reprehensible

🇬🇧 UK/.repri'hensәbl/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Deserving strong criticism or moral condemnation; highly blameworthy

应受谴责的;可耻的;该受指责的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
prehendroot
+
iblecapable of, worthy of
=reprehensible

Common Collocations

  • 1.morally reprehensible道德上应受谴责的
  • 2.utterly reprehensible完全不可原谅的
  • 3.reprehensible behavior可耻的行为
  • 4.reprehensible conduct应受指责的举止

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The committee found his decision to falsify the research data utterly reprehensible.

  • 2.

    Abandoning injured animals on the roadside is a reprehensible act that carries legal consequences.

  • 3.

    Her reprehensible treatment of junior staff members finally led to her dismissal.

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