If something is abhorrent to you, you hate it very much or consider it completely unacceptable.
例句
Racial discrimination is abhorrent to my council and our staff...我的顧問班子和全體工作人員都對種族歧視深惡痛絕。There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.仍有很多人對墮胎行為表示厭惡。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
令人厭惡的
I find the idea totally abhorrent.我覺得這個想法極令人反感。He spoke of the abhorrent crimes that had been committed under the regime.他說起那個政權曾犯下的種種可憎的暴行。Frighting was abhorrent to him.他討厭打架。
(be ~ of)憎惡的;討厭的
I am abhorrent of smoking.我討厭吸煙。
(be ~ to)相抵觸的;不符的
Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.這樣殘暴的懲罰是與文明社會相抵觸的。
(be ~ from)不相容的;背離的
The procedure is abhorrent from the principles of law.這程序與法律原則不相容。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. offensive to the mind;
"an abhorrent deed""the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee""morally repugnant customs""repulsive behavior""the most repulsive character in recent novels"