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词汇 inglorious
释义 inglorious
adjective
 literaryuk /ɪnˈɡlɔː.ri.əs/ us /ɪnˈɡlɔːr.i.əs/
that people should be ashamed of because it is not fair or honest: 不光彩的,可耻的
That country has a long, inglorious record of dealing harshly with political prisoners.那个国家因为长期虐待政治犯而留下不光彩的记录。
Synonym
ignominiousliterary
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glorious(DESERVING ADMIRATION)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Morally wrong and evil
abhorrent
abhorrently
amoral
amorality
anomie
dissipated
dissolute
dissolutely
dissoluteness
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no goodidiom
no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
non-ethical
obscene
trespass
turpitude
unconscionable
unconscionably
unethical

Examples of inglorious


inglorious
I fear this might have been an inglorious effort.
Occasionally, legend reports that a chief's reign ended in an inglorious fall from power.
Notes on clauses have a fairly long but inglorious pedigree in this place.
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Their part in this business is an inglorious one.
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It may become known as the inglorious revolution.
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It is not an ignoble and inglorious thing that we are discussing.
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It finished its inglorious career after about 12 months, and so far has not paid any dividend on the capital that was subscribed.
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The nation resolutely refused to listen to counsels of faint-heartedness or to the whisperings of an inglorious compromise.
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I have to say that at times the international institutions appear to offer a rather inglorious picture.
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To put it in a nutshell, it would add hugely to what has already become an inglorious state of confusion.
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The exemption has a long and inglorious history.
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It was a sordid and inglorious attempt to influence the course of debate.
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No accusation so inglorious as filibustering can be levelled against them.
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It closes a chapter which has been varied and sometimes agitated, but on the whole not inglorious or unfruitful.
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I humbly express the hope that there will not be an inglorious revolution of 1998 which destroys it.
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