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单词 abominate
释义
abominate
verb[Tnot continuous]
formal
uk
/əˈbɒm.ɪ.neɪt/us
/əˈbɑː.mə.neɪt/
tohatesomething very much:
厌恶；憎恶
He abominatescrueltyof allkinds.他痛恨一切残酷的行为。
Synonyms
abhorformal
detest
loathe
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not liking
  • abhor
  • abide
  • anti-American
  • anti-British
  • anti-Catholic
  • cup
  • cut
  • despise
  • detest
  • disdain
  • disdainful
  • disdainfully
  • mind
  • not besomeone'scup of teaidiom
  • not go much onsomethingidiom
  • not have a civil word to say aboutsomeoneidiom
  • not know whatsomeonesees insomeone/somethingidiom
  • not take kindly tosomethingidiom
  • stand
  • thing
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(Definition ofabominatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabominate

abominate
On the one hand, they idealize morality as self-governance, andabominatethe idea that some specialists should be telling us what our moral duties are.
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What has caused us to be hated and abominated throughout this area?
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An ardent motor cyclist would see it in terms of better provisions for scrambling, which a botanist wouldabominate.
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I am convinced of this, that those who have seen the most war hate andabominatewar with the deepest and sincerest feeling.
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I do not think that the remedy for the atrocities, which we all loathe andabominate, could be better put than in these words.
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We canabominatethese practices, but we at least understand them.
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The combination of the two is almost universally abominated.
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Almost all the farming communityabominatethem and will not be sorry to see them go.
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Although we allabominatethe juggernauts, the fact is that they are already with us.
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Theyabominateit because they did not vote for a referendum on the agreement.
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Eventually one has to bring people together and sit down with those whose records one abominates.
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We still hear that argument, but there was a time when an earlier generation of trade union leaders abominated the closed shop.
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I have had some experience of strikes andabominatethem very much.
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Iabominatethe sterile system of set aside.
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He said, rightly, that the working time directive, minimum wage legislation and the social chapter are all abominated by the tourism industry.
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