anathema

英 [ə'næθəmə] 美 [ə'næθəmə]

• n. 咒逐；革出教门；被咒逐的人(物)；令人极其讨厌的事

英英释义

Noun:

1. a detested person;

   "he is an anathema to me"
   

2. a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They launched a fresh anathema against him.
   他们又发起了把他赶出教门的运动。
2. Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me.
   我对种族偏见深恶痛绝。
3. Government-run health care is still anathema to many Americans.
   很大一部分美国人仍旧对政府经营的卫生保健不存好感。

经典引文

• He would wish to be an Anathema from Christ, for the Salvation of his Brethren.

  出自： Bacon

• Let them go! They are as much anathema to me as I, no doubt, am to them.

  出自： J. Galsworthy

近反义词

【近义词】

• curse 诅咒
• abhorrence 可憎恶的人（或事）...
• abomination 憎恨
• loathing 厌恶
• denunciation 谴责
• censure 责难
• bete noire 为人所讨厌的人或物...