ignoble

ignoble

英 [ɪg'nəʊb(ə)l]
　　美 [ɪɡ'nobl]

adj. 不光彩的；卑鄙的；卑賤的

中文詞源：

ignoble 不光彩的

ig-,不，非，來自in-在字母g開頭前的拼寫異化，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。

例句：

1. There's something cowardly and ignoble about such an attitude.
這種態度有點怯懦可鄙.

2. To bettay a friend is ignoble.
背棄朋友是卑鄙的.

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.
然而老年人已經經歷各種歡樂和憂傷, 而且成就瞭他力所能及的一切工作,就他來講, 怕死就有些低賤而卑鄙瞭.

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,他經歷過人生的歡樂和憂傷, 而且完成瞭他份內要做的一切工作, 怕死就有點兒卑鄙和不光彩瞭.

5. What did he think of her -- that she was base, vulgar, ignoble?
他對她怎麼想 - 認為她下賤, 庸俗, 可恥?