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

• Nobility is the epitaph for the noble and ignobility, the pass for the ignoble.
  高尚是高尚者的墓志铭，卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行证。
• He regards the soul as a mixture of fire and water, the fire being noble and the water ignoble.
  他认为灵魂是火和水的混合物，火是高贵的而水是卑贱的。
• Especially, he has just rescued me, it's ignoble to do so.
  尤其他刚刚还救了我，那样做是卑鄙的。
• 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。
• To be yourself is very difficult, because you think that what you are is ignoble, and that if you could only change what you are into something noble it would be marvellous;
  做你自己是非常困难的事，因为你总认为自己是卑微的，如果你能把自己变得神圣一定很棒。
• 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。
• The fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
  怕死就未免有些可鄙，有些不光彩了。
• He acquired a slouching gait, and ignoble look.
  他学了一套萎靡不振的走路样子和一种不体面的神气。
• 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？
• At table he failed to hear the conversation about petty and ignoble things, his eager mind seeking out and following cause and effect in everything before him.
  对餐桌上那些卑微琐屑的谈话他听而不闻，心里只急于在眼前的一切事物中寻找和追踪因果关系。