abominable
a. 讨厌的, 令人憎恶的
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讨厌的；令人憎恶的；糟透的
释义与例句
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1.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
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abominable crime
utterly abominable
He committed an abominable act of cruelty.
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Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
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Very bad or inferior.
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4.
Disagreeable or unpleasant.
abominable weather
The prisoners were kept in abominable conditions.
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From Middle English abhomynable, from Old French abominable, from Late Latin abōminābilis (“deserving abhorrence”), from abōminor (“abhor, deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ōminor (“forebode, predict, presage”), from ōmen (“sign, token, omen”). Formerly erroneously folk-etymologized as deriving from Latin ab- + homo, literally "away from humankind," and therefore spelled abhominable, abhominal (Hence, Shakespeare puns on this when Hamlet speaks of incompetent actors that "imitate humanity abominably.")
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