| 单词 | a discredit to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa discredit to 3. Something or someone discreditable; a source of disgrace or dishonour. Chiefly in a discredit to. Cf. credit n. 8. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace shendship1303 stone of stumbling (scandal, slander, etc.)a1382 lackc1480 dishonour1553 discredit1574 disgrace1590 shame1609 opprobrium1656 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 510 It is much to your dishonestie, and a great discredite to your whole cause. 1603 T. Bell Anat. Popish Tyrannie iv. v. 174 His turbulent head and lewd life, would be a discredite to the catholike cause. 1647 W. Eldred Gunners Glasse 33 All which is a hinderance to the King, a discredit to the Captain, and foule shame for us Gunners, that spend so many idle ward-dayes, and do no service about the Ordnance. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 405 Such Words and Sayings are a Discredit to your self, and a Scandle to the Beauty of our Language; as for Instance..the Devil and his Dam. 1786 W. H. Davies Plays written for Private Theatre 53 He is a discredit to his sex, and to his profession. 1853 B. Moran Footpath & Highway xxxix. 360 The farmers of Norfolk have the reputation of raising the best beef and mutton in the kingdom, and the specimens they exhibit in Norwich are no discredit to them. 1868 Contemp. Rev. 7 17 A more systematic cultivation of the subject is needed, and it is a discredit that Oxford and Cambridge should make no attempt to supply it. 1913 Spectator 22 Nov. 874/2 His father would have removed him [from school] as a failure and discredit to the family. 1952 Jet 11 Sept. 30 We're ashamed of the actions of some Catholics. They're a discredit to their religion. 2010 D. Stricklin Louis Armstrong iv. 73 He..cared about avoiding the charge of being a discredit to African Americans. < as lemmas |
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