detest

英 [dɪˈtest]

美 [dɪˈtest]

v.  厌恶; 憎恨; 讨厌

过去式：detested　过去分词：detested　第三人称单数：detests　现在分词：detesting　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14523 / COCA.16282

牛津词典

verb

• 厌恶；憎恨；讨厌
  to hate sb/sth very much
  1. They detested each other on sight.
     他们互相看着就不顺眼。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 厌恶;憎恶
  If youdetestsomeone or something, you dislike them very much.
  1. My mother detested him...
     我母亲对他很是厌恶。
  2. Jean detested being photographed.
     琼非常讨厌拍照。

英英释义

verb

• dislike intensely
  1. I hate Mexican food
  2. She detests politicians
  Synonym:hate

双语例句

• The workers detest his bureaucratic airs.
  工人们很讨厌他那副官僚架子。
• I know very well that you detest him and are glad to see him go.
  我知道得很清楚，你极讨厌他而且很高兴看他走。
• People detest bribery very much.
  老百姓最厌恨贿赂。
• Why should I give up everything that I've got for something that I detest.
  为什么我要放弃我所有的一切，去做我所憎恨的事情？
• I detest lies and hypocrisy.
  我既讨厌说谎又讨厌虚伪。
• You would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.
  你还要扔我在坑里，我的衣服都憎恶我。
• My mother detested him
  我母亲对他很是厌恶。
• 'I detest clutter, you know.' — 'I didn't know, but I might have guessed.'
  “我特别厌恶杂乱无章，你是知道的。”——“我可不知道，不过我早该猜到了。”
• I detest his grandma because she is a backseat river.
  我讨厌他的祖母，因为她是一个后座司机。
• "I? I detest him," replied Favourite in the same tone, seizing her fork again.
  “我，我厌恶他，”宠儿用了同样的语调回答，重又拿起她的叉子。