VERB
(尤指出于道德原因)憎恨,憎恶
If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons.
例句
He was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to reconciliation...
他是一个憎恶采用暴力而坚决主张和解的人。
If nature abhors a vacuum, journalists abhor a transition, when there is little news to cover.
好比自然界拒绝真空一样,新闻工作者则厌恶没有多少新闻可供报道的过渡时期。