abomination: suggests the arousal of loathing, disgust, and extreme displeasure: in her opinion all of modern art is an ~. （loathe表示非常不喜欢甚至愤恨to hate very much，如she loathes him她强烈厌恶他，或她恨他） （abominate憎恶谴责suggests strong detestation and often moral condemnation憎恶并谴责，如virtually every society abominates incest所有社会都憎恶谴责乱伦行为，如the judge described the attack as an abominable crime法官称那次袭击为令人发指的罪行)
anathema: suggests that something is so odious that it is dismissed or rejected out of hand: anything that was Yankee was ~ to my Southern aunt. （odious厌恶applies to that which is disagreeable or offensive令人不快不喜欢，语气较轻） dismiss可以表示解散、开除、或拒绝不考虑 又如racial prejudice/violence is (an) anathema to me对我来说，种族歧视/暴力行为让人厌恶
bugbear: suggests somthing so dreaded that one seeks continually to avoid it: the deficit became an annual congressional ~. dread表示畏惧时，强调不愿面对
(其他字典中bugbear表示让人烦恼担心的事applies to what is annoying or worrying，如inflation is the government's main bugbear通货膨胀是政府最头痛(担心)的问题，如clutter is her biggest bugbear邋遢最她最烦人的问题，如money is my biggest bugbear我最发愁的是钱)
bete noire: suggests a pet aversion that one habitually or especially avoids: his mooching brother-in-law was the ~ of his life. aversion反感讨厌想避开，语气比loathing弱 (pet最常用的意思是宠物、喜欢的，这里表示特别的极其的implies special attention or particularly strong feeling，如my pet hate is woodwork我非常讨厌木制品) （又如my real bete noire is the car boot sale最烦那些用汽车后备箱摆摊卖旧货的） mooching闲逛的，白拿白要的，如he is always mooching about/around the streets整天在街上闲逛
abomination厌恶: 指使人极为厌恶恶心反感的，anathema厌恶: 表示厌恶到直接拒绝的，bugbear烦恼: 指让人烦恼担心的人或事，bete noire厌烦: 指讨厌的人或事
记忆方法: 1）首字母aabb想成让人厌恶的事物<==厌恶
2）厌恶的意思是很不喜欢的事物mean a person or thing that arouses intense dislike.
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