| 单词 | ignominious |
| 释义 | ignominious (once / 1823 pages) adj Losing a football game stinks, but losing a game where, at the end, you are lying face down in a puddle of mud and the fans are burning effigies of you in the streets? That is an ignominious defeat. Although ignominious can modify other words, it is nearly always attached to "defeat." It derives from the word ignominy, which means public shame or defeat. Ignominy derives from the Latin in- "not" + a variant of nomen "name." WORD FAMILYignominious: ignominiously, ignominiousness+/ignominy: ignominies, ignominious USAGE EXAMPLESBefore Sunday’s game against the Jets, Bush professed unconcern about his ignominious mark. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) It was Margaret Thatcher's biggest political misjudgement - and brought her career as prime minister to an ignominious end. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) If the Constitutional Court ratifies the decision, it will be an ignominious end to a long but sometimes tragic life in politics. BBC(Dec 09, 2016) adj (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame an ignominious retreat Syn black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful dishonorable, dishonourable lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor |
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