| 单词 | execrate |
| 释义 | ex·e·crate transitive verb 1. archaic 2. < he was execrated as a murderer and adulterer > 3. < finally came to execrate the Victorian values — New Yorker > intransitive verb < he longed to execrate aloud — James Joyce > Synonyms: < for a little while he was execrated in Rome; his statues were overthrown, and his name was blotted from the records — John Buchan > < the murder will be added to the many crimes of Egidio Gambara, that posterity may execrate his name — Rafael Sabatini > curse and damn both signify fervent angry denunciation by oaths; the former may seem somewhat more literary than the latter < in literature, with his usual charming violence, he cursed Conrad's style — F.A.Swinnerton > < he told me great tales of their cruelty, and he cursed them most bitterly — Hugh Walpole > < he mentally damned the cook as the real cause of his distress — F.M.Crofts > < damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead — David Farragut > anathematize indicates solemn, although perhaps impassioned, formal denunciation or condemnation, as a churchman's denunciation of evil < in the course of the proceedings of the Council, the earlier deposition of Arius by an Alexandrian synod was confirmed and his teachings were anathematized — Frank Thilly > objurgate may apply to the chiding of extremists < objurgating the present incumbent of the White House > |
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