In some parts of the country, one kind of activity or production or work of art is called obscene, and people can be put in prison for it.

在该国的某些地区，一种活动、生产或艺术品被称为淫秽，人们可能会因此而入狱。

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A city magistrate ruled that the novel was obscene and copies should be destroyed.

一位市治安官裁定该小说是淫秽非法作品，应予以销毁。

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So in some parts of the country, one kind of activity or production or work of art is called obscene, and people can be put in prison for it.

所以在我们国家的一些地方，有一种活动，或是作品或是艺术品叫做淫秽，人们会因此被送入监狱。

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We get a lot of requests that may be grotesque in nature or they may be obscene.

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Nor may names be obscene, in bad taste, too similar to any existing name, or more than 16 letters long.

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What is acceptable, nay encouraged, at a Gay Pride rally might still be judged obscene at a Sunday School.

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