Execration
[,eksi'kreiʃәn]
解释:
(noun.) the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated.
(noun.) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group.
整理:桑娅--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
(n.) That which is execrated; a detested thing.
班森编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil.[2]. Detestation, abhorrence, abomination, horror, hateful thing.
手打:谢莉
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Curse, imprecation, denunciation, anathema, detestation, malediction
ANT:[See BENEDICTION]
整理:马库斯
例句:
- The Count made a clutch at his pistol, and muttered an execration, but, thinking better of it, recovered his temper, and burst out laughing. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- De Bracy bowed low and in silence, and was about to withdraw, when the yeomen burst at once into a shout of execration and derision. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In a moment she relapsed into the delirium of fanaticism, and, but that her gentle nature forbade, would have loaded me with execrations. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- It was not Sambo, however, but Legree, who was pursuing them with violent execrations. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The tears flowed with every rake, and so did the fervent execrations. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
整理:罗德尼