repugnance
发音
英 [rɪˈpʌgnəns]
美 [rɪˈpʌɡnəns]
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- n.
- 厌恶
- 憎恶
- 抵触
- 不一致
单词词源
repugnance 厌恶,恶心
来自 repugnant,厌恶的,恶心的,-ance,名词后缀。
双语例句
- 1. The moral repugnance of the techniques seems to play no part in the calculations of their apologists .
- 对酷刑手段的道德反感,似乎不在它们的辩护者的考虑范围之内。
- 2. 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。
- 3. When we introduce new biomedical ways of manipulating our bodies , there is often an initial , gut-level repugnance .
- 每当我们采用新的生物医学方法来操控我们的身体,就经常会有一种原始、本能的抵触。
- 4. Even if the rumors about excessive radiation are proven wrong , it could be hard to change the public 's mistrust of the officials and strong repugnance against north korea 's nuclear activities .
- 即使有关放射水平上升的传言被证明并非属实,也可能很难改变公众对官员们的不信任及对朝鲜核活动的强烈反感。
- 5. Conservatives have argued that there is inherent wisdom in repugnance ; that feeling disgusted about something -- gay sex between consenting adults , for example -- is cause enough to judge it wrong or immoral , even lacking a concrete reason .
- 保守派认为厌恶情绪中包含着内在智慧,对某事物(例如成年人之间自愿的同性性行为)的厌恶感就是把它判断为错误的或不道德的充分理由,即使没有更具体的原因。