单词	ill-begotten
释义	ill-begotten adjective ill-be·​got·​ten ˈil-bi-ˈgä-tᵊn  -bē- 1 : having an illicit or improper origin : ill-gotten … if they were stolen for fun and not profit the thieves are going to be pretty disappointed with their ill-begotten booty. Alex Cranz also : illicit, improper We need to get money—especially of ill-begotten provenance—out of politics. Stephen A. Jarislowsky Whatever Channel 8 gained in bucks from this ill-begotten use of news time for huckstering, it more than lost in reputation. Robert P. Laurence 2 : badly planned : ill-conceived … the partnership collapsed after an ill-begotten attempt to secure the bill's passage … Michele Wucker Word History First Known Use 1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1
随便看	preknow preknowledge prelabial prelabium prelacies prelacteal prelacy prelapsarian prelarva prelate prelate nullius prelates prelates nullius prelateship prelateships prelatess prelatesses prelatial prelatic prelatical prelatically prelation prelations prelatise prelatised

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