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aversion

noun
🔊/əˈvɜːʃn/
🔊/əˈvɜːrʒn/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a strong feeling of not liking somebody/something厌恶；憎恶
    • a strong aversion深深厌恶
    • aversion to somebody/something He had an aversion to getting up early.他十分讨厌早起。🔊🔊
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    • People can be helped to overcome their aversion to snakes.可以帮助人们克服对蛇的厌恶情绪。
    • He felt an overwhelming sense of aversion towards the young man standing before him.他对这个站在他面前的年轻人感到压抑。
    • She has a deep-rooted aversion to dogs, almost amounting to a phobia.她对狗厌恶至极，几乎到了恐惧的地步。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • strong
    • natural
    • pathological
    • …
    verb + aversion
    • have
    • develop
    • overcome
    • …
    aversion + noun
    • therapy
    preposition
    • aversion to
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally denoting the action of turning away or averting one's eyes): from Latin aversio(n-), from avertere, from ab- ‘from’ + vertere ‘to turn’.