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Reprehensible Adj Pity Blameless Late Latin 领会 `Repri'hensəbl

单词 reprehensible
音标 [`repri'hensəbl]
解释 a.应受谴责的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 应受谴责的(deservi ng reprehension; culpable)
【考】 lamentable : pity / reprehensible : censure(可怜的受同情/应受 谴责的受责难)censure : blameless / approbation : reprehensible(无可指责的不应受责 难/应受谴责的不应受 表扬)
【例】 The newspaper sharply criticized the mayor's reprehensible behavior.
字源 reprehensible (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French reprehensible (14c.) or directly from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from reprehens-, past participle stem of Latin reprehendere (see reprehend). Related: Reprehensibly; reprehensibility.
不择手段背单词 adj. 应受谴责的 = blameworthy
【记】re反复, pre, hens = hand, ible: 反复用手拽住他, 因为他应受谴责的
【参】comprehend(v 领会; 理解); apprehend(v 领会; 忧虑)
【类】lamentable: pity = reprehensible: censure = despicable: contempt可怜的受同情 = 应受谴责的受责难 = 可鄙视的受鄙视censure: blameless = approbation: reprehensible无可指责的不应受责难 = 应受谴责的不应受表扬
趣味全助记 【记】来自reprehend, re反,回 + prehend 抓,
【相关】comprehend 掌握(理解为抓住的意思)

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