| 单词 | detestable |
| 释义 | detestable adjective formaluk/dɪˈtes.tə.bəl/us/dɪˈtes.tə.bəl/used to refer topeopleor things that youhatevery much: 可憎的，可恶的，令人厌恶的a detestablecoward可恶的胆小鬼 Synonyms abhorrentformal execrableformal odiousformal repugnantformal Serious and unpleasant
Examplesofdetestabledetestable Should he persist, he becomes the cause of scandal, and his reputation soon becomesdetestable. From theCambridge English Corpus They pronounce excessively severe penalties, commit the mostdetestableacts of barbarity, and cover everything up with lies. From theCambridge English Corpus It is adetestableand indefensible creed and the sooner it is swept away the better. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is impossible to exaggerate the harm which has been done to some of our most beautiful countryside through this reallydetestableribbon development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing is moredetestableand reprehensible than the use of common informers for a reward to prosecute religious observances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This isdetestableat a time when we live in a world which is precariously balanced between annihilation and peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And they are using thatdetestablekind of force which our people deeply resented when it was used against this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a system which, to my mind, is completelydetestableto our way of life and system of thought. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have always seemed to me, from the very first,detestablehooliganism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Another item of expenditure is thedetestableprin- ciple of giving a percentage on cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The newly appointed judge soon discovers that the most difficult anddetestableof his tasks is that of deciding the matter of sentencing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It must undermine both the burden and the standard of proof required before one has conviction of an absolutelydetestablecrime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By our national standards political assassination is alwaysdetestableand always wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that is adetestablemethod of assisting anybody. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I prefer to think that we are not, after all, so utterlydetestablein the eyes of every other nation in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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