| 词汇 | ignominious |
| 释义 | ignominious adjective literaryuk /ˌɪɡ.nəˈmɪn.i.əs/ us /ˌɪɡ.nəˈmɪn.i.əs/ (especially of events or behaviour) embarrassing because of being a complete failure: （尤指事件或行为）耻辱的，丢脸的 an ignominious defeat/failure/retreat声誉扫地的落败／失败／撤退 Synonyms disgraceful ingloriousliterary shamefuldisapproving Humiliating and degrading abase abasement be under a cloudidiom bring/take someone down a peg (or two)idiom bruise someone's egoidiom disgraced dishonour dishonourable dishonourably doghouse ignoble ignobly ignominiously ignominy in the doghouseidiom shoddily shoddiness shoddy stoop stoop to something Related wordignominiously ignominious | American Dictionaryignominious adjective us/ˌɪɡ·nəˈmɪn·i·əs/ (esp. of events or behavior) embarrassing: an ignominious defeat Examples of ignominiousignominious The prospect of ignominious failure must haunt them continually. Not surprisingly, many hawkers of information took their trade with them when they set out for the new world where some met an ignominious end. This resulted in a hasty, ignominious retreat. It suits them to forget the postmen's strike and the contemptuous way in which they ground the postmen into ignominious defeat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His character was largely destroyed by the report and his career as a distinguished voluntary public servant was brought to an ignominious end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is something frightfully ignominious about the frame of mind from which this sort of explanation springs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are issues which should determine whether we are a partnership, or something a good deal more ignominious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet the people to be called in to make farming pay are the very people who have already met with the most ignominious failure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is cruelty to humans and an ignominious end to many years of hard work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no pool to take anything out of, and the result was that the conference broke down in ignominious recrimination, leaving ill feeling behind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We even—this is the ignominious part—catch sprats now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One does not say then that it is only an ignominious proportion of the national income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The story is one of ignominious retreat from their explicit promises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure the citizens will feel sad at the rather ignominious end of this great warship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The statement was made in somewhat ignominious circumstances. 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. |
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