| 单词 | anathema |
| 释义 | anathema (once / 2495 pages) n Something that one absolutely and positively cannot stand is anathema. Garlic is anathema to vampires (ditto for stakes and daylight). So is kryptonite to Superman or a silver bullet to a werewolf. Originally the term anathema comes from the Catholic practice of denouncing a particular individual or idea that was antithetical to the Catholic Church. If done to a person, it excommunicated them, meaning they could no longer partake in the church's sacraments (with presumably pretty poor consequences for the soul.) That's a lot worse than kryptonite. WORD FAMILYanathema: anathemas, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize+/anathematise: anathematisation, anathematised, anathematises, anathematising, anathematization/anathematization: anathematizations/anathematize: anathematized, anathematizes, anathematizing/anathemize: anathemized, anathemizes USAGE EXAMPLESIt used to be anathema for utilities to encourage customers to disconnect from the power grid. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) Such an approach is anathema to most hedge funds, which rely on annual performance fees to compensate their highly paid — some would say overpaid — staffs. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) That college is seen as a training ground for a job is perceived by professors as anathema to their mission of broadly educating students. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1n a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication Hyper condemnation, curse, execration an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group 2n a detested person he is an anathema to me Syn|Hyper bete noire disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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