inglorious

英 [ɪn'ɡlɔːriəs] 美 [ɪn'ɡlɔːriəs]

• adj. 不名誉的；不体面的；可耻的

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 可耻的，不名誉的，不光彩的
2. 不出名的，默默无闻的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. (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"
   "an ignominious retreat"
   "inglorious defeat"
   "an opprobrious monument to human greed"
   "a shameful display of cowardice"
   

2. not bringing honor and glory;

   "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He will never forget that inglorious flight when he was in the army.
   他永远也不会忘记他当兵时的一次不名誉的逃亡。
2. The invasion of Iraq was controversial and its occupation inglorious.
   入侵伊拉克充满争议，对其占领更是不光彩。

经典引文

• It involved the country in an inglorious, unprofitable, and interminable war.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

近反义词

【近义词】

• disgraceful 可耻的
• dishonorable 不名誉的
• discreditable 有损信用的
• shameful 可耻或丢脸的...
• ignominious 可耻的
• dishonourable 不名誉的
• humiliating 丢脸的
• unsuccessful 不成功的
• ignoble 平民的
• opprobrious 嘴不干净的
• black 黑的

【反义词】

• glorious 光荣的