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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Americans cringe with disgust at such practices, partly from a sense of moral repugnance, and partly from frustration at the effectiveness of such tactics.
  美国在面对这样的令人不齿的场景时踌躇不前，一部分是因为道德观念上的顾虑，一部分也是针对这样的战术缺乏有效的应对手段。
• He fought down a feeling of repugnance.
  他抑制住了厌恶感。
• A feeling of repugnance or loathing. Mr. Lorry immediately remembered, and regarded his new visitor with an undisguised look of abhorrence.
  罗瑞先生立即想了起来，用并不掩饰的厌恶之情望了望新来的客人。
• 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。
• The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct.
  对兽肉有反感并不是由经验引起的，而是一种本能。
• 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。