abhorrent

英 [əbˈhɒrənt]

美 [əbˈhɔːrənt]

adj.  (尤指因道德原因)令人憎恨的，令人厌恶的，令人憎恶的

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BNC.20689 / COCA.22815

牛津词典

adj.

• （尤指因道德原因）令人憎恨的，令人厌恶的，令人憎恶的
  causing hatred, especially for moral reasons
  1. Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society.
     文明社会憎恶种族主义。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人憎恶的；使人厌恶的
  If something isabhorrent toyou, you hate it very much or consider it completely unacceptable.
  1. Racial discrimination is abhorrent to my council and our staff...
     我的顾问班子和全体工作人员都对种族歧视深恶痛绝。
  2. There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.
     仍有很多人对堕胎行为表示厌恶。

英英释义

adj

• offensive to the mind
  1. an abhorrent deed
  2. the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
  3. morally repugnant customs
  4. repulsive behavior
  5. the most repulsive character in recent novels
  Synonym:detestableobscenerepugnantrepulsive

双语例句

• To them, the idea of having a Wal-Mart next door is abhorrent.
  对于这些人来说，在古城附近建沃尔玛超市这样的主意简直太可恶了。
• Secondly, thou can smite the undead, for they are most abhorrent to us.
  第二，你可以毁灭不死生物，它们是我们最憎恶的。
• Do you think I come here for that abhorrent ox after I have suffer a lot really?
  你以为我辛苦来这里，真的是为了那只臭牛吗？
• This is perhaps the only piece of Nazi symbolism that the world does not find abhorrent.
  这也许是纳粹留给世界的唯一不令人反感的印象。
• How could they stop the abhorrent road?
  他们怎样才能阻止筑造这条可恶的公路？
• By methods which were abhorrent to them.
  以令他们厌恶的方法。
• More than ever, I understand how abhorrent it is to inflict pain.
  我比以前更加体会到了给别人造成痛苦是多么可恶的一件事情。
• Torture is illegal and abhorrent under any circumstances, and we have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
  在任何情况下，使用酷刑都是非法的和令人发指的，我们绝不会使用酷刑。
• Such an act is abhorrent to my sense of right.
  这种行为是我的正义感所不能容忍的。
• Racial discrimination is abhorrent to my council and our staff
  我的顾问班子和全体工作人员都对种族歧视深恶痛绝。