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

• Even if the measure dies an ignoble death like the other bills, the mere proposal reminds China and others of the protectionism that lurks below the surface in the US.
  即便该措施像其它法案那样，不光彩地半途夭折，但此类提议本身就足以提醒中国和其它国家，美国的表面下潜藏着保护主义。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
  我希望去传教，不是去传授微不足道的安逸，而是繁重的生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• But in an old man who has known joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
  然而老年人已经经历各种欢乐和忧伤，而且成就了他力所能及的一切工作，就他来讲，怕死就有些低贱而卑鄙了。
• 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。