Word · Frequency #19338
odious
可憎的;可厌的;丑恶的
核心释义
unequivocally detestable
- 1.
引起或值得强烈厌恶、反感或强烈不满。
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
引起或值得强烈厌恶、反感或强烈不满。;可憎的;可厌的;丑恶的
用法In use
The odious smell from the garbage made us leave the room.
用法提示:odious 作定语修饰 smell,意为“可憎的、令人厌恶的”。
He found their constant lies an odious habit.
用法提示:odious 作定语修饰 habit,表示“可厌的”。
The task was odious to him, but he completed it anyway.
用法提示:odious 作表语并与 to 连用,表示“令……厌恶的”。
be odious to sb
The regime was odious to the people.
该政权令人民憎恶。
find sb/sth odious
I find his behavior odious.
我觉得他的行为可憎。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- odious task
- 讨厌的任务;可憎的任务
- Cleaning the kitchen is an odious task for me.打扫厨房对我来说是一件讨厌的任务。
- odious comparison
- 令人反感的比较
- The article makes an odious comparison between the two leaders.这篇文章对两位领导人进行了令人反感的比较。
- odious debt
- 恶债(指新政府拒绝承认的前政权债务)
- The new government refused to repay the odious debt incurred by the dictatorship.新政府拒绝偿还独裁政权留下的恶债。
- odious person
- 可憎的人
- He is an odious person who takes pleasure in others' misfortunes.他是一个以他人不幸为乐的可憎的人。
- odious smell
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
谐音联想“呕滴饿死”:一看到“呕”就像要吐,表示极其可憎、令人厌恶。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:formal writing、literature、public discourse 该词比较正式,多用于书面语或文学作品中,表示令人极其厌恶或反感;日常口语中较少使用,常可用“disgusting”等代替。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用作定语或表语
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 odious 押韵的是 melodious 和 commodious(重读元音均为 /əʊ/,且后面都是 /diəs/)。tedious、hideous、fastidious、invidious 拼写相近,但重读元音不同,不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.