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

• In a despicable, ignoble manner.
  以可鄙的、不光彩的方式。
• Some very great men have come from ignoble families.
  有些伟人出身低微。
• 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。
• 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。
• There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
  这种态度有点怯懦可鄙。
• And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed;
  直到卑鄙和不满的制度，举行我们的兄弟在安哥拉，在莫桑比克和南非在非人的枷锁已被推翻，并销毁；
• 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）。
• The whole house was roaring with laughter and applause, and he saw only an ignoble farce that made him sad.
  观众看得津津有味，哄堂大笑，不断鼓掌，他却觉得这不过是一出无聊的闹剧，只能使他愁上加愁。
• 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。
• 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。