| 词汇 | anathema |
| 释义 | anathema noun[ Cusually singular, U ] uk /əˈnæθ.ə.mə/ us /əˈnæθ.ə.mə/ something that is strongly disliked or disapproved of: 令人讨厌的事物 Credit controls are anathema to the government.信贷控制令政府极为反感。 For older employees, the new system is an anathema.对于年纪较大的职员来说，新制度就是眼中钉，肉中刺。 Feelings of dislike and hatred abhorrence abomination animosity animus anti-Catholicism distaste distaste for someone/something distastefully enmity execrate misandrist misandry misanthrope misanthropy misogynist self-hating self-hatred self-loathing sore point technophobe anathema | American Dictionaryanathema noun[ U ] us/əˈnæθ·ə·mə/ something that is considered completely wrong and offensive: The idea of higher taxes is anathema to most conservatives. Examples of anathemaanathema Any attempt to conceal states within the laws would introduce an element of teleology into physics, which is considered anathema by most scientists. Segregation in age-specific communities (hostels and nursing homes) and in age-specific organisations is seen as anathema to such integration. Officers who wished to leave the southern social order undisturbed were anathema because they placed the nation, not just the party, at risk. The resultant individualism spawned by the new economy is considered by these countries to be an anathema. They regard their failure to discharge those obligations as anathema. Doctors, who are committed to equal concern about each of their patients, resist social discrimination as anathema to the profession. This music has a rage that might be thought anathema to the composer. The party elite regarded this new populist style and the consequent political awakening of the urban working class as anathema. The key difference is that the ad hoc approach considers regional interdependence and the creation of regional institutions that would formalise cooperation/integration, as anathema. On one reading it might appear democratic anathema to expect anything else. Collusion with labour is particularly anathema to the liberal perspective. The concept of the general, the universal, the common to all become anathema. This ironically results in contributors making 'political' statements that would be anathema in their primary professional paradigm as grammarians or lexicographers. However, the temptation to reject the critical approach as anathema to ' problem solving ' should be avoided. She found her present word-finding problems anathema, and they led her to be less and less willing to speak. 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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