[mass noun]intense dislike 憎恶,厌恶 Wordsworth's detestation of aristocracy. 沃兹沃思对贵族统治的憎恶。 ■[count noun](archaic)a detested person or thing (古)令人憎恶的人(或事物) he is the detestation of the neighbourhood. 他是邻里们讨厌的人。
语源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin detestatio(n-), from the verb detestari (see detest)