reprehensible的意思

reprehensible

英式音标[,rɛprɪ'hɛnsəbl]
美式英标[,reprɪ'hensɪb(ə)l]

基本解释

adj. 应斥责的；应该谴责的

中文词源

reprehensible 应受指责的，应受谴责的

re-,向后，往回，-prehens,抓住，词源同 comprehend,prehensile.即抓回，引申词义应受指责的等。

英文词源

reprehensible: reprehensible: see reprieve
reprehensible (adj.): late 14c., from Old French reprehensible (14c.) or directly from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from reprehens-, past participle stem of Latin reprehendere (see reprehend). Related: Reprehensibly; reprehensibility.

实用例句

1. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible.: 克拉默先生说反政府示威者的暴力活动应该受到谴责。

2. The violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible.: 反政府示威者的暴力活动应该受到谴责。

3. A reprehensible notion came into his head.: 一个不安分的估计在心上滋长了.

4. She was not reprehensible in any way - just a full - blood animal glowing with a love of life.: 她是完全不应该受人非难的 -- 她只是个多血质的动物,由于热爱生活而红光焕发.

5. Was it hot in that morally reprehensible kind of way?: 是不是那种应受道德谴责的狂野?

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