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

• Mr Lee said the aim was to persuade Pyongyang to admit its wrongdoing and pledge never again to engage in such reprehensible action.
  李明博表示，其目的是劝说朝鲜政府承认其错误行径，并承诺不再进行此类应受谴责的行为。
• These are serious and reprehensible offences.
  这些是严重罪行，应受谴责。
• 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。
• Is it reprehensible to link global warming ( serious) and clothing ( superficial)?
  把全球气候变暖（严肃的问题）和服装（肤浅的流行）联系起来是否不太合理？
• It was reprehensible of him to be so disloyal.
  他如此不忠，应受谴责。
• Those of her colleagues who detected in her something odd and reprehensible would not have dared to call it "religious".
  那些同事虽然在她身上发现了某种奇特的、大可非议的东西，却不敢说这种东西具有宗教性质。
• My own views, admittedly somewhat speculative, are that they probably do not consider their actions as reprehensible.
  以笔者揣想，他们大概是认为此等行为无可指摘。
• 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。
• Theft is no less reprehensible when what is being stolen is intellectual property or academic reputation.
  智慧财产权与学术声誉方面的抄袭作为，尤其将遭受各界莫大的谴责。