turpitude
英 ['t??p?tju?d]
美['t?p?tud]
- n. 卑鄙；奸惡
GRE
英文詞源
- turpitude (n.)
- "depravity, infamy," late 15c., from Middle French turpitude (early 15c.), from Latin turpitudinem (nominative turpitudo) "baseness," from turpis "vile, physically ugly, base, unsightly," figuratively "morally ugly, scandalous, shameful," of unknown origin. Klein suggests perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (compare Latin trepit "he turns").
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He was considered unfit to hold office because of moral turpitude.
- 為了道德上的可恥行為,他被認(rèn)為不適擔(dān)任公務(wù)員.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》