heinous

英 [ˈheɪnəs]

美 [ˈheɪnəs]

adj.  极恶毒的; 道德败坏的

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BNC.22012 / COCA.15184

牛津词典

adj.

• 极恶毒的；道德败坏的
  morally very bad
  1. a heinous crime
     十恶不赦的罪行

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 十恶不赦的;令人发指的
  If you describe something such as a crime asheinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible.
  1. Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime...
     他犯下的滔天罪行给她的生活蒙上了永久的阴影。
  2. They are capable of the most heinous acts.
     他们能做出最邪恶的事情。

英英释义

adj

• extremely wicked, deeply criminal
  1. a flagitious crime
  2. heinous accusations
  Synonym:flagitious

双语例句

• I'd been standing outside for about half an hour when Joseph, the school janitor, came over to ask me what heinous crime I'd committed to be banished for so long.
  就这样，我站在教室外面，大约半小时后，学校的大楼管理员约瑟夫看到了我，就问我究竟犯了什么弥天大罪要被驱逐出教室这么长时间。
• Perhaps the most heinous example of cell-phone abuse is ringing in the theater.
  也许最可恨的滥用手机的例子就是在剧院。
• The idea that any country may take action against pirates is the precursor to the idea of "universal jurisdiction" used to prosecute heinous crimes such as genocide.
  任何国家都有权采取行动对抗海盗的理念也是“普遍管辖权”的前身（这种权利被用来起诉一些极恶的罪行，如种族灭绝）；
• When he committed his heinous act.
  他犯罪的时候还是青少年。
• Man held by such concepts are he will not miss any one of a woman's little secret, even if women are at once committed a heinous crime before marriage.
  这样的男人所持的观念是他不会放过女人的任何一个小秘密，即使是女人在婚前曾经犯下的滔天大罪。
• The laws of the realm may punish Christian men with death for heinous and grievous offences.
  法律的惩罚境界可能与基督教男子死亡和严重的滔天罪行。
• You hold too heinous a respect of grief.
  你把悲哀过分看重了。
• The confessions written by all the war criminals and the detailed trial records contained in the archive files are irrefutable evidence of the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese militarist aggressors against the Chinese people.
  档案卷宗内各个战犯自己的书面笔供以及详细的审讯笔录等材料，是日本军国主义侵略者对中国人民所犯滔天罪行的铁证。
• It is too soon to say Iraq will revert to Saddam's heinous standards.
  现在说伊拉克倒退回可憎的萨达姆时代还为时尚早。
• Coming to care for a person who committed such a heinous act.
  帮助一个罪大恶极的人。