ignoble

FREQ #49756

a. 卑贱的, 卑鄙的, 低级的

发音

UK /ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/
其它
US /ɪɡˈnoʊbəl/

词形变化

ignobled ignobles 三单 ignobles ignobling ignobling 现在分词 ignobled 过去式 ignobled 过去分词 ignobler 比较级 ignobler ignoblest ignoblest 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make ignoble; to bring low.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Not noble; plebeian; common.

  2. 2.

    Not honorable; base.

  3. 3.

    Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

  4. 4.

    Of an element, dangerously reactive.

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词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

ungentle untitled

反义词 1

noble

近义相关 5

mean base mean-spirited currish lowborn

参见 5

cowardly fearful dishonorable contemptible dishonourable

词源

Borrowed from Middle French ignoble, from Latin ignōbilis, from in- (“not”) + gnōbilis, later nōbilis (“noble”).

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