| 单词 | heinous |
| 释义 | heinous adjective formaluk/ˈheɪ.nəs/us/ˈheɪ.nəs/verybadandshocking: 极其恶劣的，令人震惊的a heinouscrime令人发指的罪行 Morally wrong and evil
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Legal & illegal heinous| American Dictionaryheinous adjective us/ˈheɪ·nəs/(esp. of acrime)extremelybadorevil: heinousmurders Examplesofheinousheinous These include a proto-global consensus with respect to some particularlyheinouscriminal acts and with respect to some inalienable individual rights. From theCambridge English Corpus The payment of huge rewards for the conviction of highwaymen and otherheinouscriminals is a case in point. From theCambridge English Corpus A "disqualifoul" is a foul that is soheinousthe player is sent off the field, "disqualified from playing any more". From theCambridge English Corpus Large rewards were offered forheinousoffenders. From theCambridge English Corpus Nonetheless, in modern, as opposed to classical, democracies, people no longer believe thatheinouscrimes justify stripping their perpetrators of their citizenship, or forcing them into exile. From theCambridge English Corpus Scarcely lessheinouswere the clients of cunning men and women : to resort to them was idolatrous, superstitious, and tantamount to making a tacit pact with the archfiend. From theCambridge English Corpus She then uses associations with gestation and motherhood (762) to augment the sense of her right to grieve and assert theheinousand unnatural nature of the crime. From theCambridge English Corpus He had been found guilty of what was regarded as terriblyheinousoffences involving sedition and a degree of obscenity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I respectfully agree with him that this is not a particularlyheinousexample. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be just for soheinousa crime, it might be justice, but would it be merciful? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All morning, we have been told about individuals who have committed the most ghastly andheinousacts and are a threat to society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe it is the most devious andheinousthreat that faces the world and especially the world economies. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English That seems to me just asheinousa case as the woman in the family circle that we are discussing this afternoon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is claimed that they are allheinouscrimes, carrying the same moral culpability and therefore requiring the same mandatory sentence—life imprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He had pleaded guilty to theheinouscrime of saving and replanting seeds—in this case, soya beans. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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