| 单词 | repugnant |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ri'pʌgnənt] |
| 解释 | a.令人厌恶的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 令人厌恶的(exciting distaste or aversion) 【考】 cogent : convince / repugnant : repel(使人信服的说服[人] /使人讨厌的排斥[人]) 【记】 re(反)+pugn(打斗)+a nt→反过去打→令人 厌恶的 【同】 同根词：pugnacious( 好斗的) 【例】 The art exhibit was called repugnant and repellent. |
| 字源 | repugnant (adj.) late 14c., "contrary, contradictory," from Old French repugnant "contradictory, opposing" or directly from Latin repugnantem (nominative repugnans), present participle of repugnare "to resist, fight back, oppose; disagree, be incompatible," from re- "back" (see re-) + pugnare "to fight" (see pugnacious). Meaning "distasteful, objectionable" is from 1777. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 令人厌恶的 = offensive = repulsive 【记】re反, pugn打斗, ant－反过去打－令人厌恶的 【参】pugnacious(adj 好斗的) 【类】cogent: convince = repugnant: repel使人信服的说服 = 使人讨厌的排斥 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】re反 + pugnacious 好斗的，反打，repulse 反推也是厌恶 |
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