Dishonour
[dis'ɔnә]
解釋/意思:
n. want of honour: disgrace: shame: reproach.—v.t. to deprive of honour: to disgrace: to cause shame to: to seduce: to degrade: to refuse the payment of as a cheque.—adjs. Dishon′orary causing dishonour; Dishon′ourable having no sense of honour: disgraceful.—n. Dishon′ourableness.—adv. Dishon′ourably.—n. Dishon′ourer.
整理:韦尔登
例句/造句/用法:
- Wert thou to fly, what would ensue but the reversal of thy arms, the dishonour of thine ancestry, the degradation of thy rank? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Sir Knight, answered Rowena, in enterprises such as yours, the real dishonour lies not in failure, but in success. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If dishonour, or what I conceive to be dishonour, come near me, I am lost. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- A man can do but his best, answered Hubert; but my grandsire drew a good long bow at Hastings, and I trust not to dishonour his memory. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If you cannot, or do not choose to do that, employ me to pursue her, to chase her, to disgrace and to dishonour her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The last door of escape was closed--she felt herself shut in with her dishonour. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- But I trust there is no dishonour in wishing I had here some two scores of my gallant troop of Free Companions? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And the lips that shall refuse to pledge me to his well-earned fame, I term false and dishonoured, and will so maintain them with my life. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- You have dishonoured me forever! 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- So that you would have me shown up as a coward, sir, and our name dishonoured for the sake of Miss Swartz's money, George interposed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You will not be dishonoured by my society, and as this is probably the last service, or disservice you can do me, will you grant my request? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Will the Lady Rowena deign to cast an eye--on a captive knight--on a dishonoured soldier? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He, a broken, bankrupt, sick, dishonoured prisoner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Thou must to the lists, Brian, or thou art a lost and dishonoured man. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Virtue is free, and as a man honours or dishonours her he will have more or less of her; the responsibility is with the chooser--God is justified. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I have a husband, wretched and dishonouring creature that I am! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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