Something loathsome is so unpleasant that it makes you want to turn away — cruel, disgusting, or morally ugly. A loathsome crime, a loathsome smell, a loathsome character in a story.

Something loathsome用loathsome來形容的東西 is so unpleasant that it makes you want to turn away讓人不舒服到會想轉頭不看 — cruel, disgusting, or morally ugly——殘忍、噁心，或是道德上很醜陋。 A loathsome crime, a loathsome smell, a loathsome character in a story像a loathsome crime(令人厭惡的罪行)、a loathsome smell(令人作嘔的氣味)、a loathsome character(故事裡令人厭惡的角色)。

It can be about the body (filth, rot) or about the heart (cruel treatment), and English lets it cover both. It is a strong, slightly bookish word; in everyday talk people more often say disgusting, horrible, or awful.

It can be about the body (filth, rot)它可以是在說身體（骯髒、腐爛） or about the heart (cruel treatment)也可以是在說內心（殘忍的對待）, and English lets it cover both，英文讓這個字兩種都能涵蓋。 It is a strong, slightly bookish word這是一個強烈、有點書面氣息的字; in everyday talk people more often say disgusting, horrible, or awful；在日常說話裡，人們更常說disgusting、horrible，或awful。

When someone chooses loathsome, they usually want you to feel the old weight of loathe inside it: this is not just “a bit nasty”. The -some here means “causing that feeling”, the same kind of ending as in burdensome or fearsome.

When someone chooses loathsome當有人選擇用loathsome的時候, they usually want you to feel the old weight of loathe inside it，通常想讓你感覺到裡面loathe(厭惡)那個字原本的重量: this is not just "a bit nasty".：這不只是「有點討厭」而已。 The -some here means "causing that feeling",這裡的-some意思是「引起那種感覺的」 the same kind of ending as in burdensome or fearsome跟burdensome(沉重的)或fearsome(可怕的)裡的字尾是同一種。