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

• 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。
• Finally, he didn't have to use that loathsome disguise anymore.
  他终于能停止使用那令人生厌的伪装了。
• In all her miserable experience, there was nothing else so awful and so loathsome as this sense.
  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。
• 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。
• Isn't it loathsome! Isn't it petty!
  这是多么荒谬！这是多么无聊！
• 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。
• 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。
• You! You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!
  你！你这肮脏、讨厌、邪恶的小蟑螂！
• 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。