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

• 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。
• 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。
• She has a deep repugnance to the idea of accepting charity.
  她认为接受救济的想法是要不得的。
• The appearance of dread, tension, worry, fidgeting and repugnance may be seen on students 'faces if they do not understand or speak out, and these ways can not be understood by teachers.
  尤其在领会和表达方面，如果他们听不懂说不出，老师又不理解，学生就会无形中表现出恐惧、紧张、烦躁和抵触心理。
• 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。
• 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。
• She had a repugnance to the person with whom she spoke.
  她看不惯这个和她谈话的人。
• At that distance they accordingly stood, fixed there by the centrifugal force of the repugnance which the mystic symbol inspired.
  他们就这样站在那个距离处，被那神秘的符号所激起的反感离心力钉住了。
• 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。
• Then there's the option of basing our judgments on what conservative bioethicist Leon Kass once called the wisdom of repugnance& that is, on our commonsense moral intuitions.
  然后，出现了一种选择，让我们的判断基于保守派生物伦理学家LeonKass一度所说的厌恶的智慧&就是说，基于我们的常识中的道德直觉。