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

• Some people eat foods that are repugnant to others.
  有些人讨厌的食物有些人却爱吃。
• He saw that which it was repugnant to him to behold.
  他见到了他所不愿见到的事。
• 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。
• I hope Human nature someday grows past the need for such repugnant displays of greed for power and riches.
  我希望有一天人类自然增长过去，对权力的贪婪和财富需要厌烦。
• 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。
• Doing that with humans is ethically repugnant to many.
  把这种实验用于人体，从伦理学的角度来说，很多人都对此感到反感。
• The mainstream of liberalism found anything connected with the balance of power repugnant.
  自由派的主流对任何与力量均衡有关的事情都感到厌恶。
• The whole idea is repugnant to me.
  这个想法很让我厌恶。
• 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 idea of kissing him is to me wholly repugnant.
  想到吻他令我厌恶极了。