revulsion
revulsion 英 [rɪˈvʌlʃn] 美 [rɪˈvʌlʃən]
n. 剧变；厌恶；强烈反感；抽回
名词复数:revulsions
- Revulsion means an intense, violent, sometimes physical dislike of something. People feel revulsion to different things. You may feel revulsion at the thought of seeing a horror movie, but other people can't wait to be scared by the latest zombie or slasher flick.
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- n. 剧变；厌恶；强烈反感；抽回
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1. Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt?
我们应当仅仅在厌恶，羞耻和罪恶中保持沉默吗？
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2. But that some few would be convicted and punished while we of the second generation were silenced by revulsion, shame, and guilt—was that all there was to it now?
但他们中间没有几个人被定罪和受到惩罚，而我们作为第二代的德国人却因为厌恶，羞耻和罪恶而不敢发表自己的意见——这就是我现在感觉到的一切吗？
- revulsion (n.) 1540s, as a medical term, from Middle French revulsion (16c.) or directly from Latin revulsionem (nominative revulsio) "a tearing off, act of pulling away," noun of action from past participle stem of revellere "to pull away," from re- "away" (see re-) + vellere "to tear, pull," from PIE *wel-no-, suffixed form of *uelh- "to strike" (see svelte). The meaning "sudden reaction of disgust" is first attested 1816.
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