execration

英 [,eksɪ'kreɪʃən]
  • n. 诅咒，憎恶；被诅咒之人或物
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1. sacred: figurative sense of "one who must not be criticized".
2. ex- "away, off" + secr- + -ation.
3. => devote off or away, make not sacred, do the opposite of sacred, that can be criticized.
4. => curse, abhor.
5. 这里的前缀 ex- 主要表否定、对立的含义(away, remove from, deprive of, without)，你神圣不可侵犯、神圣不可冒犯，而我偏要冒犯你、侵犯你。

英文词源

execration (n.)
late 14c., "cursing, act of laying under a curse," from Latin execrationem (nominative execratio) "malediction, curse," noun of action from past participle stem of execrari "to hate, curse," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + sacrare "to devote to holiness or to destruction, consecrate," from sacer "sacred" (see sacred). From 1560s as "an uttered curse."

双语例句

1. The sense of wrongs, the injustices, the oppression, extortion, and pillage of twenty years suddenly and found voice in a raucous howl of execration.
二十年来所深受的损害、压迫、勒索、掠夺和不公平的对待，一下子达到了最高峰，在一阵粗声粗气的谩骂叫嚣里发泄出来。

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