ignoble
英 [ɪgˈnəʊbl] 美 [ɪgˈnoʊbl]

adj.

卑鄙的；可耻的；出身低微的；地位低下的

英英释义

ignoble[ iɡ'nəubl ]

• adj.
  • completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose

    "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"

  • not of the nobility

    "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"

    同义词：ungentleuntitled

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Some very great men have come from ignoble families.
   有些伟人出身低微。
2. He is an ignoble man.
   他是一个卑鄙的小人。
3. 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。

权威例句

From the Ignoble to the Sublime
Ignoble savages and other European visions:
An Ignoble Approach to Large Field Inflation
Ignoble Trails - Where Crossover Is Provably Harmful
The ignoble art of cheating in scientific publications
The Ignoble Savage: American Literary Racism, 1790-1890
Social science and the ignoble savage
Ignoble Savages and Other European Visions: The La Pérouse Affair in Samoan History
"An ignoble form of cannibalism": reflections on the Pittsburgh protocol for procuring organs from non-heart-beating cadavers.
Case Study: a bold new approach to awareness and education, and how it met an ignoble fate