It seemed wilfully rebarbative, a rejection of the idea of reading for pleasure.

这似乎是故意排斥，拒绝以阅读为乐趣的想法。

Mr Beevor decries the rebarbative “Bomber” Harris's attempt to win the war by bringing death and destruction to every major German city as a moral and strategic failure.

在安东尼·比弗笔下，讨人厌的“炸弹”哈里斯试图通过轰炸所有德国主要城市以赢得战争的做法是道德上和战略上的失误。