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。
• Satan had hoped that God's abhorrence of evil would bring an eternal separation between heaven and earth.
  撒但本来希望∶由于上帝对罪恶的憎恶，天与地将永远分离。
• God has an abhorrence of a proud and haughty spirit.
  上帝已经厌弃了自豪和傲慢的精神。
• The president expressed his abhorrence at the murder.
  总统表达他对这件谋杀案的痛恨。
• 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。
• We not only do not believe that any are foreordained to evil by the power of God, but even state with utter abhorrence that if there are those who want to believe so evil a thing, they are anathema.
  我们不仅不认为有任何的邪恶力量来冤孽上帝就连国家彻底厌弃，如果有那些愿意相信这样一个邪恶的事，他们是诅咒。
• Others, recalling Germany's eugenic practices, have an equally strong abhorrence of genetic-based reproductive decisions.
  其它人则会联想到德国人当年实施的优生政策，从而对这一作法怀有同样强烈的厌恶。
• He has an aBhorrence of monkeys.
  他非常厌恶猴子。
• 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。
• 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。