| 单词 | disapprobation |
| 释义 | disapprobation (once / 4338 pages) n If you show up for Thanksgiving dinner an hour late and covered in mud from a tag football game, your parents will give you a look of disapprobation. This means they seriously disapprove of your actions, despite the fact that you scored the winning touchdown. Disapprobation is a noun for the state of total disapproval and condemnation. It is often used in conjunction with a moral or social offense. Acts such as stealing an old lady's purse, defying your teachers or parents, vandalizing, or being a lying sneak are all things that are going to earn you disapprobation. But if you decide to change your evil ways and do something wonderful to earn praise, you'll find yourself back on the side of approbation. WORD FAMILYdisapprobation: disapprobations+/approbate: approbated, approbates, approbating, approbation/approbation: approbations, disapprobation USAGE EXAMPLESHated in the Nation is Black Mirror’s excursion into public shame: it takes a series of targets who have brought disapprobation upon themselves. The Guardian(Oct 25, 2016) The editor argued that “the collective disapprobation of society can be more important than the punishments meted out by courts. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2015) The social disapprobation against being rude and demeaning completely enrages them. Salon(Nov 24, 2015) n an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper condemnation approbation official recognition or approval animadversion, censure harsh criticism or disapproval demonisation, demonizationto represent as diabolically evil interdictan ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district disapproval the expression of disapproval |
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