If something is anathema to you, it goes against what you believe so deeply that you cannot accept it. English almost always uses this shape: X is anathema to Y.

If something is anathema to you如果某件事對你來說是 anathema，it goes against what you believe so deeply它違背你的信念違背得非常深，that you cannot accept it深到你沒辦法接受。English almost always uses this shape英文幾乎都用這個句型：X is anathema to YX is anathema to Y（X 對 Y 來說是深惡痛絕的事）。

It is a noun, even though it sits where an adjective might sit in Chinese. We do not say an anathema idea or very anathema.

It is a noun它是名詞，even though it sits where an adjective might sit in Chinese雖然它在句子裡的位置，中文可能會放形容詞。We do not say我們不會說 an anathema idea or very anathemaan anathema idea 或 very anathema 這種說法。

Though actually, the word is older and harsher than I really dislike this. It came from the church: a solemn curse, a person or thing handed over to damnation. Religious writing still uses that sense. In newspapers and essays the church meaning has mostly faded, and educated speakers use it for a strong moral no.

Though actually不過，than I really dislike this比起 I really dislike this（我真的很不喜歡這個）這種說法，the word is older and harsher這個字更老、也更重。It came from the church它來自教會：a solemn curse一種莊嚴的詛咒，a person or thing handed over to damnation一個被判定要下地獄的人或東西。Religious writing still uses that sense宗教文章裡還在用這個意思。In newspapers and essays在報紙和文章裡，the church meaning has mostly faded教會的那個意思大多已經淡了，and educated speakers use it for a strong moral no受過教育的人會用它來表達強烈的、道德上的「不」。

It sounds formal. You will not hear it much from children; you will meet it when someone wants to say this is against everything I stand for in one heavy word.

It sounds formal聽起來很正式。You will not hear it much from children你不太會從小孩子嘴裡聽到這個字；you will meet it when someone wants to say this is against everything I stand for in one heavy word你會遇到它，是在有人想用一個很重的字說「這完全違背我所堅持的一切」的時候。