turpitude
英 ['t??p?tju?d]
美['t?p?tud]
- n. 卑鄙；奸惡
GRE
英文詞源
- turpitude (n.)
- "depravity, infamy," late 15c., from Middle French turpitude (early 15c.), from Latin turpitudinem (nominative turpitudo) "baseness," from turpis "vile, physically ugly, base, unsightly," figuratively "morally ugly, scandalous, shameful," of unknown origin. Klein suggests perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (compare Latin trepit "he turns").
雙語例句
- 1. He was considered unfit to hold office because of moral turpitude.
- 為了道德上的可恥行為,他被認為不適擔任公務員.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》