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To detest someone or something is to hate them very much. It is a strong, settled hate, not a small I don't like this. You can detest a person, a food, a habit, or doing something: I detest waiting. The word is a little formal and a little old-fashioned, but people still use it when they want the feeling to sound complete. Friends more often say hate or can't stand. Though actually, it is not a passing mood like being angry for an hour; it sounds like a feeling you have already made your mind up about.
痛恨、憎惡（比「討厭」重得多，也較正式）
組成From Middle French detester, from Latin dētestor: dē- + testor (to testify, bear witness), from testis (a witness). The old picture was to call the gods as witnesses while cursing someone; from that came hate intensely.
同家族的字
- testshares Latin testis, a witness — that old sense of test is about witnessing, not an exam
- testifysame witness root: to speak as a witness
- detestablethe adjective: deserving to be detested
- detestationthe noun for that strong hate
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
detestverb/dɪˈtɛst/
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To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
- I detest snakes.
- Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
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obsoleteTo witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
- The heresy of Nestorius […] was detested in the Eastern churches.
- God hath detested them with his own mouth.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。