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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·di·ous /ˈəʊdiəs $ ˈoʊ-/ adjective formal  UNPLEASANTextremely unpleasant 十分讨厌的,可憎的,丑恶的 SYN horrible an odious little man 讨厌的小男人odiously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
odiousHe is the son of a man whose values are odious.The taking of hostages is an odious crime.Are such truths inherently odious or destructive?And in this respect we are not able to see that these privileges are especially odious or objectionable.The odious pair are simultaneously cajoling and menacing: Ferdinand must remake himself in their image, or else.Virginia closed her eyes for a second, fighting this odious revelation.Where had the odious senior, Boden, gone, somewhere among those broken, enfolding walls?the odious task of scrubbing floors
Origin odious (1300-1400) Old French odieus, from Latin odiosus, from odium hate
o·di·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus extremely unpleasant


odious
odious /ˈəʊdiəs $ ˈoʊ-/ adjective formal
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: odieus, from Latin odiosus, from odium __hate__
extremely unpleasant
   SYN  horrible:
    an odious little man
—odiously adverb


odi·ousBrE /ˈəʊdiəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈoʊdiəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) extremely unpleasant 令人作呕的;令人讨厌的;可憎的 SYN horrible What an odious man! 真是个讨厌透顶的家伙!🔊🔊