词汇 | dubious-distinction |
释义 | dubious distinction collocation a quality that someone or something is known for, but that is not good: The city had the dubious distinction of being named the world's most polluted urban area. The state holds the dubious distinction of having the nation's highest unemployment rate. See dubious distinction The show achieved the dubious distinction of becoming the fastest-closing London musical in recent times. The region has the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of asthma in the country. Ruth Ellis has the dubious distinction of being the last woman to be hanged in Britain. We have the highest rate of car theft in the country - it's a dubious distinction. Reputation by reputationidiom cred credibility detoxify disreputable honourable honourably infamous infamously infamy mud notoriety notorious notoriously reputable reputably smoke stature Teflon there's no smoke without fireidiom |
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