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 despicable ['dɛspɪkəbl.]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 可鄙的, 卑劣的

  1. A sneaky or despicable person.
    一个卑怯的或可鄙的人
  2. A despicable coward; a wretch.
    怯懦者卑劣的懦夫;可怜虫,坏东西
  3. Deserving of contempt; despicable.
    该受轻视的;可鄙的


despicable
[ adj ]
morally reprehensible
<adj.all>
would do something as despicable as murderugly crimes
the vile development of slavery appalled them
a slimy little liar


Despicable \Des"pi*ca*ble\, a. [L. despicabilis, fr. despicari
to despise; akin to despicere. See {Despise}.]
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile;
worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a
despicable gift.

Syn: Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry;
sordid; low; base. See {Contemptible}.

  1. In the smug musings of Lyman Felt, Mr. Miller has given us a despicable hero who is boring.
  2. It was despicable, the way both the South and the Union treated their prisoners.
  3. Papandreou described as "despicable" the interview with banker-publisher George Koskotas, the central figure in the scandal.
  4. Uttered by him it must mean 'brilliant', as when the young deploy 'wicked' to much the same purpose. Mr Michael Heseltine chose a different adjective - 'despicable'.
  5. Education Secretary Kenneth Baker, speaking to the House of Commons, called the vote "shameful and despicable." "This is the loony left hijacking a great institution," he added.
  6. Second, Mr. Cockburn repeats the despicable (and illogical) charges Castro's minions have trumped up against Armando Valladares, head of the U.S. delegation.
  7. Jim Garrison's pseudo-investigation into the assassination in New Orleans was not only a farce but a despicable misuse of prosecutorial power (which I wrote about in 1967 in my book "Counterplot").
  8. Some are tacky and despicable.
  9. "Communicating vital classified information to agents of a foreign power is despicable," U.S. District Court Judge Herbert F. Murray told Joseph Dolce of Havre de Grace as he imposed the maximum sentence Wednesday.
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