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单词 abominable
释义
abominablea‧bom‧i‧na‧ble /əˈbɒmɪnəbəl, -mənə- $ əˈbɑː-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINabominable
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French, Latin abominabilis, from abominari ‘to treat as a bad omen, abominate’, from ab- ‘away’ + omen (OMEN)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • an abominable crime
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He found it hard to describe to me the abominable way in which he was treated in a prisoner of war camp.
  • Here was a man, held in high esteem by outsiders, yet his behaviour inside the home was abominable.
  • How could the kind, divinely blessed, allow this abominable act?
  • That was the last abominable shot I hit that day.
  • The facts were too bad, too bald, abominable, pitiful.
  • Whatever happened, she wouldn't let her determination waver over the rejection of the abominable Draper.
extremely unpleasant or of very bad quality SYN  terrible:  abominable crueltyabominably adverb:  Mavis behaved abominably.
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