repugnant

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrepugnantre‧pug‧nant /rɪˈpʌɡnənt/ adjective formal UNPLEASANTvery unpleasant and offensive SYN repellentdeeply/utterly/wholly etc repugnant I find his political ideas totally repugnant.repugnant to Animal experiments are morally repugnant to many people.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”

单词	repugnant
释义	repugnant From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrepugnantre‧pug‧nant /rɪˈpʌɡnənt/ adjective formal UNPLEASANTvery unpleasant and offensive SYN repellentdeeply/utterly/wholly etc repugnant I find his political ideas totally repugnant.repugnant to Animal experiments are morally repugnant to many people.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”
随便看	make a spectacle of yourself make a speech make a splash make a stab at make a stab at doing make a stand make a stand against make a start make a start (on something) make a start on make a study of make a study of something make a U turn make a U-turn make a Uturn make a video diary make a virtue of make a virtue of necessity make a virtue of something Make A Wish Foundation make a/somebody’s pitch (for something) make a/the difference make a/your pile make acquaintance make all the right noises about