英语词汇“unscrupulous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use the adjective unscrupulous to describe someone who behaves in a dishonest or unethical way.

Unscrupulous behavior is the unfortunate resort of many ambitious people — it’s the immoral stuff they do to make success more attainable. When you sell someone bad loans, when you hack into your competition's accounts, when you read your roommate's mail for signs of an opportunity with his girlfriend, you're being unscrupulous.

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In a piece in The Atlantic on vocabulary learning, journalist and SAT tutor James S. Murphy brought up the so-called "SAT word" unscrupulous as an example of a word you might memorize for SAT proficiency, but still have no idea how to use appropriately.

Merriam-Webster, Murphy points out, can only take you so far. To really understand the nuances of this subtle word, you'll have to tap into a resources like the ones that appear in the Vocabulary.com Dictionary.

Consider the example of “unscrupulous.” The Microsoft Word thesaurus provides as synonyms for “unscrupulous” “dishonest,” “corrupt,” “dodgy,” “immoral,” and “ruthless.” These words occupy a similar semantic space, but they are not equivalent to each other. One of the keys to speaking and writing eloquently is the power to select the most appropriate chisel for the context. You need to know, for instance, that it is appropriate to call the behavior of many mortgage lenders unscrupulous, but not to call a small child’s lie to his mother unscrupulous, since we do not expect young children to live according to principles. You would not find this distinction out, however, if you simply memorized the definition at Merriam-Webster.com: “not honest or fair; doing things that are wrong, dishonest, or illegal.”

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You need someone to sit down and explain the word to you, pronounce it for you, show you a bunch of examples of how it's used, give you a list of its synonyms and antonyms, indicate how frequently you'll see it and what other words you might find in its family. But who is that person? Your mom? Your best friend? No, it's the definition pages and word learning game on Vocabulary.com! On nearly every page in our Dictionary, you'll find:

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Hundreds of usage examples drawn from real-world books, magazines, and newspapers.
A word family diagram showing you related words (on the unscrupulous page, you'll see scruples, scrupulous, and scrupulously)

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WORD FAMILY

unscrupulous: unscrupulously, unscrupulousness+/scruple: scrupled, scruples, scrupling, scrupulous/scrupulous: scrupulously, scrupulousness, unscrupulous

USAGE EXAMPLES

Politically, there was also an unscrupulous plot to impeach Dilma Rousseff and end 13 years of Workers’ party rule in Brazil.

The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)

Instead, aggressive marketing and unscrupulous doctors helped push a generation of people into addiction.

Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016)

His celebrity became a mask for his own chaotic, outsourced and unscrupulous business empire.

The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016)

adj without scruples or principles

unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power

Syn|Ant

unprincipled

lacking principles or moral scruples

scrupulous

having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled

principled

based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality

religious

extremely scrupulous and conscientious

单词	unscrupulous
释义	unscrupulous (once / 1301 pages) adj Use the adjective unscrupulous to describe someone who behaves in a dishonest or unethical way. Unscrupulous behavior is the unfortunate resort of many ambitious people — it’s the immoral stuff they do to make success more attainable. When you sell someone bad loans, when you hack into your competition's accounts, when you read your roommate's mail for signs of an opportunity with his girlfriend, you're being unscrupulous. TIPS & TRICKS Want to Understand "Unscrupulous"? We've Got Your Back In a piece in The Atlantic on vocabulary learning, journalist and SAT tutor James S. Murphy brought up the so-called "SAT word" unscrupulous as an example of a word you might memorize for SAT proficiency, but still have no idea how to use appropriately. Merriam-Webster, Murphy points out, can only take you so far. To really understand the nuances of this subtle word, you'll have to tap into a resources like the ones that appear in the Vocabulary.com Dictionary. Consider the example of “unscrupulous.” The Microsoft Word thesaurus provides as synonyms for “unscrupulous” “dishonest,” “corrupt,” “dodgy,” “immoral,” and “ruthless.” These words occupy a similar semantic space, but they are not equivalent to each other. One of the keys to speaking and writing eloquently is the power to select the most appropriate chisel for the context. You need to know, for instance, that it is appropriate to call the behavior of many mortgage lenders unscrupulous, but not to call a small child’s lie to his mother unscrupulous, since we do not expect young children to live according to principles. You would not find this distinction out, however, if you simply memorized the definition at Merriam-Webster.com: “not honest or fair; doing things that are wrong, dishonest, or illegal.” So how can you be sure you're fully understanding words you're trying to learn? You need someone to sit down and explain the word to you, pronounce it for you, show you a bunch of examples of how it's used, give you a list of its synonyms and antonyms, indicate how frequently you'll see it and what other words you might find in its family. But who is that person? Your mom? Your best friend? No, it's the definition pages and word learning game on Vocabulary.com! On nearly every page in our Dictionary, you'll find: A friendly description of the word, as if your favorite English teacher is explaining it to you. A break down of its definitions organized in colors according to parts of speech. A list of synonyms and antonyms. Hundreds of usage examples drawn from real-world books, magazines, and newspapers. A word family diagram showing you related words (on the unscrupulous page, you'll see scruples, scrupulous, and scrupulously) A learn button that lets you include this word in the Vocabulary.com game. Want to see how it works? Check out unscrupulous here. WORD FAMILY unscrupulous: unscrupulously, unscrupulousness+/scruple: scrupled, scruples, scrupling, scrupulous/scrupulous: scrupulously, scrupulousness, unscrupulous USAGE EXAMPLES Politically, there was also an unscrupulous plot to impeach Dilma Rousseff and end 13 years of Workers’ party rule in Brazil. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Instead, aggressive marketing and unscrupulous doctors helped push a generation of people into addiction. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) His celebrity became a mask for his own chaotic, outsourced and unscrupulous business empire. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) adj without scruples or principles unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power Syn\|Ant unprincipled lacking principles or moral scruples scrupulous having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled principled based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality religious extremely scrupulous and conscientious
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