reprehensible

英 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

美 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

adj.  不道德的; 应受指责的; 应受谴责的

GRE法律

BNC.20896 / COCA.17850

牛津词典

adj.

• 不道德的；应受指责的；应受谴责的
  morally wrong and deserving criticism

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 应受斥责的;应该谴责的
  If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it isreprehensible.
  1. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible.
     克拉默先生说反政府示威者的暴力活动应该受到谴责。
  2. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.
     最应该受到谴责的行为

英英释义

adj

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  1. a criminal waste of talent
  2. a deplorable act of violence
  3. adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
  Synonym:condemnablecriminaldeplorablevicious

双语例句

• My object has been to secure an amiable companion for myself, with due consideration for the advantage of all your family, and if my manner has bee at all reprehensible, I here beg leave to apologise.
  我的目的就是要找一个可爱的伴侣，并且适当地考虑到府上的利益；假使我的态度方面有什么地方应该受到责备的话，就让我当面道个谦吧。
• Besides, the effective abandonment of search-and-rescue missions by the EU is morally reprehensible.
  而且，欧盟实际上等于放弃搜救的举措在道义上应该受到谴责。
• My own views, admittedly somewhat speculative, are that they probably do not consider their actions as reprehensible.
  以笔者揣想，他们大概是认为此等行为无可指摘。
• Yourconduct/ attitude is most reprehensible.
  你的行为[态度]的确应该受到批评。
• This end, in his opinion, justified the employment of means which might easily be considered reprehensible from a purely moral point of view.
  他认为，上述目的可以证明运用那些为纯粹道德观所唾弃的手段是正当的。
• Jo leaned her chin on her knees in a disconsolate attitude and shook her fist at the reprehensible john.
  裘把脸贴在自己的膝头，一副烦躁不安的样子，对那个不可饶恕的约翰直挥拳头。
• These are serious and reprehensible offences.
  这些是严重罪行，应受谴责。
• Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
  通常指迫于压力而招认自己做过的应受人斥责的行为。
• Eating it, Ms Eilperin suggests, is even more reprehensible than eating other morally objectionable foods such as delicious foie gras, because there is "no gastronomic pay-off".
  艾尔佩林认为，比起那些有争议的食物（如鹅肝酱），吃鱼翅更罪过，因为这简直不是人吃的东西。
• NFL quarterback Michael Vick faces12to18months in jail and the ruin of his brilliant career with the Atlanta falcons& for killing six or eight pit bulls and running a dogfighting operation in virginia. "barbaric". "reprehensible". "odious".
  美国国家足球联盟的四分卫迈克尔。维克由于在弗吉尼亚杀死了6至8头比特犬以及经营斗狗，正在面临12至18个月的监禁，他在“亚特兰大猎鹰”的辉煌事业也会随之葬送。