Detest



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.深恶, 憎恶
• ［英］ v.深恶, 憎恶 ( to dislike intensely; hate; abhor)
• ［记］ de+test ( 证明) -> 反过去证明 -> 憎恶
• ［同］ 同根词: attest ( 证明, 表明) ; testify ( 证明)
• ［例］ I detest people who deceive and tell lies.

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle French detester or Latin detestari; Middle French detester, from Latin detestari, literally, to curse while calling a deity to witness, from de- + testari to call to witness — more at testament
• Date: circa 1535
• 1. to feel intense and often violent antipathy toward ; loathe
• 2. obsolete curse, denounce
• Synonyms: see hate
• ? detester noun

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