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单词 dislike
释义 dis·like
I. \dəs, (ˈ)dis+\ transitive verb
Etymology: dis- (I) + like (v.)
1. archaic : to awaken dislike in : displease
2. : to regard with dislike : feel aversion for : disapprove
 < the two … disliked each other by instinct — Henry Adams >
3. obsolete : to show aversion to
II. noun
1. : a feeling of positive aversion (as to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive) : disapprobation, repugnance, displeasure, disfavor
 < our determined dislike of hard work >
2. obsolete : discord, dissension
Synonyms:
 dislike, distaste, aversion, and disfavor agree in designating a state of mind or feeling marked by an inner shunning or avoiding of something or a finding of it unpleasant or positively repugnant. dislike may, on the one hand, imply the mere finding of something unpleasant or, on the other, a reacting to it with detestation
  < 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. adjective
Etymology: dis- (I) + like (adjective)
obsolete : unlike
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