首页英语词典disgracefuldisgraceful英英释意

disgraceful

英 [dɪs'greɪsfʊl; -f(ə)l] 美[dɪs'ɡresfl]
  • adj. 不名誉的,可耻的

英英释意


1. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
"scandalous behavior"
"the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
"the most shocking book of its time"
2. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
"an ignominious retreat"
"inglorious defeat"
"an opprobrious monument to human greed"
"a shameful display of cowardice"