abhorrent
abhorrent 英 [əbˈhɒrənt] 美 [əbˈhɔrənt]
adj. 可恶的；厌恶的；格格不入的
- Many people find cruelty toward animals abhorrent, that is, they think it's detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, and offensive to the mind. In other words, they really, really don't like it.
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- adj. 可恶的；厌恶的；格格不入的
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1. Bribe paying is not only abhorrent but is counterproductive in the longer term.
贿赂不仅是可恶的，而且从长远看还会产生相反的结果。
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2. The manger is abhorrent, actually, is the most hateful to pull out of the pit shit, etc.
占着茅坑不拉屎是可恶的，其实，最可恨的却是拉完了屎还要占着等坑。
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3. In the face of that inherent dignity, Gombinerconcludes, the human practice of delivering animals to the table in the form offood is abhorrent and inexcusable.
面对这与生俱来的尊严，高姆宾尔断言，人类把动物放到餐桌上作为食物的做法是可恶且不可原谅的。
- abhorrent (adj.) 1610s, "recoiling (from), strongly opposed to," from Latin abhorentem (nominative abhorrens) "incongruous, inappropriate," present participle of abhorrere "shrink back from, be remote from, be out of harmony with" (see abhor). Meaning "repugnant, loathesome" is from 1650s. Earlier was abhorrable (late 15c.).
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