單詞
ignoble
英 [?g'n??b(?)l]
美[?ɡ'nobl]
基本信息
- adj. 不光彩的；卑鄙的；卑賤的
暢通詞匯GRETEM8
中文詞源
ignoble 不光彩的
ig-,不，非，來自in-在字母g開頭前的拼寫異化，noble,高貴的，來自拉丁語gnobilis,高貴的，字母g脫落。即不高貴的，引申詞義不光彩的。
英文詞源
- ignoble
- ignoble: see noble
- ignoble (adj.)
- mid-15c., "of low birth," from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignobilis "unknown, undistinguished, obscure; of base birth, not noble," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + gnobilis "well-known, famous, renowned, of superior birth" (see noble). Related: Ignobly.
雙語例句
- 1. There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
- 這種態(tài)度有點(diǎn)怯懦可鄙.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. To bettay a friend is ignoble.
- 背棄朋友是卑鄙的.
來自《用法詞典》
- 3. 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.
- 然而老年人已經(jīng)經(jīng)歷各種歡樂和憂傷, 而且成就了他力所能及的一切工作,就他來講, 怕死就有些低賤而卑鄙了.
來自《用法詞典》
- 4. But in an old man who has known human 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,作為一個老年人,他經(jīng)歷過人生的歡樂和憂傷, 而且完成了他份內(nèi)要做的一切工作, 怕死就有點(diǎn)兒卑鄙和不光彩了.
來自《用法詞典》
- 5. What did he think of her -- that she was base, vulgar, ignoble?
- 他對她怎么想 - 認(rèn)為她下賤, 庸俗, 可恥?
來自辭典例句
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