execrate

英 ['eksɪkreɪt] 美 ['ɛksɪˌkret]
  • vt. 诅咒；憎恶；痛骂
  • vi. 诅咒
GRE
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助记提示

1. sacred: figurative sense of "one who must not be criticized".
2. ex- "away, off" + secr- + -ate.
3. => devote off or away, make not sacred, do the opposite of sacred, that can be criticized.
4. => curse, abhor.
5. 这里的前缀 ex- 主要表否定、对立的含义(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。
6. Execrate: ex(向外)secret，把我的秘密向外说， 告诉别人， 出卖我，对这种人的态度是----憎恶，咒骂。

英文词源

execrate (v.)
1560s, from Latin execratus/exsecratus, past participle of execrari/exsecrari "to curse, utter a curse, take a solemn oath with imprecations; hate, abhor," from ex- (see ex-) + sacrare "to devote to" (see sacred). Hence, "to devote off or away; to curse." Related: Execrated; execrating.

双语例句

1. I execrate people who deceive and tell lies.
我憎恶那些欺骗和说谎的人。

来自辞典例句

2. Shall execrate you with the ungodly.
咒骂你的不敬.

来自互联网

3. Those that bless you I will bless, those that curse you, I will execrate.
我将祝福那些祝福你的人, 我也将诅咒那些诅咒你的人.

来自互联网