| 单词 | ignoble |
| 释义 | ignoble (once / 1654 pages) adj Ignoble means not noble, but for those of us that don’t live in feudal England and don’t worry about lords or peasants, ignoble just means base, or low, like that dude in Biology who’s always telling fart jokes. Ignoble means low, common, or humble, but we tend to use it to describe the lows of human nature, rather than economically humble people or places. So a picturesquely crumbing rustic cottage or a cool old diner is not ignoble, but perhaps a sketchy roadside bar is. Those that think that the human mind is the treasure of the world disdain ignoble animals like pigs or dogs––after all, they can’t compose lovely poems like we can. WORD FAMILYignoble: ignobility, ignobleness, ignobler, ignoblest, ignobly+/ignobility: ignobilities USAGE EXAMPLESThe most sublime and insightful words, more often than not, emerge from decidedly ignoble creatures. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) But it is more likely a more ignoble combination of populism and panic. The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016) Ginzburg, who grew up privileged but endured years of privation, calls money “an ignoble thing.” The New Yorker(Sep 07, 2016) 1adj completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Syn|Ant cowardly, fearful lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted contemptibledeserving of contempt or scorn dishonorable, dishonourablelacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor base, mean, meanspiritedhaving or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality currishbase and cowardly noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character honorable, honourableworthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect dignifying, ennoblinginvesting with dignity or honor elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublimeof high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style greathearted, magnanimousnoble and generous in spirit 2adj not of the nobility of ignoble (or ungentle) birth Syn ungentle, untitled lowborn of humble birth or origins |
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