reprehensible

英 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

美 [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl]

adj.  不道德的; 应受指责的; 应受谴责的

GRE法律

BNC.20896 / COCA.17850

牛津词典

adj.

• 不道德的；应受指责的；应受谴责的
  morally wrong and deserving criticism

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 应受斥责的;应该谴责的
  If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it isreprehensible.
  1. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible.
     克拉默先生说反政府示威者的暴力活动应该受到谴责。
  2. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.
     最应该受到谴责的行为

英英释义

adj

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
  1. a criminal waste of talent
  2. a deplorable act of violence
  3. adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
  Synonym:condemnablecriminaldeplorablevicious

双语例句

• I may fail to bring you to justice, and your fame may protect you from consequences for your reprehensible actions.
  我可能无法将你绳之以法，你的名声可能保护你免受你应受谴责的行为的后果。
• His conduct was thoroughly reprehensible.
  他的行为完全应该受到谴责。
• Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
  通常指迫于压力而招认自己做过的应受人斥责的行为。
• Conspiring to rig interest rates is probably fraudulent; failing to report the side effects of a drug is severely reprehensible but probably not illegal; cutting corners on an oil installation is negligent; systems failure in a computer system seems like bad luck.
  串通一气操纵利率或许算得上欺诈；瞒报药物的副作用理应受到严厉指责，但或许并不违法；在石油钻井安装中偷工减料算得上不负责任；计算机系统故障似乎是运气不太好。
• My object has been to secure an amiable companion for myself, with due consideration for the advantage of all your family, and if my manner has bee at all reprehensible, I here beg leave to apologise.
  我的目的就是要找一个可爱的伴侣，并且适当地考虑到府上的利益；假使我的态度方面有什么地方应该受到责备的话，就让我当面道个谦吧。
• Of course there are things that we find tragic and reprehensible about the Chinese system.
  虽然我们会找到一些关于中国体制方面悲惨和应受谴责的事件。
• Besides, the effective abandonment of search-and-rescue missions by the EU is morally reprehensible.
  而且，欧盟实际上等于放弃搜救的举措在道义上应该受到谴责。
• 'It is truly reprehensible for him to speak like this, especially so soon after Paris.'
  他这么说话确实应该受到谴责，尤其是在巴黎的恐怖袭击刚刚结束之后。
• While there is nothing inherently reprehensible in that goal, the question is whether the world and the Chinese will benefit from the way it goes about this.
  尽管这个目标本身没有什么可谴责的，但问题在于世界乃至中方是否将从中国的做法中得益。
• These are serious and reprehensible offences.
  这些是严重罪行，应受谴责。