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单词 abhorrent
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abhorrent

adjective
/əbˈhɒrənt/
/əbˈhɔːrənt/
(formal)
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  1. abhorrent (to somebody) causing a strong feeling of hate, especially for moral reasons synonym repugnant
    • Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society.
    Extra Examples
    • I find the idea totally abhorrent.
    • Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.
    • To the local people, this was an abhorrent idea.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • find something
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • totally
    • utterly
    preposition
    • to
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin abhorrent- ‘shuddering away from in horror’, from the verb abhorrere, from ab- ‘away from’ + horrere ‘to shudder’.
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