Antipathy



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 反感, 厌恶
• ［英］ n. 反感, 厌恶 ( strong dislike)
• ［类］ 反义词: affection ( 友爱) ;benevolence ( 善意) ; settled fondness ( 坚定的喜爱) ; propensity ( 偏好)
• ［记］ anti+pathy ( 感情) -> 反感
• ［同］ 同根词: apathy ( 冷漠) ; sympathy ( 同情)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -thies)

• Etymology: Latin antipathia, from Greek antipatheia, from antipathēs of opposite feelings, from anti- + pathos experience — more at pathos
• Date: 1600
• 1. obsolete opposition in feeling
• 2. settled aversion or dislike ; distaste his well-known antipathy to taxes
• 3. an object of aversion
• Synonyms: see enmity

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