abhor

  • vt. 痛恨,憎恶

  • abhor 憎恶

    前缀ab-,离开,此外用于强调。词根hor, 恐怖,见horror,惊恐。指厌恶到恐惧的程度。


    abhor
    abhor: [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (from the prefix ab- ‘away’ and horrēre ‘tremble’ – which also gave English horror and horrid). The word used to have this intransitive meaning ‘be repelled’ in English too, but the transitive usage ‘loathe’ (which was probably introduced from Old French in the 15th century) has completely taken its place.
    => horrid, horror
    abhor (v.)
    mid-15c., from Latin abhorrere \\\"shrink back from, have an aversion for, shudder at,\\\" from ab- \\\"away\\\" (see ab-) + horrere \\\"tremble at, shudder,\\\" literally \\\"to bristle, be shaggy,\\\" from PIE *ghers- \\\"start out, stand out, rise to a point, bristle\\\" (see horror). Related: Abhorred; abhorring.

    1. They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.
    他们憎恶任何形式的种族歧视.

    来自《简明英汉词典》

    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。

    来自柯林斯例句

    3. I abhor every commonplace phrase by which wit is intended.
    我厌恶所有那些力图表现智慧的陈腐不堪的俗话.

    来自辞典例句


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