【同义词辨析】 可恶repugnant-invidious
repugnant: applies to something that is so alien to one's ideas, principles, or tastes as to arouse resistance or loathing: regards boxing as a ~ sport. (alien有2个意思 1、外国外星陌生的 2、不相容抵触的,如cruelty was quite alien to him他绝无残忍之心)(loathe表示不喜欢不相容lack of harmony between one's likings or opinions and what one anticipates,如loath to believe he can be right不愿相信他会使是对的)
repellent: suggests a generally forbidding or unpleasant quality that causes one to back away: the public display of grief was ~ to her. (forbidding 1、冷峻 2、让人害怕,如a forbidding look on his face冷峻面容,the house is dark and forbidding房子很黑让人害怕。这里其实就是unpleasant不喜欢,不单独译出)
abhorrent: implies a repugnance that causes active antagonism: practices that are ~ to the American political system. (即repugnance发展到对立敌意antagonism,程度最重)
distasteful: implies a contrariness to one's tastes or inclinations: a family to whom displays of affection are ~. (contrary相反的,词组on the contrary)
obnoxious: suggests an objectionableness, often on personal grounds, too great to tolerate: the colonists found the tea tax especially ~. (objectionable反感: 不喜欢想避开)
invidious: applies to what cannot be used or performed without creating ill will, odium, or envy: the ~ task of deciding custody of the child. (odium表示不喜欢厌恶甚至憎恨the complainant has been exposed to public odium, scandal and contempt原告遭到了公众的憎恨、非议和蔑视)
repugnant厌恶: 有违原则想法品味导致抵制厌恶,程度重,repellent讨厌: 泛指不喜欢想退避,abhorrent憎恶: 厌恶到对立,程度最重,distasteful不合品味: 仅表示不符合口味爱好,程度轻,obnoxious反感: 反感难以忍受,多出于个人感觉,invidious招人怨恨: 必定招人恶意厌恶嫉妒的
记忆方法: 1) 首字母重组成ROAR吼叫和ID身份<==可恶
2) 可恶的意思是非常令人不喜欢以至激发对立厌恶mean so unlikable as to arouse antagonism or aversion.首字母重组成ROAR吼叫和ID身份<==可恶<==可恶 (aversion表示厌恶到离开,比loathe更强烈,如seems averse to anything requiring work厌恶任何需要工作的事)