ignoble

• adj. 不光彩的；卑鄙的；卑賤的

ig-,不，非，來自in-在字母g開頭前的拚寫異化，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。

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.

1. There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.

這種態度有點怯懦可鄙.

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.

然而老年人已經經曆各種歡樂和憂傷, 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,他經曆過人生的歡樂和憂傷, 而且完成了他份內要做的一切工作, 怕死就有點兒卑鄙和不光彩了.

來自《用法詞典》

5. What did he think of her -- that she was base, vulgar, ignoble?

他對她怎麽想 - 認為她下賤, 庸俗, 可恥?

來自辭典例句