 Disgust is a necessary emotion. Without it, our ancestors would have eaten rotten food and died. But more than any other feeling, it is culturally conditioned. Everyone experiences disgust; but what disgusts you depends in large measure on what you are used to and what the people around you deem repellent. 厌恶是一种必要的情绪。没有它，我们的祖先就会因吃腐烂的食物而死去。但与其他感觉相比，它更受文化制约。每个人都会体验到厌恶，但是，你讨厌什么在很大程度上取决于你习惯了什么，以及你周围的人认为什么令人讨厌。 ——《经济学人》 基本释义 If you think that something is horrible and disgusting you can say that it is repellent. n. 厌恶的；排斥的 单词repellent里面的pel部分，来自拉丁语pellere, 意思是“驱使”。所以，在英语里包含pel的单词，多与此相关：dispel v. 驱散，驱走impel v. 驱使；迫使 compel v. 迫使；强迫propel v. 推进repulsive: If you describe something or someone as repulsive, you mean that they are horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid them.（令人厌恶的）disgusting: If you say that something is disgusting, you are criticizing it because it is extremely unpleasan.（令人厌恶的） |
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