英単語

execrationの意味・使い方・発音

execration

英 [,eksɪ'kreɪʃən]
  • n.呪い、忌まわしいもの;呪われた人または物

英語の語源


execration (n.)
late 14c., "cursing, act of laying under a curse," from Latin execrationem (nominative execratio) "malediction, curse," noun of action from past participle stem of execrari "to hate, curse," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + sacrare "to devote to holiness or to destruction, consecrate," from sacer "sacred" (see sacred). From 1560s as "an uttered curse."

例文


1. The sense of wrongs,the injustices,the oppression,extortion,and pillage of twenty years suddenly and found voice in a raucous howl of execration .
20年来受けた損害、抑圧、脅迫、略奪、不公平な扱いは、一気にピークに達し、暴言の叫び声の中で発散された。

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