a strong feeling of not liking somebody/something 厌恶;憎恶 a strong aversion 深深厌恶 - aversion to somebody/something
He had an aversion to getting up early. 他十分讨厌早起。
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2People can be helped to overcome their aversion to snakes. 可以帮助人们克服对蛇的厌恶情绪。 He felt an overwhelming sense of aversion towards the young man standing before him. 他对站在他面前的年轻人有一种强烈的厌恶感。 She has a deep-rooted aversion to dogs, almost amounting to a phobia. 她对狗厌恶至极,几乎到了恐惧的地步。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally denoting the action of turning away or averting one's eyes): from Latin aversio(n-), from avertere, from ab- ‘from’ + vertere ‘to turn’.