turpitude
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?t??.p?.t?u?d]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?t??.p?.tu?d]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['t?:pitju:d]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 奸惡; 卑鄙; 背德
詞根記憶
- turp(卑鄙的) + itude→卑鄙
英漢例句
- It make our growth accompany with justice and turpitude.
這使得我們的成長伴隨著正義和邪惡。 - What is moral turpitude, an ethical lapse, but a soilingof one’s character?
什麼是道德墮落,道德喪失,或是性格的玷汙? - And there is a third answer: after a big revolution (like the Bolshevik one), the new rulers are often keen to show up the moral turpitude of their predecessors.
而第三種情況就是:在一場大變革之後(就像佈爾什維尅的那場革命),新統(tǒng)治者們常常熱衷於揭發(fā)原統(tǒng)治者的卑劣行逕(moral turpitude)。 - But, in fact, this is not necessary to refute the claim that business schools are responsible for moral turpitude at the top of corporate America.
ECONOMIST: Is the MBA responsible for moral turpitude at the top? - He skipped, for example, writing about how the accelerating moral turpitude of another huge entertainment enterprise, Hollywood, is helping send American morals and values down a rathole.
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雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語
- moral turpitude 道德敗壞;道德淪喪;違背道德
- crimes involving moral turpitude 道德卑鄙的犯罪
- of trust or moral turpitude 信托或道德敗壞