heinous

英 [ˈheɪnəs]

美 [ˈheɪnəs]

adj.  极恶毒的; 道德败坏的

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BNC.22012 / COCA.15184

牛津词典

adj.

• 极恶毒的；道德败坏的
  morally very bad
  1. a heinous crime
     十恶不赦的罪行

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 十恶不赦的;令人发指的
  If you describe something such as a crime asheinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible.
  1. Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime...
     他犯下的滔天罪行给她的生活蒙上了永久的阴影。
  2. They are capable of the most heinous acts.
     他们能做出最邪恶的事情。

英英释义

adj

• extremely wicked, deeply criminal
  1. a flagitious crime
  2. heinous accusations
  Synonym:flagitious

双语例句

• US president Barack Obama called it heinous and said terrorists have once again shown their depravity by targeting students and teachers.
  美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马（BarackObama）称这次袭击极其凶残，并表示通过把学生和教师当作袭击目标，恐怖分子再次显示了他们的堕落本质。
• Even the most heinous of crimes began when someone made a wrong choice and gave into temptation.
  即使是最十恶不赦的罪行也是源于人们作出的错误的选择，屈服于诱惑。
• Perhaps the most heinous example of cell-phone abuse is ringing in the theater.
  也许最可恨的滥用手机的例子就是在剧院。
• What about the bomb and the misery and humanity's most heinous crime?
  怎么不是炸弹，灾难和人类最可耻的犯罪呢？
• Thanks a lot Anil Kapoor for bringing this heinous crime to light.
  十分感谢亚尼·卡普给这可憎的犯罪行为带来光明。
• It was disturbing to think that a heinous murder is still at large in my home city.
  想到自己居住的城市里有一个罪大恶极的杀人凶手继续逍遥法外，令人不寒而栗。
• In developed countries, even those accused of heinous crimes are apprised of their legal rights, and rightfully so.
  在发达国家，即使是那些被控犯有十恶不赦罪行的人，也会被告知其享有的合法权利这种做法是正确的。
• You hold too heinous a respect of grief.
  你把悲哀过分看重了。
• His brother is a heinous boy.
  他弟弟是个讨厌的孩子。
• The confessions written by all the war criminals and the detailed trial records contained in the archive files are irrefutable evidence of the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese militarist aggressors against the Chinese people.
  档案卷宗内各个战犯自己的书面笔供以及详细的审讯笔录等材料，是日本军国主义侵略者对中国人民所犯滔天罪行的铁证。