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heinous

adjective
🔊/ˈheɪnəs/, 🔊/ˈhiːnəs/
🔊/ˈheɪnəs/
 [usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. morally very bad极恶毒的；道德败坏的
    • a heinous crime十恶不赦的罪行
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeinous is used with these nouns:
    • act
    • crime
    • offence
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French haineus, from hair ‘to hate’, of Germanic origin.