loathsome

英 [ˈləʊðsəm]

美 [ˈloʊðsəm]

adj.  极不愉快的; 令人厌恶的; 讨厌的

最高级：loathsomest　

TOEFL

BNC.21183 / COCA.22172

牛津词典

adj.

• 极不愉快的；令人厌恶的；讨厌的
  extremely unpleasant; disgusting

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人憎恶的；让人恶心的；讨厌的
  If you describe someone or something asloathsome, you are indicating how much you dislike them or how much they disgust you.
  1. ...the loathsome spectacle we were obliged to witness.
     我们不得不目睹的令人恶心的场面。

英英释义

adj

• highly offensive
  1. a disgusting smell
  2. distasteful language
  3. a loathsome disease
  4. the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
  5. revolting food
  6. a wicked stench
  Synonym:disgustingdisgustfuldistastefulfoulloathlyrepellentrepellantrepellingrevoltingskankywickedyucky
• causing or able to cause nausea
  1. a nauseating smell
  2. nauseous offal
  3. a sickening stench
  Synonym:nauseatingnauseousnoisomequeasyoffensivesickeningvile

双语例句

• Bringing the loathsome Saddam Hussein to justice should have been a propaganda victory for the United States.
  将臭名昭著的萨达姆·侯赛因正法，本应是美国一次宣传上的胜利。
• Or, must she receive those intimations-so obscure, yet so distinct-as truth? In all her miserable experience, there was nothing else so awful and so loathsome as this sense.
  或许，她应该把那些如此含糊又如此明晰的暗示当作真理来接受吧？在她所有的不幸遭遇中，再没有比这种感受更使她难堪和厌恶的了。
• For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
  我满腰是火。我的肉无一完全。
• We have not tried it because it is very, very fearful, loathsome: because when you see your bones, blood, veins, you become afraid.
  我们不曾试过因为那很可怕，令人讨厌：因为当你看到自己的骨头、血液、血管时你会很害怕。
• Time has helped me understand him better. I finally realized his remark that I am "some loathsome vermin fit only for extermination" was said more out of compassion than anger.
  岁月流逝，让我能够更好地理解他，我终于明白他说我是“一种讨人厌的害虫，只应当被消灭”时，与其说是出于生气，倒不如说是出于同情。
• Sin is a loathsome and hateful thing, and no renewed heart can patiently endure it.
  罪是肮脏污秽的事，一个重生得救的人是无法忍受它。
• Isn't it loathsome! Isn't it petty!
  这是多么荒谬！这是多么无聊！
• A few weeks later, as I sat in another class taking notes with the Loathsome Pen of Doom, something happened.
  几周后，当我在另外一门课上用我那“作呕的末日钢笔”做笔记时，发生了一个情况。
• What I hate about you most is the loathsome way you use other people.
  我最恨你的是你利用别人的可恶方式。
• I hate my own loathsome smell.
  我恨自己讨厌的味道！