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单词 hate
释义 hate
I. \ˈhāt, usu -ād.+V\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, alteration (probably influenced by haten, v.) of hete, from Old English; akin to Old High German haz hate, Old Norse hatr hate, Gothic hatis wrath, Greek kēdos grief, mourning, Avestan sādra sorrow
1.
 a. : intense hostility toward an object (as an individual) that has frustrated the release of an inner tension (as of a biological nature)
  < quick dislike had ripened into hate — I.V.Morris >
  < rid your mind of any hidden hates or grudges — W.J.Reilly >
 specifically : a systematic especially politically exploited expression of hate
  < the forces of darkness, bigotry, and hate >
  < hate list >
  < hate bombings >
  < hate mail >
 b. : an habitual emotional attitude in which distaste is coupled with sustained ill will
  < his life became increasingly dominated by hate >
 c. : a strong dislike or antipathy : distaste
  < developed a hate for string quartets >
2. : an object of hatred
 < a generation whose finest hate had been big business — F.L.Paxson >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English haten, from Old English hatian; akin to Old Saxon haton to hate, Old High German hazzōn, Old Norse hata; denominative from the root of hate (I)
transitive verb
1. : to feel extreme enmity toward : regard with active hostility
 < sit there hating one another and end up by cutting one another's throats — John Wain >
2.
 a. : to have a strong aversion to : detest, resent
  < hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good — Rom 12: 9 (Revised Standard Version) >
  < they hate being moved from one box to another — Henry Wynmalen >
 b. : to find distasteful : dislike
  < hated the cold and the snow — Harold Griffin >
  < so pretty she hated to get glasses when she needed them — John Steinbeck >
  < hated that young men should raise their hats to him out of respect for his superior age — Arnold Bennett >
intransitive verb
: to express or feel extreme enmity or active hostility
 < harsh faces and hating eyes — Katherine A. Porter >
Synonyms:
 detest, loathe, abhor, abominate: hate, the antonym of love, indicates an extreme of dislike, aversion, and enmity experienced often toward an equal with a possible accompanying feeling of grudging respect
  < if there had been one atom of genuine passion in his duplicity, she might have despised him less even while she hated him more — Ellen Glasgow >
  < he hates Lucy Wales. I don't mean dislike, or find distasteful, or have an aversion for; I mean hate — Hamilton Basso >
  Applied to things and qualities it indicates extreme dislike
  < between the cruelty that we hate and the humor that we prize — Agnes Repplier >
  detest indicates very strong aversion but may lack the actively hostile malevolence associated with hate
  < the boy glimpsed something of the system of slavery, and early came to detest it — C.E.Carter >
  loathe may suggest disgust and revulsion rather than aversion and active antipathy
  < except when I am listening to their music I loathe the whole race: great, stupid, brutal, immoral, sentimental savages — Rose Macaulay >
  < he is not hated, for in hate there is something of fear and something of respect, neither of which is present here. And you could not say loathed, for loathing is passive and this is an active feeling. Best say detested; vigorously disliked — T.O.Heggen >
  abhor may suggest a revulsion or repugnance accompanied by a tendency to flinch from as though in fear or horror
  < Rome had made herself abhorred throughout the world by the violence and avarice of her generals — J.A.Froude >
  < this temptation to abhor the flesh, which reached such a pitch that he was filled with a horror of all created life — Compton Mackenzie >
  < rats, who abhor light and crave privacy — V.G.Heiser >
  abominate may indicate strong lasting hatred and loathing as of something foully unnatural
  < the accused … protest, disclaim, abominate the honor — Robert Browning >
  These words all weaken in hyperbolic usages.

- hate one's guts
III.
variant of haet
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