Word · Frequency #20896
reprehensible
应受斥责的；应受谴责的；该受责备的
deserving severe rebuke or censure
- 1.
Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
应受责备的；该受谴责的；有罪的
- 2.
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
应受严厉指责的
- 3.
Deserving of reprehension.
应受谴责的
应受责备的；该受谴责的；有罪的；应受严厉指责的；应受谴责的；应斥责的；应该谴责的；[法] 应受严责的
In use
His behavior at the meeting was completely reprehensible.
Lying to customers just to make a sale is a reprehensible practice.
The manager found the employee's dishonesty reprehensible and dismissed him.
adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
be reprehensible for sth/doing sth
用于指出应受谴责的原因。
His actions were reprehensible for their cruelty.
他的行为因其残忍而应受谴责。
find sth/sb reprehensible
表达对某事物或某人的谴责态度。
Many people find his dishonesty reprehensible.
许多人认为他的不诚实应受谴责。
Connections
Collocations
- reprehensible behavior
- 应受谴责的行为
- His reprehensible behavior toward the staff led to his dismissal.他对待员工的应受谴责行为导致他被解雇。
- morally reprehensible
- 道德上应受谴责的
- The decision to mislead customers was morally reprehensible.误导顾客的决定在道德上应受谴责。
- reprehensible act
- 应受谴责的行径
- Vandalizing the monument was a reprehensible act.破坏纪念碑是一种应受谴责的行径。
- reprehensible practice
- 应受谴责的做法
- The report exposed several reprehensible practices in the industry.这份报告揭露了该行业中几种应受谴责的做法。
- wholly reprehensible
- 完全应受谴责的
- Their treatment of the prisoners was wholly reprehensible.他们对囚犯的对待完全应受谴责。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
读作 pre-HEN-sible，做错事让人先‘哼’一声表示不满，所以是应受谴责的。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal writing、formal moral criticism、editorial commentary 该词通常用于正式或书面语境，多见于法律、道德评判及新闻评论中；日常口语里比较少见。正式程度较高，带有强烈谴责意味。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with reprehensible: comprehensible, incomprehensible, defensible and sensible (all share the stressed /ɛn/ plus /səbəl/ ending). Beware responsible and possible: they also end in -sible, but their stressed vowel is /ɒ/, so they do not rhyme.
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