reprehensible
英 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]
美 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]
adj. 不道德的; 应受指责的; 应受谴责的
BNC.20896 / COCA.17850
牛津词典
adj.
- 不道德的;应受指责的;应受谴责的
morally wrong and deserving criticism
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 应受斥责的;应该谴责的
If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it isreprehensible.- Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible.
克拉默先生说反政府示威者的暴力活动应该受到谴责。 - ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.
最应该受到谴责的行为
- Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible.
英英释义
adj
- bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
- a criminal waste of talent
- a deplorable act of violence
- adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
双语例句
- Vague answers never contented him. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth ( personified as one of the deadly sins).
七宗罪之一,对财富的永不满足的渴望。 - Yourconduct/ attitude is most reprehensible.
你的行为[态度]的确应该受到批评。 - Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
通常指迫于压力而招认自己做过的应受人斥责的行为。 - I may fail to bring you to justice, and your fame may protect you from consequences for your reprehensible actions.
我可能无法将你绳之以法,你的名声可能保护你免受你应受谴责的行为的后果。 - Is it reprehensible to link global warming ( serious) and clothing ( superficial)?
把全球气候变暖(严肃的问题)和服装(肤浅的流行)联系起来是否不太合理? - Conspiring to rig interest rates is probably fraudulent; failing to report the side effects of a drug is severely reprehensible but probably not illegal; cutting corners on an oil installation is negligent; systems failure in a computer system seems like bad luck.
串通一气操纵利率或许算得上欺诈;瞒报药物的副作用理应受到严厉指责,但或许并不违法;在石油钻井安装中偷工减料算得上不负责任;计算机系统故障似乎是运气不太好。 - A criminal waste of talent; a deplorable act of violence; adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife.
才能的错误的浪费;可叹的暴力行为;丈夫通奸应与妻子同样受到谴责的。 - Theft is no less reprehensible when what is being stolen is intellectual property or academic reputation.
智慧财产权与学术声誉方面的抄袭作为,尤其将遭受各界莫大的谴责。 - My object has been to secure an amiable companion for myself, with due consideration for the advantage of all your family, and if my manner has bee at all reprehensible, I here beg leave to apologise.
我的目的就是要找一个可爱的伴侣,并且适当地考虑到府上的利益;假使我的态度方面有什么地方应该受到责备的话,就让我当面道个谦吧。 - My own views, admittedly somewhat speculative, are that they probably do not consider their actions as reprehensible.
以笔者揣想,他们大概是认为此等行为无可指摘。