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单词 detest
释义
detest
verb[Tnot continuous]
uk
/dɪˈtest/us
/dɪˈtest/
tohatesomeone or something very much:
憎恨；厌恶，讨厌
I detest anykindofcruelty.我厌恶任何形式的残暴。
[+ -ing verb]I detest havingto get up when it'sdarkoutside.我讨厌天不亮就得起床。
her detestedolderbrother她那令人讨厌的哥哥
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to hate someone or something
  • hateI hate camping.
  • detestI detest any kind of cruelty.
  • loathe"Do you like cabbage?" "No, I loathe it."
  • despiseShe despised him for the way he treated her.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not liking
  • abhor
  • abide
  • abominate
  • anti-American
  • anti-British
  • cup
  • cut
  • deplore
  • despise
  • 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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detestation
(Definition ofdetestfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

detest| American Dictionary

detest
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈtest/
tohate;dislikeextremely:
She detestedtravelinginhotweather.
(Definition ofdetestfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdetest

detest
Wedetestthe practice and feel ourselves insulted whenever a book of the trap kind is put into our hands.
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Throughout his career he detested the suffocating complacency so often found in faculty culture.
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He dealt with them as individuals, quite liking some, detesting others.
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They might be detested or mocked, but they could certainly not be ignored.
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It must have been galling to retreat so publicly, especially for a man who detested the status quo.
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The increasingly apparent linkage between confession and sedition was grist to the mill of those evangelicals who detested the traditional theology of penance.
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Conscription was a par ticularly detested and resisted practice.
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Any one of his many contributions to macroeconomics (or rather to monetary theory, for he detests the term macroeconomics) would be an extraordinary achievement.
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Different from me, who detests them.
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Among other things, he tells us, they were staunch advocates of diversity, detested sexism and racism, favored social democracy and face-to-face community relations, and spoke out against foreign military adventures.
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As such it is inevitably the language of an elite, however defined, and for this reason many impoverished peopledetestit - mainly because they do not have access to it.
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It has become clear that old-age institutions, once deeply detested by the migrant population, are now seen differently by their children and by some older immigrants.
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Idetestthe campaign of arson and anarchy that is going on at present.
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Idetestand abhor with all my soul any exploitation of the grievances of soldiers.
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Alas, many obnoxious blood sports remain in this country, but none is more detested than hare coursing.
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