detest
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they detest | |
| he / she / it detests | |
| past simple detested | |
| past participle detested | |
| past simple detesting | |
| past participle detesting |
to hate somebody/something very much 厌恶；憎恨；讨厌 - detest somebody/something
They detested each other on sight. 他们互相看着就不顺眼。 They absolutely detest each other. 他们完全是相互憎恨。 I loathe and detest racism in any form. 我厌恶和憎恶任何形式的种族主义。 - detest doing something
He detests having his photograph taken. 他讨厌照相。
Synonyms hatehateTopics Feelingsc1- dislike
- can’t stand
- despise
- can’t bear
- loathe
- detest
- hate
to have a strong feeling of dislike for somebody/something. 指厌恶、讨厌、憎恶 - dislike (rather formal
) to not like somebody/something. 指不喜欢、厌恶 - can’t stand (rather informal
) used to emphasize that you really do not like somebody/something: 强调不喜欢、受不了、不能容忍： I can’t stand his brother. 他弟弟让我受不了。 She couldn’t stand being kept waiting. 叫她等着，她会受不了。
- despise to dislike and have no respect for somebody/something:
He despised himself for being so cowardly. 他为自己如此怯懦而自惭形秽。
- can’t bear used to say that you dislike something so much that you cannot accept or deal with it:
I can’t bear having cats in the house. 家里有猫我可受不了。
can’t stand or can’t bear? 用 can't stand 还是 can't bear？ - loathe to hate somebody/something very much:
They loathe each other. 他们相互讨厌。
- detest (rather formal
) to hate somebody/something very much: 指极不喜欢、厌恶： They absolutely detest each other. 他们完全是相互憎恨。
- I hate/dislike/can’t stand/can’t bear/loathe/detest doing something.
- I hate/can’t bear to do something.
- I hate/dislike/can’t stand/can’t bear it when…
- I really hate/dislike/can’t stand/despise/can’t bear/detest somebody/something.
- I absolutely hate/can’t stand/loathe/detest somebody/something.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin detestari, from de- ‘down’ + testari ‘witness, call upon to witness’ (from testis ‘a witness’).- detest somebody/something