ignoble

英 [ɪɡˈnəʊbl]

美 [ɪɡˈnoʊbl]

adj.  卑劣的; 不诚实的; 不光彩的

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BNC.33181 / COCA.28022

牛津词典

adj.

• 卑劣的；不诚实的；不光彩的
  not good or honest; that should make you feel shame
  1. ignoble thoughts
     可耻的想法
  2. an ignoble person
     卑鄙的人

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 卑鄙可耻的;不光彩的
  If you describe something asignoble, you mean that it is bad and something to be ashamed of.
  1. …ignoble thoughts.
     卑鄙的想法
  2. ...an ignoble episode from their country's past.
     他们国家历史中一段不光彩的插曲

双语例句

• What did he think of her& that she was base, vulgar, ignoble?
  他对她怎么想-认为她下贱，庸俗，可耻？
• For my part I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part ( Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.).
  至于我，我认为一些罪犯的脱逃比政府扮演不光彩角色的罪行还要轻（新立佛文德尔霍姆）。
• An up-to-date Christmas list requires some thought about who matters to you, for reasons noble or ignoble.
  要列一份最新的圣诞卡寄送名单，你需要思考一下谁对你来说很重要，不管是出于光明正大的理由，还是上不了台面的理由。
• In a despicable, ignoble manner.
  以可鄙的、不光彩的方式。
• You can judge what he is like by his ignoble actions.
  通过他的卑鄙行为你可以判断他是个什么样的人。
• Nathan Hale would sooner die a hero than drag out an ignoble existence.
  内森·黑尔宁愿死得英雄，也不愿苟且偷生。
• One's character, noble or ignoble, is entirely dertermined by his own ill.
  是使自己的人格伟大还是渺小，这完全仰仗这个人自己的意志。
• The fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
  怕死就未免有些可鄙，有些不光彩了。
• Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him.
  沙威凶，但绝不下贱。
• I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and effort; of labour and strife;
  我不打算宣讲安逸论，我要宣讲勤奋生活论，也就是操劳、勤勉、努力和奋斗的一生。