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.
双语例句
1. There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
这种态度有点怯懦可鄙.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. To bettay a friend is ignoble.
背弃朋友是卑鄙的.
来自《用法词典》
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.
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.
5. 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?
来自辞典例句
英英释意
1. 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"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
2. not of the nobility;
"of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"
"untitled civilians"
实用场景例句
an ignoble person
卑鄙的人
牛津词典
ignoble thoughts
可耻的想法
牛津词典
...an ignoble episode from their country's past.
他们国家历史中一段不光彩的插曲
柯林斯高阶英语词典
…ignoble thoughts.
卑鄙的想法
柯林斯高阶英语词典
To betray a friend is ignoble.
背弃朋友是为人所不齿的.
辞典例句
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.
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.