音标:[.ignәu'miniәs] ;
a. 可耻的, 不名誉的, 下流的
s (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

ignominious的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The waste is one kind of ignominious behavior.浪费是一种可耻的行为。
  2. The conspiracy frittered away to an ignominious conclusion.那个阴谋以可耻的失败而告终。
  3. He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end.他犯了一个错误,他的事业就很不体面地结束了。
  4. There is a long, ignominious tradition in this nation of violence toward newcomers.这个国家有个不光彩的传统,那就是对于初来乍到者的不友好。

经典引文

  • The lamentable gulf between the prophesied glory and the ignominious fact.

    出自:A. Mason
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