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词汇 disrepute
释义 disrepute
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌdɪs.rɪˈpjuːt/ us /ˌdɪs.rɪˈpjuːt/
the state of not being trusted or respected: 失去信任;不受尊重;破坏名声
bring something into disreputeInvolvement with terrorist groups brought the political party into disrepute.因与恐怖团伙有瓜葛,该政党陷入了信任危机。
fall into disreputeThis theory has fallen into disrepute.这一理论已经不再站得住脚。
Opposite
reputeformal
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disrepute | American Dictionary


disrepute
noun[ U ]
 fmlus/ˌdɪs·rɪˈpjut/
the state of not being respected or trusted:
The judge’s behavior, he said, had brought the law profession into disrepute.

Examples of disrepute


disrepute
Clairvoyance, which has been getting somewhat into disrepute, will probably be looking up hereafter.
Its hazards are great, especially now that popular writers have brought it into disrepute.
At the time, both welfare economics and public finance had fallen into relative disrepute.
The priest further alleged that women were bringing religion into disrepute by brawling inside the church.
But such a model overlooks the varieties of reasonableness, the plurality of moral outlooks, and the current state of disarray (and disrepute!) of ethical theory.
But they also worried that excessive attention to appearance could lead to racial disrepute.
I grant that the above argument is just the sort of thing that brings metaphysics into disrepute.
Then the notion fell into some disrepute.
Fenianism - in addition to proving politically inefficacious - had fallen into disrepute.
As soon as the courts started to put obstinate clergymen into prison, the whole thing fell into disrepute.
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If the law is unclear or shrouded in mystery or complexity, it is more likely to be held in disrepute or ignored.
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If one raises one's sights too high and tries to impose standards which are unenforceable, one brings the law into disrepute and the edifice crumbles.
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But if fines are evaded on a large scale, the fine system is brought into disrepute.
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Such a thing would bring world economics, into disrepute and mockery.
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The present procedures are clumsy and expensive, and planning, as much as anything, brings the law into disrepute.
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