feel repugnance for sb/sth
repugnance 通常不可数,但可用 a deep/strong repugnance 表示‘强烈的反感’。
She feels a deep repugnance for cruelty to animals.
她对虐待动物深感厌恶。
厌恶;反感;深恶痛绝
矛盾;不一致;抵触;极度厌恶,反感。;矛盾;不一致;不相容;不协调;此类实例。
Extreme dislike or disgust.
极度厌恶,反感。
Extreme aversion, repulsion.
矛盾;不一致;不相容;不协调;此类实例。
Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such.
She felt a deep repugnance toward the idea of eating insects.
她对吃昆虫的想法感到深深的厌恶。
用法提示:repugnance 作名词,表示强烈的反感、厌恶,常与介词 toward 连用。
His repugnance at the cruelty of the experiment was obvious.
他对实验残忍性的反感是显而易见的。
用法提示:repugnance 作名词,后接 at 表示对某事感到反感。
The smell of rotting food filled him with repugnance.
腐烂食物的气味让他充满厌恶。
用法提示:repugnance 作名词,用于描述某种事物引发的情感。
repugnance 通常不可数,但可用 a deep/strong repugnance 表示‘强烈的反感’。
She feels a deep repugnance for cruelty to animals.
她对虐待动物深感厌恶。
He looked at the food with repugnance.
他厌恶地看着食物。
Many people expressed repugnance at the proposed law.
许多人对这项提议的法律表示反感。
grammar · medium
易错句子The smell was full of repugnance.
正确表达The smell was repugnant.
中文学习者常混淆名词 repugnance 和形容词 repugnant。此处应使用形容词描述气味令人反感,而非名词 '充满反感'。
grammar · medium
易错句子She expressed her repugnance against violence.
正确表达She expressed her repugnance toward violence.
搭配介词错误。表示对某事物的反感时,repugnance 常接 toward 或 for,而不是 against。
repugnance强调道德上的强烈抵触和矛盾,而disgust更侧重于生理上的厌恶或恶心
repugnance语气更强,指极端的反感且常含矛盾意味,而aversion更偏指一贯的讨厌或回避
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