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.

  1. 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

  1. ADJ-GRADED 卑鄙可耻的;不光彩的
    If you describe something as ignoble, 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

  1. ignoble thoughts.
    卑鄙的想法
  2. There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
    这种态度有点怯懦可鄙。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. In a despicable, ignoble manner.
    以可鄙的、不光彩的方式。
  7. The fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
    怕死就未免有些可鄙,有些不光彩了。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. My true no courage continues having drug on an ignoble existence in this world
    我真的没有什么勇气在这个世界继续苟且偷生了
  11. 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;
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. It was some foul parody, some infamous ignoble satire.
    这是一个卑劣的讽刺,一个鄙俗、邪恶的嘲弄。
  15. 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)。
  16. He has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
    完成了他份内要做的所有工作,怕死就有点儿卑鄙和不光彩了。
  17. 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。
  18. Some very great men have come from ignoble families.
    有些伟人出身低微。
  19. Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him.
    沙威凶,但绝不下贱。
  20. 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。
  21. She is accused of playing an ignoble part in the plot.
    她被指责在阴谋中充当了不光彩的角色。
  22. 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。
  23. 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?
  24. In the same way the children will not easily fail to be thoroughbred because they have never seen or heard their parents do or say an ignoble thing.
    同样,有些孩子变得很有教养并不难,因为他们从来没有看到父母做不体面的事或说不体面的话。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. Mr Madoff's pitch fitted perfectly into the long and ignoble tradition of Wall Street fund managers luring ordinary folk with the promise of hot investments during booms.
    马多夫的推销,与华尔街基金经理在繁荣时期利用热门投资来诱惑普通人这一悠久而卑鄙的传统完全符合。
  28. 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。
  29. 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。
  30. 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。