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词组短语
abominable snowman喜马拉雅雪人；雪人；
单词辨析
adj.(形容词)abominable，abhorrent，detestable，hateful这几个词都含有“可嫌，可憎，可恨”的意思，其区别在于hateful指能引起憎恨；abhorrent指因粗暴践踏人们的正义感、诚实感而可嫌、可憎、可恨；detestable表示为人所轻蔑；abominable则指令人十分讨厌，以致达到可咒的程度。例如The sight of food was hateful to the seasick girl.那晕船的女孩一看见食物就感到厌恶。The killing of animals for food is abhorrent to some people.有些人对宰杀动物以供食用感到憎恶。It is detestable to gamble.赌博很可憎。hateful crime可憎的罪恶Murder is a hateful thing.凶杀是一件可憎的事。Anything savouring of Christianity is abominable to him.一切有基督教气味的东西都是他所痛恶的。He showed abominable cruelty.他表现出令人憎恨的残忍。That is simply an abominable lie.这只是一种可恶的谎言罢了。
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