abomination
英 [?b?m?'ne??(?)n]
美[?,bɑm?'ne??n]
- n. 厭惡；憎恨；令人厭惡的事物
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?abominations;
英文詞源
- abomination (n.)
- early 14c., "abominable thing or action;" late 14c., "feeling of disgust, hatred, loathing," from Old French abominacion "abomination, horror, repugnance, disgust" (13c.), from Latin abominationem (nominative abominatio) "abomination," noun of action from past participle stem of abominari "shun as an ill omen," from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + omin-, stem of omen (see omen). Meaning intensified by folk etymology derivation from Latin ab homine "away from man," thus "beastly."
Doubtless, the life of an Irregular is hard; but the interests of the Greater Number require that it shall be hard. If a man with a triangular front and a polygonal back were allowed to exist and to propagate a still more Irregular posterity, what would become of the arts of life? Are the houses and doors and churches in Flatland to be altered in order to accommodate such monsters? [Edwin Abbot, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions," 1885]
雙語例句
- 1. What is happening is an abomination.
- 正在發(fā)生的事令人非常反感。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She regarded smoking with abomination.
- 她對吸煙深惡痛絕.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. If any abomination so current needs to be reprised, think of it.
- 如果近在眼前就有什么令人厭惡的東西需要反復強調(diào)的話, 那就想一想夏天.
來自名作英譯部分
- 4. Abner said solemnly , " all heathen idols are an abomination to the Lord. "
- 艾布納沉著臉說, “ 一切異教的偶像全是對主的褻瀆. ”
來自辭典例句
- 5. Their abomination of violence was obvious.
- 他們對暴力行為的痛恨是很明顯的.
來自辭典例句