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reprehensible

英 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

美 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

adj.  不道德的; 应受指责的; 应受谴责的

GRE法律

BNC.20896 / COCA.17850

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 不道德的;应受指责的;应受谴责的
      morally wrong and deserving criticism

      柯林斯词典

      • ADJ-GRADED 应受斥责的;应该谴责的
        If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it isreprehensible.
        1. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible.
          克拉默先生说反政府示威者的暴力活动应该受到谴责。
        2. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.
          最应该受到谴责的行为

      英英释义

      adj

      • bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
        1. a criminal waste of talent
        2. a deplorable act of violence
        3. adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
        Synonym:condemnablecriminaldeplorablevicious

      双语例句

      • Conspiring to rig interest rates is probably fraudulent; failing to report the side effects of a drug is severely reprehensible but probably not illegal; cutting corners on an oil installation is negligent; systems failure in a computer system seems like bad luck.
        串通一气操纵利率或许算得上欺诈;瞒报药物的副作用理应受到严厉指责,但或许并不违法;在石油钻井安装中偷工减料算得上不负责任;计算机系统故障似乎是运气不太好。
      • I may fail to bring you to justice, and your fame may protect you from consequences for your reprehensible actions.
        我可能无法将你绳之以法,你的名声可能保护你免受你应受谴责的行为的后果。
      • Yourconduct/ attitude is most reprehensible.
        你的行为[态度]的确应该受到批评。
      • This end, in his opinion, justified the employment of means which might easily be considered reprehensible from a purely moral point of view.
        他认为,上述目的可以证明运用那些为纯粹道德观所唾弃的手段是正当的。
      • Those of her colleagues who detected in her something odd and reprehensible would not have dared to call it "religious".
        那些同事虽然在她身上发现了某种奇特的、大可非议的东西,却不敢说这种东西具有宗教性质。
      • Eating it, Ms Eilperin suggests, is even more reprehensible than eating other morally objectionable foods such as delicious foie gras, because there is "no gastronomic pay-off".
        艾尔佩林认为,比起那些有争议的食物(如鹅肝酱),吃鱼翅更罪过,因为这简直不是人吃的东西。
      • Responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt. Euphorbia Kansui Effect on Gastro-intestinal Smooth Muscle and Possibility for its Quality Control Based on its Clinical Application
        对应受谴责的行为有责任或者可以控诉;以罪行为特点。甘遂对胃肠平滑肌的作用特点及其用于质量控制指标的可行性
      • Admittedly, it treats the symptoms, not the source, but at least it acknowledges the problem. Is it reprehensible to link global warming ( serious) and clothing ( superficial)?
        诚然,这是治标不治本的方法,但至少,这能够改变当今的风气。把全球气候变暖(严肃的问题)和服装(肤浅的流行)联系起来是否不太合理?
      • Mr Lee said the aim was to persuade Pyongyang to admit its wrongdoing and pledge never again to engage in such reprehensible action.
        李明博表示,其目的是劝说朝鲜政府承认其错误行径,并承诺不再进行此类应受谴责的行为。
      • While there is nothing inherently reprehensible in that goal, the question is whether the world and the Chinese will benefit from the way it goes about this.
        尽管这个目标本身没有什么可谴责的,但问题在于世界乃至中方是否将从中国的做法中得益。