If something is abhorrent to you, you hate it very much or consider it completely unacceptable.
例句
Racial discrimination is abhorrent to my council and our staff...我的顧問(wèn)班子和全體工作人員都對(duì)種族歧視深?lèi)和唇^。There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.仍有很多人對(duì)墮胎行為表示厭惡。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
令人厭惡的
I find the idea totally abhorrent.我覺(jué)得這個(gè)想法極令人反感。He spoke of the abhorrent crimes that had been committed under the regime.他說(shuō)起那個(gè)政權(quán)曾犯下的種種可憎的暴行。Frighting was abhorrent to him.他討厭打架。
(be ~ of)憎惡的;討厭的
I am abhorrent of smoking.我討厭吸煙。
(be ~ to)相抵觸的;不符的
Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.這樣殘暴的懲罰是與文明社會(huì)相抵觸的。
(be ~ from)不相容的;背離的
The procedure is abhorrent from the principles of law.這程序與法律原則不相容。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. offensive to the mind;
"an abhorrent deed""the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee""morally repugnant customs""repulsive behavior""the most repulsive character in recent novels"