obnoxious

• adj. 討厭的；可憎的；不愉快的

ob-,在上，表強調，-nox,傷害，殺死，詞源同noxious,necrosis.引申詞義即其討厭的，可憎的。

obnoxious

obnoxious: see noxious

obnoxious (adj.)

1580s, "subject to the authority of another," from Latin obnoxiosus "hurtful, injurious," from obnoxius "subject, exposed to harm," from ob "to, toward" (see ob-) + noxa "injury, hurt, damage entailing liability" (see noxious). Meaning "subject to something harmful" is 1590s; meaning "offensive, hateful" is first recorded 1670s, influenced by noxious.

Obnoxious has two very different senses, one of which (exposed or open or liable to attack or injury) requires notice because its currency is now so restricted that it is puzzling to the uninstructed. It is the word's rightful or de jure meaning, and we may hope that scholarly writers will keep it alive. [Fowler]

Related: Obnoxiously; obnoxiousness.

1. One of the parents was a most obnoxious character. No-one liked him.

其中一位家長極為惹人厭，沒人喜歡他。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He is an obnoxious hick.

他是個討厭的鄉巴佬。

來自柯林斯例句

3. a thoroughly obnoxious little man

可惡至極的家夥

來自《權威詞典》

4. His disgusting table manners made him obnoxious to me.

他那令人厭惡的吃相使我反感.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. My brother - in - law is an obnoxious know - it - all.

我的 姐夫 是個討人厭的自以為是萬事通的家夥.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》