| 词汇 | heinous |
| 释义 | heinous adjective formaluk /ˈheɪ.nəs/ us /ˈheɪ.nəs/ very bad and shocking: 极其恶劣的，令人震惊的 a heinous crime令人发指的罪行 Morally wrong and evil abhorrent abhorrently amoral amorality anomie dissipated dissolute dissolutely dissoluteness enormity nefariously nefariousness no goodidiom no more Mr Nice Guyidiom non-ethical tawdry trespass turpitude unconscionable unconscionably You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Legal & illegal heinous | American Dictionaryheinous adjective us/ˈheɪ·nəs/ (esp. of a crime) extremely bad or evil: heinous murders Examples of heinousheinous These include a proto-global consensus with respect to some particularly heinous criminal acts and with respect to some inalienable individual rights. The payment of huge rewards for the conviction of highwaymen and other heinous criminals is a case in point. A "disqualifoul" is a foul that is so heinous the player is sent off the field, "disqualified from playing any more". Large rewards were offered for heinous offenders. Nonetheless, in modern, as opposed to classical, democracies, people no longer believe that heinous crimes justify stripping their perpetrators of their citizenship, or forcing them into exile. Scarcely less heinous were the clients of cunning men and women : to resort to them was idolatrous, superstitious, and tantamount to making a tacit pact with the archfiend. She then uses associations with gestation and motherhood (762) to augment the sense of her right to grieve and assert the heinous and unnatural nature of the crime. He had been found guilty of what was regarded as terribly heinous offences involving sedition and a degree of obscenity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I respectfully agree with him that this is not a particularly heinous example. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be just for so heinous a crime, it might be justice, but would it be merciful? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All morning, we have been told about individuals who have committed the most ghastly and heinous acts and are a threat to society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe it is the most devious and heinous threat that faces the world and especially the world economies. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That seems to me just as heinous a case as the woman in the family circle that we are discussing this afternoon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is claimed that they are all heinous crimes, carrying the same moral culpability and therefore requiring the same mandatory sentence—life imprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had pleaded guilty to the heinous crime of saving and replanting seeds—in this case, soya beans. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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