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 abhorrent [əb'hɔrənt添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 令人憎恨的, 可恶的, 厌恶的, 相抵触的, 不一致的

  1. Arousing loathing; abhorrent.
    可恶的引起恶感的;可恶的
  2. It's abhorrent to my idea.
    这是和我的意见相反的。
  3. Nature is abhorrent of vacuum.
    自然对真空是相悖的。


abhorrent
[ adj ]
offensive to the mind
<adj.all>
an abhorrent deedthe obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
morally repugnant customs
repulsive behavior
the most repulsive character in recent novels


Abhorrent \Ab*hor"rent\, a. [L. abhorens, -rentis, p. pr. of
abhorrere.]
1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence;
loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent
thoughts.

The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason.
--Burke.

The arts of pleasure in despotic courts
I spurn abhorrent. --Clover.

2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; --
followed by to. ``Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to
our stricter principles.'' --Gibbon.

3. Detestable. ``Pride, abhorrent as it is.'' --I. Taylor.

  1. Shultz accused the Iraqis of "unjustifiable and abhorrent" behavior.
  2. "This is totally abhorrent, totally unacceptable," said Levin, who has called for a reduction of U.S. forces in Korea.
  3. Tax evasion is illegal, an abhorrent form of law-breaking.
  4. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said at her 1981 confirmation hearing that while she found abortion personally abhorrent, she would deal with the issue on the basis of the facts and the Constitution.
  5. "I personally find it abhorrent to send them back to the Sandinistas," the district director, Perry Rivkind, said.
  6. He also said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein deserved no particular praise for deciding to end his "abhorrent" hostage holding.
  7. British Airways intends to begin installing automated boarding card machines at its check-ins around the world later this year. To Virgin Atlantic, this approach is abhorrent.
  8. "The message is sickening, and anti-Semitism is sickening," said Robert Gavin, president of the small liberal arts college. "I certainly find it abhorrent." Police are investigating the incident.
  9. "By giving its advice and consent to ratification of this convention, the Senate of the United States will demonstrate unequivocally our desire to bring an end to the abhorrent practice of torture," the president said.
  10. While the United States is "unalterably opposed" to the "abhorrent" Khmer Rouge, he said they were a "unpleasant reality" who had to be addressed.
  11. I said in order to understand why millions of people around the world are still fired with socialist ideals you have to understand that if actually existing communism was and is abhorrent to some, actually existing capitalism is abhorrent to others.
  12. I said in order to understand why millions of people around the world are still fired with socialist ideals you have to understand that if actually existing communism was and is abhorrent to some, actually existing capitalism is abhorrent to others.
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