Imprecation
[ɪmprɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪmprɪ'keʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); 'he suffered the imprecations of the mob'.
(noun.) a slanderous accusation.
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解释:
(n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Invocation (of evil).[2]. Curse, malediction, execration, denunciation, anathema.
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例句:
- Your master, said her husband, muttering an imprecation with slow emphasis, will break your neck if you meddle with wot don't concern you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- As weak as water,' replied Mr. Sikes, with an imprecation on his eyes and limbs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- While the reddleman was grasping the stakes Wildeve seized the dice and hurled them, box and all, into the darkness, uttering a fearful imprecation. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- He gnashed his teeth with rage, tore the hair from his head, and assailed with horrid imprecations the men who had been intrusted with the writ. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The last I saw of him, his head was bent over his knee and he was working hard at his fetter, muttering impatient imprecations at it and at his leg. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- The Indians had by this time discovered that I was alone and I was pursued with imprecations, arrows, and rifle balls. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
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