单词 | dislike |
释义 | dis·like I. 1. archaic 2. < the two … disliked each other by instinct — Henry Adams > 3. obsolete II. 1. < our determined dislike of hard work > 2. obsolete Synonyms: < known … for his dislike of large social functions — Current Biography > < an aristocratic disdain and dislike of the bourgeoisie, whose virtues and shortcomings are alike displeasing to both the upper and the lower classes — W.R.Inge > < concerning phobias, care should be exercised in differentiating between mere aversion and dislike and morbid unreasonable fear or dread — H.G.Armstrong > < I don't mean dislike, or find distasteful, or have an aversion for; I mean hate — Hamilton Basso > distaste stresses a squeamishness or repugnance < viewing liquor and tobacco with distaste — John Lawler > < a disdain amounting at times to a violent physical distaste for practically every human component of their lives — Florence Bullock > < the individual's distaste for his occupation — H.G.Armstrong > aversion is stronger, stressing avoidance or a desire to evade or escape < they stared at each other with instinctive repudiation, aversion almost — Margery Sharp > < the natural human aversion to cold, noise, vibration, high places, rapid ascents and descents, and the unfriendly and lonesome environment at high altitude — H.G.Armstrong > disfavor is the weakest of these four nouns, usually suggesting no feeling stronger than disapproval though sometimes it may imply contempt or disdain as motives < to look with disfavor upon frivolous conduct in public > < his father's disfavor prevented his asking for an allowance until more amicable relations should be established > III. obsolete |
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