Still more repugnant unto me, however, are all lickspittles; and the most repugnant animal of man that I found, did I christen "parasite": it would not love, and would yet live by love.英文原著 · 《Thus Spake Zarathustra》
CHAPTER VIII. An Explanation of Three Things Which Most of All Might Be
Likely To Be Repugnant To A Loving Heart In God. One Is, How He Can Appear
So Wrathful And Yet Be So Gracious英文原著 · 《A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom》
But surely it can't be!"
The wind struck them again. It was like a hot, almost like a sweating hand, coarse and violent, and repugnant. Hermione drew in. "There is something disgusting in nature to-night," she said-- "something that seems almost unnatural."
The blind man began to sing behind them. His voice was soft and throaty. The phrasing was sickly. Some notes trembled. As he sang he threw back his head, stared with his sightless eyes at the ceiling, and showed his tongue.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
Many instructors in the dramatic art fall into the error of teaching too much. The pupil should first be allowed to exhibit his quality, and so teach the teacher what to teach. This course would answer the double purpose of first revealing how much the pupil is capable of learning, and, what is still more important, of permitting him to display his powers untrammeled. Whereas, if the master begins by pounding his dogmas into the student, the latter becomes environed by a foreign influence which, if repugnant to his nature, may smother his ability.英文原著 · 《Autobiographies》
The idea of having her watched had been dismissed before it came--too well he remembered his previous experience of that. He had nothing but this torn-up letter from some anonymous ruffian, whose impudent intrusion into his private life he so violently resented. It was repugnant to him to make use of it, but he might have to. What a mercy Fleur was not at home to- night! A tap on the door broke up his painful cogitations. Michael Mont, sir, is in the drawing-room. Will you see him?"
"No," said Soames; "yes. I'll come down."
Anything that would take his mind off for a few minutes!英文原著 · 《Awakening & To Let》
From time to time indeed, enterprising and ambitious men will arise in democratic communities, whose unbounded aspirations cannot be contented by following the beaten track. Such men like revolutions and hail their approach; but they have great difficulty in bringing them about, unless unwonted events come to their assistance. No man can struggle with advantage against the spirit of his age and country; and, however powerful he may be supposed to be, he will find it difficult to make his contemporaries share in feelings and opinions which are repugnant to t all their feelings and desires.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-2》
I'm afraid I find the idea of a married man flirting with me wholly repugnant.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》
Truly open means "Open to everyone." No matter how repugnant their views are.美剧 · 《Sillicon Valley》
And even though this looks maybe not quite as repugnant as the mines, And even though this looks maybe not quite as repugnant as the mines,演讲 · 《The true cost of oil ~ Garth Lenz》