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单词 repugnant
释义
repugnant
adjective
formal
uk
/rɪˈpʌɡ.nənt/us
/rɪˈpʌɡ.nənt/
Ifbehaviourorbeliefs, etc. are repugnant, they are veryunpleasant,causingafeelingofdisgust:
令人厌恶的；令人反感的
a repugnantsmell令人作呕的气味
Ifindyourattitudetowards these womenquiterepugnant.我觉得你对待这些女性的态度非常令人反感。
Theideaofcheatingin anexamismorallyrepugnanttome.我认为在考试中作弊的想法不道德，对此深恶痛绝。
Synonyms
abhorrentformal
detestableformal
disgusting
repulsive
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
  • abominable
  • abominably
  • abysmal
  • abysmally
  • apocalyptic
  • fiendish
  • fraught
  • frightful
  • from hellidiom
  • fun
  • nasty
  • nightmarish
  • nightmarishly
  • noisome
  • not be all fun and gamesidiom
  • vile
  • woeful
  • woefully
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  • yucky
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repugnance
(Definition ofrepugnantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

repugnant| American Dictionary

repugnant
adjective[not gradable]
us
/rɪˈpʌɡ·nənt/
causingafeelingofstrongdislikeordisgust:
Thetradeinwildanimalswas repugnant to mostpeople.
(Definition ofrepugnantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrepugnant

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If you accept general hedonism, you must either embrace therepugnantconclusion or alternatively deny utilitarianism.
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To anyone with even mild liberal leanings, such a view should be counterintuitive at best, if notrepugnant.
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Classical utilitarianism applied to populations of varying size implies therepugnantconclusion.
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I have spent much of my career lambasting linguistic prejudice, so this idea is especiallyrepugnant.
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In a similar vein, we argue until we have come close to therepugnantconclusion.
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Put bluntly, injection of potassium to procure feticide may be acceptable, but injecting potassium into a newborn would be, to most,repugnant.
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That contemptible andrepugnant"message" is what should be challenged and opposed, not the right to express it.
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The lower it is set, the morerepugnantthe outcomes we are driven to acknowledge as better.
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However, this conclusion is in no wayrepugnant.
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We know that therepugnantconclusion is acceptable from the point of view of total utilitarianism.
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In particular, is there a way for an egalitarian to show that we ought to accept therepugnantconclusion?
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But some people seem to find therepugnantconclusionrepugnant.
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They must address other serious problems as well, including therepugnantconclusion.
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And once we accept therepugnantconclusion, the putative paradoxes of population ethics go away.
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Counters think it is okay to be ignorant, a position which ridgeologists findrepugnantand even demeaning.
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