reprehensible

英 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

美 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

adj.  不道德的; 应受指责的; 应受谴责的

GRE法律

BNC.20896 / COCA.17850

牛津词典

adj.

• 不道德的；应受指责的；应受谴责的
  morally wrong and deserving criticism

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 应受斥责的;应该谴责的
  If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it isreprehensible.
  1. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible.
     克拉默先生说反政府示威者的暴力活动应该受到谴责。
  2. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.
     最应该受到谴责的行为

英英释义

adj

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  1. a criminal waste of talent
  2. a deplorable act of violence
  3. adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
  Synonym:condemnablecriminaldeplorablevicious

双语例句

• Yourconduct/ attitude is most reprehensible.
  你的行为[态度]的确应该受到批评。
• While there is nothing inherently reprehensible in that goal, the question is whether the world and the Chinese will benefit from the way it goes about this.
  尽管这个目标本身没有什么可谴责的，但问题在于世界乃至中方是否将从中国的做法中得益。
• Jo leaned her chin on her knees in a disconsolate attitude and shook her fist at the reprehensible john.
  裘把脸贴在自己的膝头，一副烦躁不安的样子，对那个不可饶恕的约翰直挥拳头。
• My object has been to secure an amiable companion for myself, with due consideration for the advantage of all your family, and if my manner has bee at all reprehensible, I here beg leave to apologise.
  我的目的就是要找一个可爱的伴侣，并且适当地考虑到府上的利益；假使我的态度方面有什么地方应该受到责备的话，就让我当面道个谦吧。
• It was reprehensible of him to be so disloyal.
  他如此不忠，应受谴责。
• His conduct was thoroughly reprehensible.
  他的行为完全应该受到谴责。
• Those of her colleagues who detected in her something odd and reprehensible would not have dared to call it "religious".
  那些同事虽然在她身上发现了某种奇特的、大可非议的东西，却不敢说这种东西具有宗教性质。
• My own views, admittedly somewhat speculative, are that they probably do not consider their actions as reprehensible.
  以笔者揣想，他们大概是认为此等行为无可指摘。
• Mr Lee said the aim was to persuade Pyongyang to admit its wrongdoing and pledge never again to engage in such reprehensible action.
  李明博表示，其目的是劝说朝鲜政府承认其错误行径，并承诺不再进行此类应受谴责的行为。
• Admittedly, it treats the symptoms, not the source, but at least it acknowledges the problem. Is it reprehensible to link global warming ( serious) and clothing ( superficial)?
  诚然，这是治标不治本的方法，但至少，这能够改变当今的风气。把全球气候变暖（严肃的问题）和服装（肤浅的流行）联系起来是否不太合理？