abhor

英 [əbˈhɔː(r)]

美 [əbˈhɔːr]

v.  (尤指因道德原因而)憎恨，厌恶，憎恶

过去式：abhorred　第三人称单数：abhors　过去分词：abhorred　现在分词：abhorring　

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BNC.18438 / COCA.16665

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指因道德原因而）憎恨，厌恶，憎恶
  to hate sth, for example a way of behaving or thinking, especially for moral reasons

柯林斯词典

• VERB （尤指出于道德原因）憎恨，憎恶
  If youabhorsomething, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons.
  1. He was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to reconciliation...
     他是一个憎恶采用暴力而坚决主张和解的人。
  2. If nature abhors a vacuum, journalists abhor a transition, when there is little news to cover.
     好比自然界拒绝真空一样，新闻工作者则厌恶没有多少新闻可供报道的过渡时期。

英英释义

verb

• find repugnant
  1. I loathe that man
  2. She abhors cats
  Synonym:loatheabominateexecrate

双语例句

• Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking my covenant with them. I am the Lord their God.
  虽是这样，他们在仇敌之地，我却不厌弃他们，也不厌恶他们，将他们尽行灭绝，也不背弃我与他们所立的约，因为我是耶和华他们的神。
• Spitting in the street is a practice that I abhor.
  我痛恨随地吐痰这种习惯。
• Do not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother.
  不可憎恶以东人，因为他是你的弟兄。
• I abhor people who fall asleep and snore in movie theaters.
  我讨厌在电影院里睡觉打呼噜的人。
• Chinese people place an immense value on education, and abhor anything that might distract students from their books.
  中国人对教育赋予了无限大的价值，并且憎恨那些可能分散学生学习的事情。
• Once, long ago, I was like the sports parents I now abhor.
  很久以前，我曾经就像我现在憎恶的那些体育家长一样。
• If nature abhors a vacuum, journalists abhor a transition, when there is little news to cover.
  好比自然界拒绝真空一样，新闻工作者则厌恶没有多少新闻可供报道的过渡时期。
• It is not that Mexican people abhor McDonalds, as this franchise is prominent in the country.
  这并不是说，墨西哥人民深恶痛绝的麦当劳，因为这是著名的专营权在该国。
• This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor.
  讲到这里，我想起了集体生活中最坏的一种，就是我所厌恶的军事体制。
• Institutions, regulators and bureaucrats abhor the very idea of muddling through.
  各机构、监管者和官僚主义者十分厌恶摸索前进的做法。