| 单词 | aversion |
| 释义 | aversion (once / 976 pages) 1n 2n If you have an aversion to something, you have an intense dislike for it. Commonly it's food, but you could have an aversion to black and white movies, driving with the windows open, or taking calls from salespeople. An aversion is also the person or thing that is the object of such intense dislike: her aversions included all kinds of vegetables and fruits. This noun is from Latin avertio, ultimately from avertere "to turn away," from the prefix a- "from" plus vertere "to turn." Near synonyms are repugnance and antipathy. WORD FAMILYaversion: aversions+/avert: aversion, avertable, averted, averting, averts USAGE EXAMPLESHe felt things deeply; those aversions were matched by equally consuming passions. New York Times(Mar 27, 2013) For now, one popular suggestion by news-literacy educators is to tap teenagers’ instinctive aversion to people telling them what to think. Slate(Dec 21, 2016) This is not because of an aversion to technology, nor the lack of necessary skills. Economist(Dec 12, 2016) 1 n a feeling of intense dislike 2Syn|Hyper antipathy, distaste dislike a feeling of aversion or antipathy n the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away Syn|Hyper averting avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening |
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