anathema

英 [əˈnæθəmə]

美 [əˈnæθəmə]

n.  可憎的事物; 可恶的想法

复数：anathemas　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14587 / COCA.16986

牛津词典

noun

• 可憎的事物；可恶的想法
  a thing or an idea which you hate because it is the opposite of what you believe
  1. Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me.
     对我来说，种族歧视非常可恶。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 十分讨厌的人（或事物）
  If something isanathema toyou, you strongly dislike it.
  1. Violence was anathema to them.
     他们对暴力深恶痛绝。

英英释义

noun

• a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
• a detested person
  1. he is an anathema to me
  Synonym:bete noire

双语例句

• On one side of the debate stand Internet companies and activists who want the web to "stay free" and regard attempts by broadband providers to block or degrade services or provide better access to others for a fee as anathema.
  争论的一方是互联网公司和激进分子，他们想让互联网“保持免费”，憎恨宽带供应商封锁服务或降低服务等级或提供更好的接入但要收费的做法。
• Compromise is anathema to the virulently anti-tax Tea Party wing of the Republican Party.
  共和党的茶党派系厌恶增税，他们把妥协视为诅咒。
• China's family planning practices are anathema to the abortion-obsessed religious right in the United States.
  中国的计划生育政策也受到美国反对堕胎的宗教右翼势力的强烈谴责。
• He who speaks against the truth of apostolical pardons, let him be anathema and accursed.
  他对谁讲的真理使徒的赦免，让他被诅咒和诅咒。
• They launched a fresh anathema against him.
  他们又发起了把他赶出教门的运动。
• Choice and competition are essential to robust capitalism, but anathema to a healthy regulatory relationship.
  选择与竞争对于资本主义的健全至关重要，但却是对健康监管关系的诅咒。
• For rightwing Spanish nationalists, this dilution of the indissoluble unity of Spain remains anathema.
  此举削弱了西班牙不容分割的统一性，为右翼西班牙民族主义者所深恶痛绝。
• I believe that quality is not anathema to profit.
  我相信质量不是效益的毒药。
• Racial prejudice is anathema to me.
  我对种族偏见深恶痛绝。
• Racism is absolute anathema to him.
  他最讨厌种族主义。