despicable

adjective
🔊/dɪˈspɪkəbl/, 🔊/ˈdespɪkəbl/
🔊/dɪˈspɪkəbl/, 🔊/ˈdespɪkəbl/
(formal)
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  1. very unpleasant or evil令人厌恶的;可鄙的;卑鄙的
    • a despicable act/crime卑鄙的行为/罪行
    • I hate you! You're despicable.我恨你!你真卑鄙。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Police have condemned the theft from an elderly widow as despicable.警方谴责了偷窃那个年老寡妇财物的卑劣行径。
    • To fail was considered despicable.失败曾经遭人鄙视。
    • What I find particularly despicable is their neglect of old people.我认为他们冷落老年人的行为尤其卑鄙。
    • That was a despicable act.那是一种卑鄙行为。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • find something
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • truly
    • utterly
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from late Latin despicabilis, from despicari ‘look down on’.