detest

• vt. 厭惡；憎恨

de-, 向下，強調。-test, 見證，詞源同attest, contest.即詛咒，召喚上帝來見證不共戴天的仇恨，極端憎惡，原詞義通用化。

detest

detest: [16] Latin dētestārī, source of detest, meant ‘denounce’. It was a compound verb formed from the pejorative prefix dē- and testārī ‘bear witness’. This in turn was a derivative of testis ‘witness’, source of English testify, testimony, and testicle. It retained its original sense of ‘cursing’ or ‘execration’ when first borrowed into English, but by the 18th century this had weakened from open denunciation to internal ‘loathing’.
=> testicle, testify, testimony

detest (v.)

early 15c., "to curse, to call God to witness and abhor," from Middle French détester, from Latin detestari "to curse, execrate, abominate, express abhorrence for," literally "denounce with one's testimony," from de- "from, down" (see de-) + testari "be a witness," from testis "witness" (see testament). Related: Detested; detesting.

1. I detest smutty books.

我對淫穢書刊痛恨之極。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I detest people who tell lies.

我恨說謊的人.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. "I detest clutter, you know." — "I didn't know, but I might have guessed."

“我特別厭惡雜亂無章，你是知道的。”——“我可不知道，不過我早該猜到了。”

來自柯林斯例句

4. I detest cheese; I can't eat it.

我討厭奶酪, 我不愛吃.

來自辭典例句

5. We detest his constantly lying.

我們討厭他一再說謊.

來自辭典例句