reprehensible

英 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

美 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

adj.  不道德的; 应受指责的; 应受谴责的

GRE法律

BNC.20896 / COCA.17850

牛津词典

adj.

• 不道德的；应受指责的；应受谴责的
  morally wrong and deserving criticism

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 应受斥责的;应该谴责的
  If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it isreprehensible.
  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. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.
     最应该受到谴责的行为

英英释义

adj

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  1. a criminal waste of talent
  2. a deplorable act of violence
  3. adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
  Synonym:condemnablecriminaldeplorablevicious

双语例句

• It was reprehensible of him to be so disloyal.
  他如此不忠，应受谴责。
• I may fail to bring you to justice, and your fame may protect you from consequences for your reprehensible actions.
  我可能无法将你绳之以法，你的名声可能保护你免受你应受谴责的行为的后果。
• 'It is truly reprehensible for him to speak like this, especially so soon after Paris.'
  他这么说话确实应该受到谴责，尤其是在巴黎的恐怖袭击刚刚结束之后。
• Conspiring to rig interest rates is probably fraudulent; failing to report the side effects of a drug is severely reprehensible but probably not illegal; cutting corners on an oil installation is negligent; systems failure in a computer system seems like bad luck.
  串通一气操纵利率或许算得上欺诈；瞒报药物的副作用理应受到严厉指责，但或许并不违法；在石油钻井安装中偷工减料算得上不负责任；计算机系统故障似乎是运气不太好。
• Vague answers never contented him. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth ( personified as one of the deadly sins).
  七宗罪之一，对财富的永不满足的渴望。
• Jo leaned her chin on her knees in a disconsolate attitude and shook her fist at the reprehensible john.
  裘把脸贴在自己的膝头，一副烦躁不安的样子，对那个不可饶恕的约翰直挥拳头。
• My object has been to secure an amiable companion for myself, with due consideration for the advantage of all your family, and if my manner has bee at all reprehensible, I here beg leave to apologise.
  我的目的就是要找一个可爱的伴侣，并且适当地考虑到府上的利益；假使我的态度方面有什么地方应该受到责备的话，就让我当面道个谦吧。
• NFL quarterback Michael Vick faces12to18months in jail and the ruin of his brilliant career with the Atlanta falcons& for killing six or eight pit bulls and running a dogfighting operation in virginia. "barbaric". "reprehensible". "odious".
  美国国家足球联盟的四分卫迈克尔。维克由于在弗吉尼亚杀死了6至8头比特犬以及经营斗狗，正在面临12至18个月的监禁，他在“亚特兰大猎鹰”的辉煌事业也会随之葬送。
• Eating it, Ms Eilperin suggests, is even more reprehensible than eating other morally objectionable foods such as delicious foie gras, because there is "no gastronomic pay-off".
  艾尔佩林认为，比起那些有争议的食物（如鹅肝酱），吃鱼翅更罪过，因为这简直不是人吃的东西。
• Admittedly, it treats the symptoms, not the source, but at least it acknowledges the problem. Is it reprehensible to link global warming ( serious) and clothing ( superficial)?
  诚然，这是治标不治本的方法，但至少，这能够改变当今的风气。把全球气候变暖（严肃的问题）和服装（肤浅的流行）联系起来是否不太合理？