detest
英 [d?'test]
美[d?'t?st]
- vt. 厭惡；憎恨
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?detests;過(guò)去式:?detested;過(guò)去分詞:?detested;現(xiàn)在分詞:?detesting;名詞:?detestation;
助記提示
detest-.(de-弟弟討厭?test)---厭惡,?憎恨
中文詞源
detest 憎惡
de-, 向下，強(qiáng)調(diào)。-test, 見(jiàn)證，詞源同attest, contest.即詛咒，召喚上帝來(lái)見(jiàn)證不共戴天的仇恨，極端憎惡，原詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- detest
- detest: [16] Latin dētestārī, source of detest, meant ‘denounce’. It was a compound verb formed from the pejorative prefix dē- and testārī ‘bear witness’. This in turn was a derivative of testis ‘witness’, source of English testify, testimony, and testicle. It retained its original sense of ‘cursing’ or ‘execration’ when first borrowed into English, but by the 18th century this had weakened from open denunciation to internal ‘loathing’.
=> testicle, testify, testimony - detest (v.)
- early 15c., "to curse, to call God to witness and abhor," from Middle French détester, from Latin detestari "to curse, execrate, abominate, express abhorrence for," literally "denounce with one's testimony," from de- "from, down" (see de-) + testari "be a witness," from testis "witness" (see testament). Related: Detested; detesting.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I detest smutty books.
- 我對(duì)淫穢書刊痛恨之極。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I detest people who tell lies.
- 我恨說(shuō)謊的人.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. "I detest clutter, you know." — "I didn't know, but I might have guessed."
- “我特別厭惡雜亂無(wú)章，你是知道的。”——“我可不知道，不過(guò)我早該猜到了。”
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. I detest cheese; I can't eat it.
- 我討厭奶酪, 我不愛(ài)吃.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. We detest his constantly lying.
- 我們討厭他一再說(shuō)謊.
來(lái)自辭典例句