a thing or an idea that you hate because it is the opposite of what you believe 可憎的事物；可恶的想法 Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me. 对我来说，种族歧视非常可恶。
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin, ‘excommunicated person, excommunication’, from Greek anathema ‘thing dedicated’, (later) ‘thing devoted to evil, accursed thing’, from anatithenai ‘to set up’.