单词 | repugnant |
释义 | re·pug·nant /rɪˈpʌɡnənt/ adjective formal UNPLEASANTvery unpleasant and offensive 令人厌恶的,使人反感的 SYN repellentndeeply/utterly/wholly etc repugnant I find his political ideas totally repugnant. 我认为他的政治观点完全不得人心。repugnant to Animal experiments are morally repugnant to many people. 动物实验引起许多人道德上的反感。Examples from the Corpusrepugnant• Congressmen found Cray's behavior deeply repugnant.• This last condition strikes many Catholics as repugnant.• Oh, let me be honest, though honesty is nearly as repugnant as rationality.• But this is a fairly repugnant conclusion to most of us.• The idea of forcibly breaking up what was arguably a civil rights protest may simply have been repugnant to Gallagher.• Thus the act in a twofold sense is repugnant to the Constitution.• What leader can bind a people to a settlement wholly repugnant to them?deeply/utterly/wholly etc repugnant• Yet Republics are deeply repugnant to me.• What leader can bind a people to a settlement wholly repugnant to them?Origin repugnant (1700-1800) French Latin, present participle of repugnare “to fight against”re·pug·nant adjectiveLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable Corpus very and offensive unpleasant |
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