"Stoning as a means of execution is tantamount to torture. It's barbaric and an abhorrent act," he said.

“石刑作为处决方式无异于一种酷刑，这是野蛮而令人发指的行为。”他说。

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Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society.

文明社会憎恶种族主义。

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I like to see a pattern and resolution, so it does pain me that what appears so lovely and natural to me would be regarded as abhorrent by most people.

我喜欢看到模式和方案，因此对我而言如此愉快而又自然的事对于大部分人而言却天理不容的事实让我很心痛。

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"It reminds me of a quote from ' The Night Of The Generals' that went something like 'What is admirable on a grand scale is abhorrent on a small scale', " commented another CNN reader known as Davidji, referring to the 1967 movie about a Nazi murder investigation during World War II.

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He said domestic abuse was "abhorrent and a stain on Scotland", saying there were over 51, 900 incidents of domestic abuse recorded by police in 2009 - 10.

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Initially, moral authorities encouraged this type of donation because they believed it abhorrent that a donor should be paid for the trouble of undergoing surgery to provide a vitally needed body part to another individual.

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