| 单词 | odious |
| 释义 | odious adjective formaluk/ˈəʊ.di.əs/us/ˈoʊ.di.əs/extremelyunpleasantandcausingordeservinghate: 讨厌的；可恶的，可憎的an odiouscrime可憎的罪行 an odious little man可恶透顶的小个子男人 Synonyms abominable detestableformal execrableformal Serious and unpleasant
odious| American Dictionaryodious adjective us/ˈoʊ·di·əs/extremelyunpleasant;causinganddeservinghate: an odiousperson/task Examplesofodiousodious In reviews,odiouscomparisons are sometimes drawn between the book under review and others whose worth is known. From theCambridge English Corpus Each of them is critical of the tendency of law to skew history or legitimiseodiousstructures of authority. From theCambridge English Corpus One of the mostodiousconsequences has been a decrease in the time available for teaching and mentoring students and residents. From theCambridge English Corpus They had to see that what seemed self-evidently glorious and right to them might be morallyodiousto others. From theCambridge English Corpus This belief, however, commits one to accept a morallyodioustransference of sins and flaws from parents to children and further descendants. From theCambridge English Corpus First, it is morallyodiousfor children to be expected to carry their parents' debts or sins, since children had no role in acquiring such debts and sins. From theCambridge English Corpus As the emerging discourse on 'odiousdebt ' suggests, the incentives of both the borrower and the lender need to change if this development problem is going to be solved. From theCambridge English Corpus If the argument and strife are brought to a person's home, it is ratherodious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We now know that it was a question of dealing not merely with a powerful military enemy, but with a vile andodiousrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Not merely is it sociallyodious, but it is economically injurious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that while comparisons areodious—as they say in the report—one has to compare permanent secretaries' salaries with something. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why is the same attitude not taken to theodioustoads who own this company? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Comparisons are alwaysodious, but everybody must recognise that to be blind is a most terrible calamity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those comparisons are grotesque,odiousand totally irrelevant, but they reveal the bankruptcy of those who try to defend their arrogant defiance of world opinion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One especiallyodiousaspect of what we have been discussing this morning is the commercial exploitation by third parties of this activity. 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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