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anathema n.咒逐；革出教门；被咒逐的人(物)；令人极其讨厌的事 (1) 他们又发起了把他赶出教门的运动。(2) 我对种族偏见深恶痛绝。(3) 很大一部分美国人仍旧对政府经营的卫生保健不存好感。 Originally the term anathema comes from the Catholic practice of denouncing a particular individual or idea that was antithetical to the Catholic Church. If done to a person, it excommunicated them, meaning they could no longer partake in the church's sacraments (with presumably pretty poor consequences for the soul.) That's a lot worse than kryptonite.

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英 [ə'næθəmə] 美 [ə'næθəmə] (1) They launched a fresh anathema against him.(2) Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me.(3) Government-run health care is still anathema to many Americans. Something that one absolutely and positively cannot stand is anathema. Garlic is anathema to vampires (ditto for stakes and daylight). So is kryptonite to Superman or a silver bullet to a werewolf. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]十分讨厌的人（或事物） If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.   [usu N to n]Violence was anathema to them.他们对暴力深恶痛绝。

英语单词	anathema
英美音标	英 [ə'næθəmə] 美 [ə'næθəmə]
中文释义	n.咒逐；革出教门；被咒逐的人(物)；令人极其讨厌的事
英语例句	(1) They launched a fresh anathema against him. (2) Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me. (3) Government-run health care is still anathema to many Americans.
中文例句	(1) 他们又发起了把他赶出教门的运动。 (2) 我对种族偏见深恶痛绝。 (3) 很大一部分美国人仍旧对政府经营的卫生保健不存好感。
vocabulary简明	Something that one absolutely and positively cannot stand is anathema. Garlic is anathema to vampires (ditto for stakes and daylight). So is kryptonite to Superman or a silver bullet to a werewolf.
vocabulary扩展	Originally the term anathema comes from the Catholic practice of denouncing a particular individual or idea that was antithetical to the Catholic Church. If done to a person, it excommunicated them, meaning they could no longer partake in the church's sacraments (with presumably pretty poor consequences for the soul.) That's a lot worse than kryptonite.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]十分讨厌的人（或事物） If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it. [usu N to n] Violence was anathema to them. 他们对暴力深恶痛绝。

Anathema Catholic 英 ə'Næθəmə] 美 ə'Næθəmə N.咒逐；革出教门；被咒逐的人(物)；令人极其讨厌的事 Launched Fresh