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A no-no is a thing you must not do — not always because it is against the law, but because people around you will think it is wrong, rude, or stupid. Wearing white to someone else's wedding can be a no-no. Asking how much a person earns can be a no-no.
A no-no is a thing you must not doA no-no是一件你不能做的事 not always because it is against the law不一定是因為犯法 but because people around you will think it is wrong, rude, or stupid而是因為身邊的人會覺得這樣做不對、沒禮貌,或很蠢 Wearing white to someone else's wedding can be a no-no在別人的婚禮上穿白色可能就是a no-no Asking how much a person earns can be a no-no問別人賺多少錢也可能是a no-no
It is informal and a bit playful; adults say it to children and to each other. You will hear that's a no-no or a big no-no. It names the act, not the person.
It is informal and a bit playful這個字很口語也帶點玩笑的味道 adults say it to children and to each other大人會對小孩說也會彼此這樣說 You will hear that's a no-no or a big no-no你會聽到that's a no-no或a big no-no It names the act, not the person它說的是那個行為不是那個人
The doubled no feels like a wagging finger, but it is lighter than forbidden.
The doubled no feels like a wagging finger疊起來的no感覺像在對你搖手指 but it is lighter than forbidden但語氣比forbidden輕多了
Though actually, a no-no is often only a social rule. Break it and people may ; you may not be in trouble with the police.
Though actually, a no-no is often only a social rule不過a no-no常常只是一種社交規則 Break it and people may frown破壞了大家可能會皺眉頭 you may not be in trouble with the police但你不一定會惹上警察的麻煩
組成no said twice. The repeat makes the refusal stronger and a bit catchy.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
no-nonoun
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Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo.
- Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.
- Mr. UDALL. Madam Chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bingham), is wrong in his supposition that the use of a picture is to be prohibited on a newsletter. Let me make some legislative history. The masthead or the heading of a newsletter with a picture of the Member is intended to be approved. As a matter of fact, in this language we turned it around. These no-noes are taken out of the old Post Office Manual, where they had over the years compiled a list of things one could or could not do, and pictures, except to illustrate text, used to be under the prohibitions.
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ball-gamesbaseballgamesA no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.
- He threw two no-nos in his career.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。