abhor: [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (from the prefix ab- ‘a(chǎn)way’ and horrēre ‘tremble’ – which also gave English horror and horrid). The word used to have this intransitive meaning ‘be repelled’ in English too, but the transitive usage ‘loathe’ (which was probably introduced from Old French in the 15th century) has completely taken its place. => horrid, horror
abhor (v.)
mid-15c., from Latin abhorrere "shrink back from, have an aversion for, shudder at," from ab- "away" (see ab-) + horrere "tremble at, shudder," literally "to bristle, be shaggy," from PIE *ghers- "start out, stand out, rise to a point, bristle" (see horror). Related: Abhorred; abhorring.
雙語例句
1. They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.
他們憎惡任何形式的種族歧視.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. If nature abhors a vacuum, journalists abhor a transition, when there is little news to cover.
好比自然界拒絕真空一樣，新聞工作者則厭惡沒有多少新聞可供報道的過渡時期。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I abhor every commonplace phrase by which wit is intended.