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

• She could not determine how her mother would take it; sometimes doubting whether all his wealth and grandeur would be enough to overcome her abhorrence of the man.
  母亲实在太厌恶他了，因此伊丽莎白有时候竟会认为，即使以他财产地位，也挽回不了母亲的心，可是，母亲对这门婚姻无论是坚决反对也好，欣喜若狂也好，她的出言吐语反正都是不得体。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Scots were held in abhorrence all over europe.
  苏格兰人在整个欧洲被人厌恶。
• His abhorrence for the vague and the general is extreme.
  他非常厌恶模糊与概括。
• Most people have an abhorrence of snake.
  大部分人都厌恶蛇。
• He even joined the Knicks in a season, the pioneer in the senior experts of their abhorrence, rather disgusted.
  甚至在他加盟尼克斯一个赛季后，开拓者的资深专家仍然对其深恶痛绝，相当厌恶。
• His fairness and abhorrence of evil won him the confidence and support of the masses.
  他的公正和疾恶如仇赢得了群众的信任和拥护。