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disgusting2 adjective smell/taste disgusting 气味难闻；味道难吃a disgusting thing to say 说出来让人气愤的事disgusting ♦︎ distasteful ♦︎ sickening ♦︎ hateful ♦︎ repugnant ♦︎ abominableThese words all describe sth that you think is unacceptable and shocking. 这些词均表示某事不堪的、令人震惊的。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达令人震惊的程度| disgusting | ➔ | sickening | ➔ | hateful | | distasteful | | | | repugnant | | | | | abominable |
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆disgusting / distasteful / hateful / repugnant / abominable to sb◆disgusting / distasteful / sickening / hateful / repugnant / abominable that...◆a disgusting / an abominable practice◆a sickening / an abominable crime◆to find sth disgusting / distasteful / repugnant◆absolutely / quite disgusting / sickening / hateful / repugnant■ disgusting (rather informal, especially spoken) shocking and unacceptable, especially for moral reasons （尤指因道德原因）令人气愤的，不能接受的◆I think it's disgusting that they're closing the hospital.他们要关闭这家医院，我认为这事让人无法接受。◆That's a disgusting thing to say.那件事说出来会让人气愤。ⓘ Disgusting is commonly used in spoken English to describe things you disapprove of for moral reasons, but they are usually not such absolutely evil things as some of the other words describe. * disgusting常用在口语中，指某事由于道德原因而让人不赞成，但通常又不是如其他词所形容的绝对邪恶的事情◆a cruel and disgusting regime which tortures its opponents see also disgust ⇨ shock verb ▸ disgust noun [uncountable] ◆Much to my disgust they refused to help.他们不肯帮忙，令我感到很气愤。◆He walked away in disgust.他厌恶地走开了。■ distasteful (rather formal) unpleasant, especially because it deals with subjects such as death, sex or crime in a shocking or offensive way 让人反感的，令人不舒服的（尤指涉及死亡、性或犯罪等方面）◆Parts of this story may be distasteful, even shocking.这个故事中有些内容可能让人反感，甚至骇人听闻。◆Some viewers might find the pictures distasteful.有些观众可能会觉得这些照片令人不舒服。▸ distaste noun [uncountable, singular] ◆He looked around the filthy room in distaste.他厌恶地环顾了一下那个肮脏的房间。◆She felt a distaste for anything to do with bodily functions.她觉得与身体机能有关的任何事情都让她反感。■ sickening extremely shocking, especially because it involves sb being physically hurt 令人震惊的，让人揪心的（尤指涉及肉体伤害）◆She was the victim of a sickening attack.她是一次令人发指的袭击事件的受害者。◆His head hit the ground with a sickening thud.他的头撞在了地上，那声闷响让人揪心。ⓘ Sickening is often used to describe a sound that makes you think sb has been hurt or sth has been badly damaged. * sickening常用于描述让人联想到有人受伤或某物被严重毁坏的声响。■ hateful (rather formal) extremely unpleasant or cruel, or morally unacceptable 可恶的；残酷的；令人厌恶的◆I tried to ignore her hateful words.我尽量不理会她那些令人讨厌的话。◆The idea of fighting their own people was hateful to them.一想到要同自己人交战，他们就十分难受。■ repugnant / /rɪˈpʌgnənt/ / (formal) completely unacceptable, especially because it goes against your beliefs about what is morally right 令人厌恶的；使人极度反感的◆We found his suggestion quite repugnant.我们觉得他的建议让人很反感。◆The idea of eating meat was repugnant to her.一想到吃肉她就恶心。NOTE 辨析 Hateful or repugnant? Hateful usually describes ideas that most people would find unacceptable. Repugnant can also describe ideas that are unacceptable to a particular person, but not to some other people. * hateful通常描述大多数人都讨厌的想法；repugnant还可以描述某人所不能接受的想法，但别人可能并不觉得讨厌◆We found his suggestion quite repugnant.我们觉得他的建议让人很反感。◆We found his suggestion quite hateful. ■ abominable / /əˈbɒmɪnəbl/ / (rather formal) extremely cruel and shocking 使人憎恶的；令人发指的◆The judge described the attack as an abominable crime.法官称这次袭击是令人发指的罪行。ⓘ Abominable is sometimes used in slightly more informal language in an exaggerated way, to describe behaviour that is not physically cruel but shows no thought for other people's feelings or wishes. * abominable有时以夸张的形式用于不太正式的语境，描述那些本身并不残忍但却不顾及他人感情和意愿的行为◆I think you are utterly selfish and your behaviour has been abominable.我觉得你特别自私，而你的行为也十分可恶。 |