abhorrent
adjective /əbˈhɒrənt/
/əbˈhɔːrənt/
(formal)- abhorrent (to somebody) causing a strong feeling of hate, especially for moral reasons
（尤指因道德原因）令人憎恨的，令人厌恶的，令人憎恶的 - Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society.
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
- I find the idea totally abhorrent.
我觉得这个想法极令人反感。 - Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.
这样残暴的惩罚会在文明社会引起反感。 - To the local people, this was an abhorrent idea.
对当地人来说，这是一个令人憎恶的想法。
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词源late 16th cent.: from Latin abhorrent- ‘shuddering away from in horror’, from the verb abhorrere, from ab- ‘away from’ + horrere ‘to shudder’. - Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society.