| 词组 | abhorrence |
| 释义 | abhorrence Bernstein 1965 notes that abhorrence, when followed by a preposition, takes of. This is true in a large majority of cases. • ... an abhorrence of draughts —Times Literary Supp., 14 Nov. 1968 • ... my natural abhorrence of its sickening inhumanity —George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, 1921 The word has also been used with a few other prepositions, however, such as to (an instance of which was corrected to of by Lindley Murray in 1795), against, and for. These are less frequent by far, and are in the main to be found in older literature. • He recognized her as "Goldy," famous in Hsi-Yu for her abhorrence to sleeping alone —Sericana Quarterly, April 1952 • ... abhorrence against relationship with Wickham —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 • ... my unbounded abhorrence for this miserable wretch —P. B. Shelley, quoted by Matthew Arnold, Essays in Criticism, Second Series, 1888 |
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