词汇 | opprobrious |
释义 | opprobrious adjective formaluk /əˈprəʊ.bri.əs/ us /əˈproʊ.bri.əs/ expressing severe criticism and blame: 抨击的,谴责的 We denied the opprobrious charges published against us.我们否认那些针对我们发表的令人不齿的指控。 They called me by opprobrious names.他们用恶毒的话骂我。 See opprobrium She used all manner of opprobrious terms about them. The film attracted the opprobrious epithet 'heritage movie'. He cursed them with most opprobrious language. Disapproving & criticizing anathematize animadversion aspersion aw backbite barrel bash belabour boo disapprobation excoriate knock knocker let someone have both barrelsidiom low blow mordacious mordancy pile slam union-basher Examples of opprobriousopprobrious I think, speaking from memory, that one must not use opprobrious epithets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not say anything opprobrious about this circular, but it does appear to be a little belated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To be told you are in favour of private enterprise is the same as having an opprobrious epithet applied to you. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The individual concerned will never know in what sense he has transgressed and why he should have earned the opprobrious description of "swindler". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those opprobrious words are used about him in his official, predatory position, and not as a person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A free-for-all should not be regarded as an opprobrious expression; it should refer to an aim that we should embrace readily, freely and eagerly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want in a debate of this kind to introduce anything like opprobrious epithets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly do not accept for a moment the opprobrious epithets in which that supplementary question was clothed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "animal" is only rarely applied to man, except in an opprobrious, derogatory or contemptuous manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an opprobrious phrase, prying, if you do not agree with the activity at all or with the purpose of the activity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would you cause him to withdraw that disgraceful and opprobrious intervention? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, in a sense, it is a little opprobrious to suggest that those qualities could not be found in a member of the forum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But let us leave the fixed incomes aside, heavily taxed as some of them are, as the opprobrious recipients of unearned income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trick was, and still is, to get as many opprobrious adjectives and adverbs into eight or so sub-paragraphs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the 19th century there were many scandals which, in the terms of those days, were as hateful and opprobrious as those we see today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of opprobrious 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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