heinous

大学 FREQ #13699

a. 可憎的, 令人发指的

发音

UK /ˈheɪnəs/
US /ˈheɪnəs/
UK /ˈhiːnəs/
AU

词形变化

more heinous 比较级 most heinous 最高级

别名

hainous

教材释义与例句

形容词

可憎的；极凶恶的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Totally reprehensible.

    I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.

    The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.

  2. 2.

    Bad, evil or villainous.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

flagitious

近义相关 1

wicked

词源

From Middle English hainous, from Old French haïneus (compare French haineux) from haïr (“to hate”), hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French enhadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”) The fluctuation between pronunciations with /eɪ/ and /iː/ is old; the former reflects adoption of an unmonophthongised pronunciation of Old French -ai-, while the latter reflects a monophthongised form.

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