ignobly adverb literaryuk /ɪɡˈnəʊ.bli/ us /ɪɡˈnoʊ.bli/ in a way that is morally bad and causes feelings of shame: 卑鄙地,可耻地 He believes his grandfather acted ignobly. 他认为他的祖父行为无耻。 The artists were ignobly treated. 艺术家受到了无耻的对待。 See
ignoble I lost no time in escaping from a place so ignobly dangerous. He behaved most ignobly. The hearing was prematurely and ignobly adjourned after only 15 minutes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Humiliating and degrading abase abasement be under a cloudidiom bring/take someone down a peg (or two)idiom bruise someone's egoidiom disgraced dishonour dishonourable dishonourably doghouse ignoble ignominious ignominiously ignominy in the doghouseidiom shoddily shoddiness shoddy stoop stoop to something |