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anathema

/uh-nath-uh-muh/US // əˈnæθ ə mə //UK // (əˈnæθəmə) //

深恶痛绝,憎恨,诅咒,憎恶

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·nath·e·mas.

    • : a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to him.
    • : a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.
    • : a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.
    • : any imprecation of divine punishment.
    • : a curse; execration.

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Examples

  • It’s a way to expand his repertoire without resorting to the types of inefficient attempts that were anathema to the way he played with the Rockets.

  • Authorities are working on the new codifications, which are partly aimed partly at curbing the sort of unpredictability that is anathema to business.

  • For investors who think in terms of fundamentals, what was happening with GameStop’s stock was a slap in the face — anathema to “the point” of the market.

  • The industry was complicated and highly regulated, both anathema to private equity.

  • With few exceptions, strict schedules are anathema to the development of a healthy gaming group.

  • After a few experiments I learned that I could skip those movies, and Tyler Perry was anathema in my book.

  • American politics with its razzmatazz and movie stars were an anathema.

  • In his opinion, the “path to citizenship” for immigrants, which is anathema to many conservatives, is absolutely essential.

  • The occasional yellow or red was acceptable, but the suggestion of a blue dress was met with distress, and brown was anathema.

  • Government regulations were not anathema to the market but requisite.

  • He breathed fierce and honest anathema on the heads of the bowelless fiends who had abandoned the babe to its doom.

  • Every word she breathed, every anathema she denounced, seemed urged by the quick revenge of Duke Wharton!

  • Shrieking inarticulate anathema, he rushed downstairs, the man in the green baize apron following at his heels.

  • He waited until he was old and cold to hurl anathema against the human passions.

  • The anathema of the good bishop is pitched in many keys and sounds, like the collected utterances of many throats.