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

• Wherever her walk hath been-wherever, so miserably burdened, she may have hoped to find repose-it hath cast a lurid gleam of awe and horrible repugnance round about her.
  无论她走到哪里，无论她肩负多么悲惨的重荷，无论她可能多么巴望能得到安静的休息，这红字总向她周围发散出使人畏惧、令人深恶痛绝的幽光。
• Yeobright overcame his repugnance, for Susan had at least borne his mother no illwill.
  姚伯战胜了他的厌恶心理了，因为苏珊至少对于他母亲并没有恶意。
• 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。
• The old lady's face creased into furrows of repugnance, and she made no further reply.
  老夫人的脸上堆起了许多皱纹，表示她的厌恶，不再说别的话了。
• The woman tried to fight down a feeling of repugnance to speak to her ex-husband.
  那女人努力抑制反感来跟她前夫说话。
• The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct.
  对兽肉有反感并不是由经验引起的，而是一种本能。
• Her mind is all of a piece: there is a pre-established harmony between her constancy to the dead husband and her repugnance to the new suitor.
  她的思想始终如一：在她对已故丈夫的忠贞与对新求婚者的反感之间存在着一种预定的和谐。
• 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 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。
• 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。