heinous的意思

heinous

英式音标['henəs]
美式英标['heɪnəs; 'hiːnəs]

基本解释

adj. 可憎的；极凶恶的

heinous 邪恶的，极恶毒的

来自Proto-Germanic*haton,憎恨，讨厌，词源同hate.来自PIE*ak,尖的，锐利的，词源同acid,hone.由尖锐引申词义强烈的感情，憎恨，邪恶的。

heinous: heinous: see hate
heinous (adj.): late 14c., from Old French hainos "inconvenient, awkward; hateful, unpleasant; odious" (Modern French haineux), from haine "hatred," from hair "to hate," from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *hatjan, related to *haton (see hate (v.)). Related: Heinously; heinousness.

1. Her life has been per-manently 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。