execration
英 [,eks?'kre???n]
GRE
助記提示
1. sacred: figurative sense of "one who must not be criticized".
2. ex- "away, off" + secr- + -ation.
3. => devote off or away, make not sacred, do the opposite of sacred, that can be criticized.
4. => curse, abhor.
5. 這里的前綴 ex- 主要表否定、對立的含義(away, remove from, deprive of, without)，你神圣不可侵犯、神圣不可冒犯，而我偏要冒犯你、侵犯你。
英文詞源
- execration (n.)
- late 14c., "cursing, act of laying under a curse," from Latin execrationem (nominative execratio) "malediction, curse," noun of action from past participle stem of execrari "to hate, curse," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + sacrare "to devote to holiness or to destruction, consecrate," from sacer "sacred" (see sacred). From 1560s as "an uttered curse."
雙語例句
- 1. The sense of wrongs, the injustices, the oppression, extortion, and pillage of twenty years suddenly and found voice in a raucous howl of execration.
- 二十年來所深受的損害、壓迫、勒索、掠奪和不公平的對待，一下子達(dá)到了最高峰，在一陣粗聲粗氣的謾罵叫囂里發(fā)泄出來。
來自辭典例句