(尤指因道德或品味原因而)令人厌恶的,令人反感的;可憎的。(也可泛指“与……相抵触/不一致”,但较少见。)
/rɪˈpʌɡ.nənt/
That kind of cruelty is repugnant.
那种残忍行为令人作呕。
He found the racist remarks repugnant and refused to stay silent, arguing that such views were repugnant to the values of a fair society.
他觉得那些种族主义言论令人反感,并拒绝保持沉默,认为这种观点与公正社会的价值观格格不入。
来自拉丁语 repugnare,意为“反对、抵抗”(re- “回、反” + pugnare “战斗”)。词义由“抵触、反对”逐渐发展为“令人强烈反感、厌恶”。