detestable是什么意思？

detestable

英[dɪˈtestəbl] 美[dɪˈtɛstəbəl]

• adj. 嫌恶的，可厌恶的，可憎的；

例句

• This detestable custom satirizes humanity. 这个可厌的风俗违反人性.
• The experience was a detestable ordeal, and it cured him of any ambitions to direct again. 那次经历是一次令人厌恶的煎熬，使得他放弃了任何再当导演的想法。
• Selfishness is a detestable quality in anyone. 自私是一种可恨的品质.
• All terrorist crime is detestable, whoever the victims. 无论受害者是谁，一切恐怖主义罪行都是可憎的。
• I find their views detestable. 我觉得他们的观点十分可憎。
• The experience was a detestable ordeal, and it cured him of any ambitions to direct again... 那次经历是一次令人厌恶的煎熬，使得他放弃了任何再当导演的想法。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  令人厌恶的;讨厌的;可憎的
  If you say that someone or something is detestable, you mean you dislike them very much.
  例句
  I find their views detestable. 我觉得他们的观点十分可憎。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. offensive to the mind;
  "an abhorrent deed""the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee""morally repugnant customs""repulsive behavior""the most repulsive character in recent novels"
  2. unequivocally detestable;
  "abominable treatment of prisoners""detestable vices""execrable crimes""consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke