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 disreputable [dɪs'rɛpjətəbl.]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 名誉不好的, 不光彩的, 声名狼藉的

  1. A public place of entertainment, especially a cheap or disreputable music hall or theater.
    低级娱乐场所一种尤指廉价或低级音乐厅或戏院等的公共娱乐场所
  2. I've had nothing to do with him since he got in with that rather disreputable clique.
    自从他和那个声名狼藉的集团鬼混在一起之后,我就同他断绝了往来。
  3. An accomplice or a lackey who aids in the commission of base or disreputable acts.
    同谋,同伙共犯或帮凶,其帮助实施无耻或下流的行为


disreputable
[ adj ]
lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
<adj.all>


Disreputable \Dis*rep"u*ta*ble\, a.
Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable;
disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem;
as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean,
the lewd, and the profane.

Why should you think that conduct disreputable in
priests which you probably consider as laudable in
yourself? --Bp. Watson.

Syn: Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful;
shameful.

  1. Makers of L-tryptophan have said they don't believe their product is to blame for the outbreak, although they said small, disreputable companies may have produced contaminated batches.
  2. When both were riding high, there were periods in which the United States overlooked their more disreputable qualities in pursuit of its anti-Soviet policies.
  3. 'My peers think there is something disreputable in what I do,' Sir John says. They also feel resentment that he received the credit for a turnround in profitability at ICI that was not altogether his doing.
  4. The Z Club was indeed slightly disreputable.
  5. According to the Comex disciplinary notice, Mr. Semel violated rules against disreputable or fraudulent conduct and against certain prohibited kinds of "dual" trading.
  6. Despite its vivid illumination of the more disreputable aspects of Picasso's life, however, Mrs. Huffington's biography suffers, unfortunately, from a failure so fundamental that it renders her book almost useless as a guide to her subject's story.
  7. The trouble is that strong government is either unnecessary in present circumstances, or it is disreputable.
  8. "The false hue and cry of quotas is a disservice to the president of the United States, a disreputable tactic by those who don't care about civil rights for women and minorities," Kennedy said.
  9. Last weekend he said he had lots of "stuff" about what a disreputable woman she is; he refused to release anything until an hour before Tuesday's vote, and the "stuff" proved to be a dud.
  10. U.S. might does not necessarily mean right, despite the fact that Noriega was a disreputable dictator who pushed his luck too far and who should have been dumped.
  11. Boston has plenty of reason to treat the disreputable rat with respect.
  12. Makers of L-tryptophan said they don't believe their product is to blame for the outbreak, although they said small, disreputable companies may have produced contaminated batches.
  13. Just the other day 61 per cent of respondents to a Gallup poll in the Daily Telegraph agreed that the Tories 'give the impression of being very sleazy and disreputable'.
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