repugnance

英 [rɪˈpʌɡnəns]

美 [rɪˈpʌɡnəns]

n.  嫌恶; 恶心; 强烈的反感

GRE法律

BNC.34791 / COCA.31519

牛津词典

noun

• 嫌恶；恶心；强烈的反感
  a strong feeling of dislike or disgust about sth
  1. She was trying to overcome her physical repugnance for him.
     她努力克制对他非常强烈的反感。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 让人反感的;令人厌恶的
  If you think that something is horrible and disgusting, you can say that it isrepugnant.
  1. The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects...
     昆虫很讨厌皮肤内维生素的气味。
  2. The Committee said his actions were improper and repugnant.
     委员会称他行为失当，令人反感。

英英释义

noun

• intense aversion
  Synonym:repulsionrevulsionhorror
• the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
  Synonym:incompatibilitymutual exclusivenessinconsistency

双语例句

• A feeling of repugnance or loathing. Mr. Lorry immediately remembered, and regarded his new visitor with an undisguised look of abhorrence.
  罗瑞先生立即想了起来，用并不掩饰的厌恶之情望了望新来的客人。
• Then there's the option of basing our judgments on what conservative bioethicist Leon Kass once called the wisdom of repugnance& that is, on our commonsense moral intuitions.
  然后，出现了一种选择，让我们的判断基于保守派生物伦理学家LeonKass一度所说的厌恶的智慧&就是说，基于我们的常识中的道德直觉。
• It is nice of you to want to see me, and my repugnance to it was, perhaps, unnatural.
  你要见我，是你一片好心，而我对此反感也许是不合人情的。
• Americans cringe with disgust at such practices, partly from a sense of moral repugnance, and partly from frustration at the effectiveness of such tactics.
  美国在面对这样的令人不齿的场景时踌躇不前，一部分是因为道德观念上的顾虑，一部分也是针对这样的战术缺乏有效的应对手段。
• She has a deep repugnance to the idea of accepting charity.
  她认为接受救济的想法是要不得的。
• The appearance of dread, tension, worry, fidgeting and repugnance may be seen on students 'faces if they do not understand or speak out, and these ways can not be understood by teachers.
  尤其在领会和表达方面，如果他们听不懂说不出，老师又不理解，学生就会无形中表现出恐惧、紧张、烦躁和抵触心理。
• He screwed up his face in an expression of utter repugnance.
  他皱起眉头显出一副极其厌恶的表情。
• Pierre coming out of the study looked with repugnance and compassion at the half-insane old man.
  皮埃尔也走到走廊里来，怜悯和厌烦地看着这个半疯半醒的老人。
• He fought down a feeling of repugnance.
  他抑制住了厌恶感。
• Some invincible repugnance to speak of such things to the strange foreign woman had checked the words on his lips.
  要向那位陌生的外籍女子讲这种事，有一种无法克服的反感使他没有说出到了嘴边的话。