- 1糟透的；惡劣至極
Execrable means extremely bad — so bad you almost want to spit the thing out. It is a strong, rather word. People use it for films, food, writing, weather, behaviour: “execrable service,” “an execrable pun.” It is not street slang; it sounds educated and a little old-fashioned, which is why writers like it when they want to sound both angry and precise. Though actually, the old heart of the word is closer to “worthy of a curse” than to “a bit poor.” So in careful use it is much stronger than bad or even terrible — though some speakers now just mean “really bad.” It has nothing to do with execute or executive, even though the spelling looks .
組成From Old French execrable, from Latin execrabilis, the adjective from execrate: originally “fit to be cursed.” Built from ex- “out” + sacrāre “to consecrate, to declare accursed.” The picture is something pushed outside what is holy.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
execrableadj/ˈɛksɪkɹəbl/
- 1
Of the poorest quality.
- As execrable as the Supreme Court’s decisions have been, they are of a piece with the conservative rulings from lower court judges who see no issue with laundering a revanchist policy agenda through contorted rulings.
- 2
Hateful, disgusting.
- But is an enemy so execrable, that, though in captivity, his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.
- The arcanely evil words of that despicable, loathsome, suppressed, vile, pululating ^([sic]), odious, nictating, repellent, repugnant, noxious, abhorrent, abominable, tory, execrable, nauseous work, Ye Boke of Guts, moved as if on a conveyor belt before his eyes.
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