anathema
noun /əˈnæθəmə/
/əˈnæθəmə/
[uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal)- a thing or an idea that you hate because it is the opposite of what you believe
可憎的事物;可恶的想法 - Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me.
对我来说,种族歧视非常可恶。
词源early 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin, ‘excommunicated person, excommunication’, from Greek anathema ‘thing dedicated’, (later) ‘thing devoted to evil, accursed thing’, from anatithenai ‘to set up’. - Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me.