| 词汇 | example_english_national-disgrace |
| 释义 | national disgracecollocation in Englishmeanings of nationaland disgraceThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with disgrace. national adjective uk /ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/ us /ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/ relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ... See more at national disgrace noun[U] uk /dɪsˈɡreɪs/ us /dɪsˈɡreɪs/ embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect, or behaviour that ... See more at disgrace Examples of national disgraceThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. But this again is the reaction of an old fogey, for whom an opera like this can only be a nationaldisgrace. That matter was a scandal and a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wage that the farm labourer gets is a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The shortage of radium in this country is, it seems to me, a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is now a positive political scandal and is rapidly becoming a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a nationaldisgrace that so few reservoirs are available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of people in prison is a nationaldisgrace for which we must all take some responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wage rates of some manual workers in universities and colleges of higher education are a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Currently, 180,000 17 and 18-year-olds are not receiving education, work or training: that is a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, the overcrowding in our mental hospitals is little short of a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that it was a national shame, a nationaldisgrace, that we should send an army as badly equipped as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a nationaldisgrace which the whole nation—all of our citizens as ratepayers—should be helping to remedy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The behaviour of such people has been a nationaldisgrace for years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The way that so many councils administer planning law is a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it is a nationaldisgrace and the failure of all parties to come to agreement is astounding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The keeping of dogs in unsuitable conditions is bordering on a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not one of the most important questions to be investigated that of why a national game is becoming a nationaldisgrace? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a nationaldisgrace, as well as unsafe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those privatised companies—which, as nationalised industries, were a nationaldisgrace—are now international winners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The notice of implementation of that directive—a mere 45 days at the height of the summer season—was little short of a nationaldisgrace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of national Go to the definition of disgrace See other collocations with disgrace |
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