| 单词 | abominable |
| 释义 | abominable From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishabominablea‧bom‧i‧na‧ble /əˈbɒmɪnəbəl, -mənə- $ əˈbɑː-/ adjectiveUNPLEASANTextremely unpleasant or of very bad quality SYN terribleabominable cruelty —abominably adverbMavis behaved abominably.Examples from the Corpusabominable• Here was a man, held in high esteem by outsiders, yet his behaviour inside the home was abominable.• How could the kind, divinely blessed, allow this abominable act?• an abominable crime• Whatever happened, she wouldn't let her determination waver over the rejection of the abominable Draper.• The facts were too bad, too bald, abominable, pitiful.• That was the last abominable shot I hit that day.• He found it hard to describe to me the abominable way in which he was treated in a prisoner of war camp.Origin abominable (1300-1400) Old French Latin abominabilis, from abominari “to treat as a bad omen, abominate”, from ab- “away” + omen ( → OMEN) |
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