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abhorrent to sb/sth
表示某人对某事感到憎恶。
Violence is abhorrent to her.
暴力令她憎恶。
令人憎恶的；可恶的
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令人憎恶的；可恶的
offensive to the mind
Violence is abhorrent to her.
暴力令她憎恶。
与某事物相反；不一致
Contrary to something; discordant.
厌恶；憎恨；表现出厌恶
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
可憎的或令人厌恶的
Detestable or repugnant.
The idea of eating insects is abhorrent to many people.
对许多人来说，吃昆虫的想法令人厌恶。
She found the cruel treatment of animals absolutely abhorrent.
她觉得残酷对待动物的行为极其可恶。
Racism is an abhorrent practice that has no place in modern society.
种族主义是一种可恶的行径，在现代社会没有立足之地。
表示某人对某事感到憎恶。
Violence is abhorrent to her.
暴力令她憎恶。
用于强调某情况的可憎之处。
It is abhorrent that such cruelty exists.
存在这样的残酷行为是令人憎恶的。
主动表达对某事物的强烈反感。
I find racism abhorrent.
我认为种族主义可恶至极。
直接修饰名词，作定语。
They committed abhorrent crimes.
他们犯下了令人发指的罪行。
Not this
His behavior is an abhorrent.
Use this
His behavior is abhorrent.
“abhorrent”是形容词，不能用作名词。错误使用了冠词“an”，应直接作表语。
Not this
Such cruelty is abhorrent with me.
Use this
Such cruelty is abhorrent to me.
“abhorrent”表示“令人憎恶的”时，搭配介词“to”，而不是“with”。正确用法是“abhorrent to someone”。
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道德上令人憎恶的
Racism is morally abhorrent to most people.
种族主义对大多数人来说是道德上令人憎恶的。
令某人厌恶的
The idea of violence is abhorrent to her.
暴力的想法令她厌恶。
可憎的行为
The court condemned the abhorrent behavior of the officials.
法庭谴责了官员们可憎的行为。
令人发指的罪行
The murder was an abhorrent crime that shocked the community.
这起谋杀是令社区震惊的令人发指的罪行。
觉得某事可憎
Many people find the practice of hunting foxes abhorrent.
许多人觉得猎狐这种做法很可憎。
可恶的做法
Child labor is an abhorrent practice that should be eradicated.
童工是一种可恶的做法，应该被根除。
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abhorrent 里藏着 abhor（憎恨），-rent 是形容词尾；令人憎恨的就是 abhorrent（可憎的）。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、社论与评论、道德批判 该词表示“令人憎恶的、可憎的”，是正式用词，通常出现在书面语或正式演讲中，而很少用于日常口语。
押韵同类：torrent（/ˈtɒr.ənt/）和 warrant（/ˈwɒr.ənt/），重读元音同为 /ɒ/，与 abhorrent 的 /ˈhɒrənt/ 押韵。拼写相似但发音不同：aberrant（/æˈber.ənt/）、inherent（/ɪnˈhɪər.ənt/）、current（/ˈkʌr.ənt/），注意不要混淆。
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