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单词 repugnance
释义
repugnance
noun[U]
formal
uk
/rɪˈpʌɡ.nəns/us
/rɪˈpʌɡ.nəns/
afeelingofdisgustcausedbybehaviourorbeliefs, etc. which are veryunpleasant:
厌恶，抵触，强烈的反感
Thethoughtofeatingmeatfillsmewithrepugnance.一想到要吃肉，我就感到厌恶。
Overcoming hisphysicalrepugnance, hereachedout totouchthewound.他克服了身体上的厌恶感，伸出手去触摸伤口。
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repugnant
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  • Ifeltutterrepugnance toward him.
  • Itriedtoovercomemynaturalrepugnance.
  • themoralrepugnanceprovokedby theideaofkeepinganimalsinenclosures
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feelings of dislike and hatred
  • abhorrence
  • abomination
  • anathema
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  • animus
  • disgust
  • dislike
  • distaste
  • distastefully
  • enmity
  • loathing
  • misandrist
  • misandry
  • misanthrope
  • misanthropy
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(Definition ofrepugnancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrepugnance

repugnance
At noon, the beggars who aroused the leastrepugnancewere to call at houses in carefully selected streets.
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However, when the campaign went further and demanded that they criticize themselves and even expose others, many began to feel arepugnanceto this.
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Others believe that the secrecy signifies the degree ofrepugnanceothers experience toward those who have such conditions.
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Although there was comparatively little public discussion, my guess is that there would have been as great a sense ofrepugnancethen as there has been recently.
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It is really these precisions which are at the bottom of therepugnanceof the gentlemen connected with the teaching board.
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They have a genuine fear of, and a genuinerepugnancefor advertising.
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What is the ethical basis of ourrepugnanceto cruelty?
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There is an argument for and against everything, but what we are witnessing are further signs of public disquiet andrepugnance.
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Those are heinous crimes that are viewed withrepugnanceby the overwhelming majority of people.
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It is something over which we all have a certain feeling ofrepugnance.
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There are people who feel very deeprepugnanceto the idea of an income or means test.
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Therepugnancethat many people feel to this is a factor which we must very carefully weigh.
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In spite of thisrepugnance, in spite of the general desire for peace, there might have been war.
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I think that, if he consulted them, he might well find that thatrepugnancedoes not exist.
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In other words, however muchrepugnancewe feel, the present law is no good.
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