revulsion
revulsion 英 [rɪˈvʌlʃn] 美 [rɪˈvʌlʃən]
n. 厌恶；恶心
名词复数:revulsions
- Revulsion means an intense, violent, sometimes physical dislike of something. People feel revulsion to different things. You may feel revulsion at the thought of seeing a horror movie, but other people can't wait to be scared by the latest zombie or slasher flick.
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- n. 厌恶；恶心
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1. She felt a deep sense of revulsion at the violence.
她对这一暴行深恶痛绝。
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2. I started to feel a revulsion against their decadent lifestyle.
我对他们那颓废的生活方式开始感到厌恶。
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3. Most people viewed the bombings with revulsion.
大多数人对爆炸事件表现出惊恐不安。
- revulsion (n.) 1540s, as a medical term, from Middle French revulsion (16c.) or directly from Latin revulsionem (nominative revulsio) "a tearing off, act of pulling away," noun of action from past participle stem of revellere "to pull away," from re- "away" (see re-) + vellere "to tear, pull," from PIE *wel-no-, suffixed form of *uelh- "to strike" (see svelte). The meaning "sudden reaction of disgust" is first attested 1816.
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