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ignominious adj.可恥的,不光彩的,丟臉的;卑鄙的。 an ign...

In a way, he was the “poor-devil author“ of whom washington irving wrote a sympathetic sketch, the man who from vast dreams of literary fame descends to ignominious hackwork . 他有幾分象歐文筆下令人惋惜的那個“可憐巴巴的作家,”從天才夢墮落為雇傭文人。

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The only marked event of the afternoon was , that i saw the girl with whom i had conversed in the verandah dismissed in disgrace by miss scatcherd from a history class , and sent to stand in the middle of the large schoolroom . the punishment seemed to me in a high degree ignominious , especially for so great a girl - she looked thirteen or upwards 下午只有一件事引人注目,我看到了在游廊上跟我交談過的姑娘丟了臉,被斯卡查德小姐逐出歷史課,責令站在那個大教室當中,在我看來,這種懲罰實在是奇恥大辱,特別是對像她這樣一個大姑娘來說她看上去有十三歲了,或許還更大,我猜想她會露出傷心和害臊的表情。

A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys , understanding little of the matter in hand , except that it gave them a half - holiday , ran before her progress , turning their heads continually to stare into her face , and at the winking baby in her arms , and at the ignominious letter on her breast 一大群懷著好奇心來湊熱鬧的小男孩,對眼前的事態不明所以,只曉得學校放了他們半天假,他們一邊在頭前跑著,一邊不時回過頭來盯著她的臉她懷中抱著的眨著眼的嬰兒還有她胸前那個丟人現眼的紅字。

Through that system , centered on institutions which have evolved into the european union , has enabled europe ' s economy to flourish and maintain a high degree of prosperity , thus empowering it to maintain its own distinctive path of development even under the strain caused by a confrontational united states - soviet union polarization of world politics and to escape the fate of ignominious decline in the wake of two world wars 透過以歐盟為主的歐洲體系,繁榮了歐洲的經濟,維持了歐洲的盛世,使得歐洲在美蘇對抗的二極國際體系里,仍然保有自己的發展路線,并沒有因兩次世界大戰的極度破壞而衰亡。

Some affirmed that the reverend mr . dimmesdale , on the very day when hester prynne first wore her ignominious badge , had begun a course of penance , - which he afterwards , in so many futile methods , followed out , - by inflicting a hideous torture on himself 一些人一日咬定,丁梅斯代爾牧師先生自從海絲特白蘭戴上那恥辱的徽記的第一天開始,就進行他的苦修,隨后一直用各色各樣的勞而無功的方法,對自己施加駭人的折磨。

Discerning the impractible state of the poor culprit s mind , the elder clergyman , who had carefully prepared himself for the occasion , addressed to the multitude a discourse on sin , in all its branches , but with continual reference to the ignominious letter 那年長的牧師看出來這可憐的罪人一意孤行,他對此早已成竹在胸,便對人群發表了一通論述罪惡的演講,他列舉了形形色色的罪過,并且時時涉及那不光彩的字母。

The two bmw - williams of ralf schumacher and juan montoya finished almost a lap behind in 4th and 5th , while pre - race world championship favourite , kimi raikkonen , made an ignominious exit on the 9th lap with engine failure 兩名威廉姆斯車手小舒馬赫和蒙托亞分別取得第四和第五的成績,而賽前被大家普遍看好的雷克南,在第九圈的時候卻因為引擎故障滑出了賽道。

But sometimes , once in many days , or perchance in many months , she felt an eye - a human eye - upon the ignominious brand , that seemed to give a momentary relief , as if half of her agony were shared 但也有時候好多天有這么一次,或者要好幾個月才有這么一次,她會感到一雙眼睛一雙人類的眼睛望著她那恥辱的印記,似乎能給她片刻的寬慰,象是分擔了她的一半痛苦。

When you because settle to lonely and live simply changenobly , you can see clearly that common custom filthy , gloomy , narrow , tiny , ignominious and are absurd 當你因安于孤獨和澹泊而變得高尚,你就會看清那世俗的污濁、陰暗、狹隘、渺小、可恥與荒唐。

That ignominious experience led the tories to adopt inflation targeting , which has transformed britain ' s macroeconomic performance 這段不光彩的經歷使得保守黨采取了設定通脹目標的方法,這讓英國宏觀經濟表現得以改觀。

Three minutes delay will render it involuntary and ignominious . heathcliff measured the height and breadth of the speaker with an eye full of derision 再耽擱三分鐘,你的離開就要成為被迫的,而且是可恥的了。 ”

What an ignominious destiny for medicine if its future turned into one of bestowing meagre increments of unenjoyed life 如果醫學未來只是起延長痛苦的生命的作用,那么它將的命運將多么可恥啊!

Hester prynne had encountered the world s ignominious stare . there stood hester , holding little pearl by the hand 現在海絲特就站在那兒,手中領著小珠兒!

The conspiracy frittered away to an ignominious conclusion 那個陰謀以可恥的失敗而告終。

In a way, he was the “poor-devil author“ of whom washington irving wrote a sympathetic sketch, the man who from vast dreams of literary fame descends to ignominious hackwork . 他有幾分象歐文筆下令人惋惜的那個“可憐巴巴的作家,”從天才夢墮落為雇傭文人。

Instead, he went forward through two years of worrying and ignominious office to a violent death, a dishonoured grave . 但是他卻不這樣做,他擔任了兩年憂愁煩惱、卑鄙可恥的職務后,落得一個橫死、不光彩的下場。