ignominious

英 [ˌɪɡnə'mɪniəs] 美 [ˌɪɡnə'mɪniəs]

• adj. 可耻的；不名誉的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;

   "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"
   "an ignominious retreat"
   "inglorious defeat"
   "an opprobrious monument to human greed"
   "a shameful display of cowardice"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The waste is one kind of ignominious behavior.
   浪费是一种可耻的行为。
2. The conspiracy frittered away to an ignominious conclusion.
   那个阴谋以可耻的失败而告终。
3. He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end.
   他犯了一个错误，他的事业就很不体面地结束了。
4. There is a long, ignominious tradition in this nation of violence toward newcomers.
   这个国家有个不光彩的传统，那就是对于初来乍到者的不友好。

经典引文

• The lamentable gulf between the prophesied glory and the ignominious fact.

  出自： A. Mason

近反义词

【近义词】

• disgraceful 可耻的
• dishonorable 不名誉的
• filthy 污秽的
• shameful 可耻或丢脸的...
• humiliating 丢脸的
• embarrassing 令人为难的
• reprehensible 应受谴责的
• dishonourable 不名誉的
• disreputable 声名狼藉的
• discreditable 有损信用的
• despicable 可鄙的
• inglorious 不名誉的
• opprobrious 嘴不干净的
• black 黑的