abhor

英 [?b'h??] 美[?b'h?r]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?abhors;過(guò)去式:?abhorred;過(guò)去分詞:?abhorred;現(xiàn)在分詞:?abhorring;

1. ab- + horr- => abhorr- => abhor.

abhor 憎惡

前綴ab-,離開(kāi)，此外用于強(qiáng)調(diào)。詞根hor, 恐怖，見(jiàn)horror,驚恐。指厭惡到恐懼的程度。

abhor: abhor: [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (from the prefix ab- ‘a(chǎn)way’ 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.

2. If nature abhors a vacuum, journalists abhor a transition, when there is little news to cover.: 好比自然界拒絕真空一樣，新聞工作者則厭惡沒(méi)有多少新聞可供報(bào)道的過(guò)渡時(shí)期。

3. I abhor every commonplace phrase by which wit is intended.: 我厭惡所有那些力圖表現(xiàn)智慧的陳腐不堪的俗話.

4. I tell you I loathe and abhor my husband and I utterly despise him.: 我告訴你,我厭惡、憎恨我的丈夫,我徹底地看不起他!

5. Communist Party conservatives abhor the idea of condoning explicIt'sex.: 黨內(nèi)的保守勢(shì)力痛恨對(duì)赤裸性愛(ài)內(nèi)容的寬容.