repugnant

英 [rɪˈpʌɡnənt]

美 [rɪˈpʌɡnənt]

adj.  使嫌恶; 使反感; 不得人心

GRETEM8法律

BNC.19444 / COCA.17964

牛津词典

adj.

• 使嫌恶；使反感；不得人心
  making you feel strong dislike or disgust
  1. We found his suggestion absolutely repugnant.
     我们觉得他的建议绝对不得人心。
  2. The idea of eating meat was repugnant to her.
     一想到吃肉她就想吐。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 让人反感的;令人厌恶的
  If you think that something is horrible and disgusting, you can say that it isrepugnant.
  1. The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects...
     昆虫很讨厌皮肤内维生素的气味。
  2. The Committee said his actions were improper and repugnant.
     委员会称他行为失当，令人反感。

英英释义

adj

• offensive to the mind
  1. an abhorrent deed
  2. the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
  3. morally repugnant customs
  4. repulsive behavior
  5. the most repulsive character in recent novels
  Synonym:abhorrentdetestableobscenerepulsive

双语例句

• Generally, war is repugnant, but peace is welcome.
  一般而言，战争令人憎恶而和平受人欢迎。
• Any war would be morally repugnant.
  任何战争道德上都是令人讨厌的。
• The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects
  昆虫很讨厌皮肤内维生素的气味。
• He saw that which it was repugnant to him to behold.
  他见到了他所不愿见到的事。
• It is repugnant that a child could be treated so unkindly.
  孩子竟会受到如此苛刻的对待，真令人反感。
• The names may refer to real or imagined cultural and physical differences that emphasize the ridiculous or the repugnant.
  这些称呼可能源于真实的或想象出来的文化上和体质上的差异，重在强调嘲讽或厌恶的意味。
• History is filled with examples of governments sanctioning acts, laws, or policies which are morally repugnant.
  政府制定在道德上不得人心的条例、法律或者政策的例子在历史上比比皆是。
• The idea of kissing him is to me wholly repugnant.
  想到吻他令我厌恶极了。
• To this kind of person, I am repugnant, why can't they be the personhood civilized?
  对这类人，我非常反感，为什么做人不能文明些呢？
• The fact that ethnic cleansing is repugnant does not obviate the need to devise the most appropriate response.
  种族清洗固然令人痛恨，但这一事实并不能排除去构想更为恰当的应对方法的必要性。