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单词 despicable
释义
despicable
adjective
uk
/dɪˈspɪk.ə.bəl/us
/dɪˈspɪk.ə.bəl/
veryunpleasantorbad,causingstrongfeelingsofdislike:
令人厌恶的，可憎的
despicablebehaviour令人厌恶的行为
He's a despicablehumanbeing!他是个令人厌恶的人！
Itwas despicableofhertolieabout herfriend.她就朋友的事说谎实在可憎。
Synonyms
abominable
contemptible
execrableformal
odiousformal
vile
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
  • abominable
  • abominably
  • abysmal
  • abysmally
  • apocalyptic
  • fraught
  • frightful
  • from hellidiom
  • fun
  • ghastliness
  • nightmarish
  • nightmarishly
  • noisome
  • not be all fun and gamesidiom
  • objectionable
  • vile
  • woeful
  • woefully
  • wretchedly
  • yucky
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despicably
(Definition ofdespicablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

despicable| American Dictionary

despicable
adjective
us
/ˈdes·pɪ·kə·bəl,dɪˈspɪk·ə-/
deservingto behatedorstronglycriticized:
It was a despicableefforttoblackmailvoters.
(Definition ofdespicablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdespicable

despicable
The journalist's negative evaluation of the two men is made explicit through a description of their behavior: chau-taai bat-lou 'theirdespicablemanner was utterly exposed'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Often toleration is morally admirable, but sometimes it is indeed morally undesirable, even morallydespicable!
From theCambridge English Corpus
That was adespicableattempt either at being humorous—if so, it was singularly unfunny—or at being serious.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Very often, we have taken the trouble to read the most jaundiced kind ofdespicabledocuments that one could ever see.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Violence of this kind isdespicableand inhuman and therefore also unmanly.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Nowhere to be seen for these two countries, both of which have a long and franklydespicablerecord.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The vandalism of any place of worship, particularly when this stems from racial/religious hatred, is adespicablecrime.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Explain the reasons for this sort of attitude, this beastly, cruel anddespicableattitude.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is a mean, contemptible anddespicableattempt to make the lot of our working people worse than it would be in normal circumstances.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a gross anddespicableviolation of the civil liberties of the individuals concerned.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In my view, to blame officials isdespicable, to claim ignorance is culpable and to deny responsibility is intolerable.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This has led to religious wars and to the committing ofdespicablecrimes against human beings in the name of religion.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Simply voting against thisdespicablereport does not suffice.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The only reason we are not voting against this text is that we refuse to be associated with the extreme right and theirdespicableranting.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
More importantly, however, we must make firm proposals that seek to put an end to thesedespicableacts.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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