[每日] execrable (a) 可憎恨的
Word of the Day (Tuesday October 28, 2008)
execrable \EK-sih-kruh-buhl\, adjective:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/394Yy
1. Deserving to be execrated; detestable; abominable.
2. Extremely bad; of very poor quality; very inferior.
His human-rights record was abysmal. His relations with Washington
were adversarial. He rivaled Zimbabwe's execrable Robert Mugabe
for the title "Africa's Saddam."
-- James S. Robbins, "The Liberian Opportunity", National Review,
July 8, 2003
For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and
sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast
quantity of truly execrable writing from being published.
-- Laura Miller, "Slush, slush, sweet Stephen", Salon, July 25,
2000
Any theatergoer who has ever felt the urge to murder an actor for
an execrable performance should get a kick out of two backstage
mysteries that do the deed with a nice theatrical flourish.
-- Marilyn Stasio, review of The Gold Gamble, by Herbert Resnicow
and Death Mask, by Jane Dentinger, New York Times, October 30,
1988
The decision to level the ancient cathedral is described candidly
by one latter-day authoritative guidebook as having demonstrated
"execrable taste."
-- Dick Grogan, "Pillars speak out to save cathedral", Irish
Times, June 11, 1997
Execrable derives from Latin exsecrabilis, execrabilis, from
exsecrari, execrari, "to execrate, to curse," from ex-, "out of,
away from, outside of" + sacer, "sacred."
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