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execration

/ek-si-krey-shuhn/US // ˌɛk sɪˈkreɪ ʃən //

驱逐,驱逐出境,祛除,祛病疗伤

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of execrating.
    • : a curse or imprecation: The execrations of the prophet terrified the sinful multitude.
    • : the object execrated; a thing held in abomination.

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Examples

  • Madoff looked strangely content in the back of the car as he was driven away to a future of unremitting execration.

  • Many of the Girondists in the Assembly gave vehement but unavailing utterance to their execration of the massacres.

  • A howl of execration burst forth, but it was stayed by the entrance of two people from the private portion of the palace.

  • A violent reaction took place on the accession of Decius, whose name became an object of execration to mankind.

  • The Greek word has become blended with the Hebrew phrase, and the compound used as a formula of execration.

  • In a succession of libels Spencer Cowper was held up to the execration of the public.