because there is something interesting or exciting（符合本文的义项）

原句：Ms Zhang, a young information-technology officer, is one of millions of people from the countryside who have flocked for work to Chongqing.

例句：

The farmer kept a flock of geese.

Flocks of people were lining up to see Nelson Mandela.

Tourists still flock to the Tower of London.

unleash

主要释义：

to do or to cause something that has a very powerful or harmful effect

to allow someone or something to be free when they were previously strictly controlled（符合本文的义项）

原句：They are aimed at keeping economic expansion going while ensuring that the huge social changes unleashed by growth do not perpetuate inequalities, or foment unrest.

例句：

The stormunleashed its fury.

They unleashed the hounds.