abhorrence

英 [əbˈhɒrəns]

美 [əbˈhɔːrəns]

n.  (尤指因道德原因的)憎恨，厌恶，憎恶

复数：abhorrences　

BNC.32781 / COCA.29710

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指因道德原因的）憎恨，厌恶，憎恶
  a feeling of strong hatred, especially for moral reasons

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 憎恨；憎恶
  Some-one'sabhorrenceof something is their strong hatred of it.
  1. They are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism.
     他们急切地想要表明自己对种族主义的憎恨。

英英释义

noun

• hate coupled with disgust
  Synonym:abominationdetestationexecrationloathingodium

双语例句

• Winsett himself had a savage abhorrence of social observances.
  温塞特自己对社会上的清规戒律深恶痛绝。
• I cannot think of it without abhorrence.
  我想起这件事来，就免不了痛恨自己。
• But disguise of every sort is my abhorrence.
  可惜无论是什么样的装假，我都痛恨。
• His abhorrence for the vague and the general is extreme.
  他非常厌恶模糊与概括。
• As her successor in that house, she regarded her with jealous abhorrence.
  一想到卢卡斯小姐将来有一天会接替她做这幢屋子里的主妇，她就益发嫉妒和厌恶。
• They are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism.
  他们急切地想要表明自己对种族主义的憎恨。
• These new measures are regarded with suspicion and abhorrence by the majority of teachers.
  对这些新措施，大部分教师都感到怀疑和厌恶。
• He has an abhorrence of sin [ evil].
  他嫉恶如仇。
• America hoped that the Nuremberg trials would demonstrate the abhorrence in which the world held the Nazi system, and bring home to the German people america's determination to extirpate that system forever.
  纽伦堡审判时，美国人它能展示全世界对纳粹制度的憎恶，并向德国人传递一个信息：美国决心永远根除纳粹制度。
• The story of how to reconcile our unslakeable thirst for oil with our collective abhorrence of risk would be a complex and subtle tale a late-career challenge for MS Gordimer, perhaps.
  如何协调我们对石油无法满足的欲望，与我们对风险的集体厌恶，将是一个复杂而又微妙的故事对于处于职业后期的戈迪默而言，这或许是一个挑战。