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

• 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。
• The Scots were held in abhorrence all over europe.
  苏格兰人在整个欧洲被人厌恶。
• Most people have an abhorrence of snake.
  大部分人都厌恶蛇。
• But disguise of every sort is my abhorrence.
  可惜无论是什么样的装假，我都痛恨。
• 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。
• He has a great abhorrence of medicine.
  他对药物深恶痛绝。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His abhorrence for the vague and the general is extreme.
  他非常厌恶模糊与概括。