heinous

英 [ˈheɪnəs]

美 [ˈheɪnəs]

adj.  极恶毒的; 道德败坏的

GRETEM8

BNC.22012 / COCA.15184

牛津词典

adj.

• 极恶毒的；道德败坏的
  morally very bad
  1. a heinous crime
     十恶不赦的罪行

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 十恶不赦的;令人发指的
  If you describe something such as a crime asheinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible.
  1. Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime...
     他犯下的滔天罪行给她的生活蒙上了永久的阴影。
  2. They are capable of the most heinous acts.
     他们能做出最邪恶的事情。

英英释义

adj

• extremely wicked, deeply criminal
  1. a flagitious crime
  2. heinous accusations
  Synonym:flagitious

双语例句

• Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten.
  希特勒的滔天罪行人们永远也不会忘记。
• They are capable of the most heinous acts.
  他们能做出最邪恶的事情。
• The alleged crimes are heinous, evidence of an organisation without anything much resembling a moral compass.
  指控中所涉的罪行极其恶劣，证明了这是一个毫无道德准则可言的组织。
• His brother is a heinous boy.
  他弟弟是个讨厌的孩子。
• US president Barack Obama called it heinous and said terrorists have once again shown their depravity by targeting students and teachers.
  美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马（BarackObama）称这次袭击极其凶残，并表示通过把学生和教师当作袭击目标，恐怖分子再次显示了他们的堕落本质。
• What about the bomb and the misery and humanity's most heinous crime?
  怎么不是炸弹，灾难和人类最可耻的犯罪呢？
• The confessions written by all the war criminals and the detailed trial records contained in the archive files are irrefutable evidence of the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese militarist aggressors against the Chinese people.
  档案卷宗内各个战犯自己的书面笔供以及详细的审讯笔录等材料，是日本军国主义侵略者对中国人民所犯滔天罪行的铁证。
• The idea that any country may take action against pirates is the precursor to the idea of "universal jurisdiction" used to prosecute heinous crimes such as genocide.
  任何国家都有权采取行动对抗海盗的理念也是“普遍管辖权”的前身（这种权利被用来起诉一些极恶的罪行，如种族灭绝）；
• I was almost just killed by your heinous furniture.
  我差点被你那可恶的家具杀死。
• It was disturbing to think that a heinous murder is still at large in my home city.
  想到自己居住的城市里有一个罪大恶极的杀人凶手继续逍遥法外，令人不寒而栗。