Dishonor
[dɪs'ɑnɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) lacking honor or integrity.
(noun.) a state of shame or disgrace; 'he was resigned to a life of dishonor'.
(verb.) refuse to accept; 'dishonor checks and drafts'.
(verb.) bring shame or dishonor upon; 'he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime'.
凯思琳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
(n.) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.
(v. t.) To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor.
(v. t.) To violate the chastity of; to debauch.
(v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange.
手打:威利
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, reproach, degradation, shame, ignominy, obloquy, infamy, opprobrium, odium, scandal, abasement.
v. a. [1]. Disgrace, bring shame or reproach upon, stain the character of.[2]. Violate, debauch, ravish, deflour.[3]. Refuse to accept or to pay (as a draft).
校對:塔玛拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He proclaimed the marriage in the high places of the city and rejoiced that dishonor had departed from his house. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Some think them a kind of dishonor. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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