execrate
UK/'eksikreit/US
GREC2
释义
v.
To feel or express great loathing for; to curse or denounce.
憎恶；诅咒，强烈谴责。
词根拆分
词根派生ex-（出）+ ecr（取「被诅咒」义的 sacr）+ -ate（动词后缀）=「加以诅咒、逐出神圣」。源自拉丁 exsecrārī。execrate 某人即诅咒、痛恨某人；该动词罕用而正式，是更常见的 execrable 的表亲。
词根 sacr 还连着 10 个词例句
- 1.
History would execrate the tyrant's name for generations.
后世将世代诅咒这个暴君的名字。
- 2.
The crowd execrated the traitor as he was led away.
叛徒被押走时，人群对他咒骂不止。