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ignoble

英 [ɪg'nəʊb(ə)l] 美[ɪɡ'nobl]
  • adj. 不光彩的;卑鄙的;卑贱的

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"