hate
hate — noun
- hatesingular
- hatesplural
1. a very strong feeling of not liking someone or something, often combined with a
a very strong feeling of not liking someone or something, often combined with a wish to avoid or harm them
David felt nothing but hate for the man who had stolen his car.
hate + for + [person]
Léa could not understand the hate between her two uncles.
The old diary was full of hate toward everyone in the village.
Zuri looked at the photograph with eyes full of pure hate.
When Esme saw her ex-boyfriend at the café, she was startled by the deep hate she still felt.
文法句型
hate + for/towards
用法筆記
Uncountable — do not say 'a hate' to mean a single feeling. Usually modified by adjectives like 'pure', 'deep', or 'blind'.
常見錯誤
2. organized hostility, violence, or negative speech directed at a particular group
organized hostility, violence, or negative speech directed at a particular group of people, often encouraged by political or social leaders
Social media sites are trying harder to remove posts that spread hate.
collocation: spread hate
The government passed new laws to punish hate crimes against minorities.
compound: hate crimes
Teachers in the town spoke out against the hate directed at refugee children.
Political rallies that spread hate have become a growing concern in many countries.
Hoa reported the online hate messages to the platform administrators.
- tolerance
willingness to accept people from different groups
- acceptance
positive recognition of group differences
文法句型
hate + [crime/speech]
用法筆記
Common in fixed compounds: 'hate crime', 'hate speech', 'hate mail'. Unlike sense 1, this sense is about public, collective action rather than a private emotion.
常見錯誤
hate — verb
- hatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- hateshe / she / it
- hatedpast simple
- hating-ing form
1. to have a very strong feeling of dislike for someone or something, often wanting
to have a very strong feeling of dislike for someone or something, often wanting to avoid or get away from them
Liam hates getting up early for school on cold mornings.
hate + gerund for habitual dislike
Minh hated the way the teacher embarrassed students in front of the class.
hate + [noun phrase] describing a situation
The children hate it when their parents argue at the dinner table.
Nila hates to see so much good food thrown away after a party.
Gabriela has always hated snakes ever since she saw one in her garden.
- detest
slightly formal; suggests moral outrage rather than personal annoyance
- loathe
stronger; suggests physical disgust as well as dislike
- despise
includes a component of looking down on someone with contempt
- can't stand
informal register; equally common in everyday speech
文法句型
hate + noun/pronoun
hate + -ing form
hate + to-infinitive
hate it when + clause
hate + that-clause
用法筆記
Stronger than 'dislike'. 'hate + -ing' refers to general dislike of an activity; 'hate + to-infinitive' often refers to disliking a specific situation. 'hate + it when + clause' is very common in spoken English.