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

• I should think it an extremely loathsome profession.
  我看那是个极其讨厌的职业。
• 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。
• I hate my own loathsome smell.
  我恨自己讨厌的味道！
• I have just escaped, by my great daring and cleverness, from a loathsome dungeon into which my enemies had flung me.
  我凭着自己过人的智慧和胆识，刚刚从暗无天日的地牢里逃出来，我坐牢是由于我的敌人加害于我。
• I can't see any of this helping much: its only effect would be to make doing your job so loathsome that you might not be sorry if you ended up losing it.
  我看不出这些建议有多大帮助：它唯一的影响将会是使你的工作如此令人讨厌，如果你最终失去工作，你或许不会感到遗憾。
• What a loathsome creature he is!
  他是个多麽讨厌的家伙！
• I think spiders are loathsome little creatures.
  我认为蜘蛛是令人反感的小动物。
• "what a loathsome existence!"
  “多无聊的生活！”
• 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。
• It took me a couple of weeks of dealing with these loathsome types before I realised something was wrong.
  我和这些本来应该让人生厌的家伙们打交道了几周才意识到有点不对劲。