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be odious to sb
The regime was odious to the people.
该政权令人民憎恶。
可憎的；可厌的；丑恶的
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可憎的；可厌的；丑恶的
unequivocally detestable
The regime was odious to the people.
该政权令人民憎恶。
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.
The odious smell from the garbage made us leave the room.
垃圾散发出的可憎气味让我们离开了房间。
He found their constant lies an odious habit.
他觉得他们不断撒谎是个可厌的习惯。
The task was odious to him, but he completed it anyway.
这项任务令他厌恶，但他还是完成了。
The regime was odious to the people.
该政权令人民憎恶。
I find his behavior odious.
我觉得他的行为可憎。
通常用于正式或强烈谴责语境。
Such cruelty is odious.
这种残忍是可憎的。
Not this
I odious him.
Use this
I hate him.
Odious 是形容词，不能作动词使用。应使用动词 hate。
Not this
He is an odious.
Use this
He is an odious person.
Odious 是形容词，不能直接作名词使用，需要加名词 person。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
令人作呕的气味
An odious smell came from the dumpster.
垃圾箱里散发出令人作呕的气味。
比较是令人厌恶的。
Comparing yourself with others all the time is not just odious; it also steals your joy.
老是拿自己和别人比较不仅令人讨厌，也会夺走你的快乐。
没有什么比多数人更令人厌恶的了；它由少数强有力的头目、一些随声附和的恶棍和顺从的懦夫，以及一大群不假思索跟着跑的民众组成。
The dictator's odious policies were blindly supported by the cowardly majority.
独裁者可恶的政策得到了胆小怕事的多数人的盲目支持。
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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。
常用作定语或表语
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