opprobrious
英 [ə'prəʊbrɪəs]
美
- adj. 无礼的；嘴不干净的；该骂的；可耻的
词态变化
名词: opprobrium;
中文词源
opprobrious 谴责的，抨击的
来自opprobrium,谴责，抨击。
英英释意
- 1. expressing offensive reproach
- 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"
英文词源
- opprobrious (adj.)
- "full of reproach, intended to bring disgrace," late 14c., from Old French oprobrieus (Modern French opprobrieux), or directly from Late Latin opprobriosus, from Latin opprobare "to reproach, taunt," from ob "against" (see ob-) + probrum "reproach, infamy." Etymological sense is "disgrace attached to conduct considered shameful." Related: Opprobriously; opprobriousness.
实用场景例句
- It is now freely applied as an adjective of an opprobrious kind.
- 目前它被任意用作一种骂人的形容词.
辞典例句
- He ransacked his extensive vocabulary in order to find opprobrious names to call her.
- 他从他的丰富词汇中挑出所有难听的话来骂她.
辞典例句