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
- His conduct was thoroughly reprehensible.
他的行为完全应该受到谴责。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Of course there are things that we find tragic and reprehensible about the Chinese system.
虽然我们会找到一些关于中国体制方面悲惨和应受谴责的事件。 - This end, in his opinion, justified the employment of means which might easily be considered reprehensible from a purely moral point of view.
他认为,上述目的可以证明运用那些为纯粹道德观所唾弃的手段是正当的。 - 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。 - Besides, the effective abandonment of search-and-rescue missions by the EU is morally reprehensible.
而且,欧盟实际上等于放弃搜救的举措在道义上应该受到谴责。 - Admittedly, it treats the symptoms, not the source, but at least it acknowledges the problem. Is it reprehensible to link global warming ( serious) and clothing ( superficial)?
诚然,这是治标不治本的方法,但至少,这能够改变当今的风气。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? - It was reprehensible of him to be so disloyal.
他如此不忠,应受谴责。