| 词汇 | turpitude |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | turpitude noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈtɜː.pɪ.tʃuːd/ us /ˈtɝː.pə.tuːd/ evil: 邪恶;堕落 acts/crimes of moral turpitude道德败坏的行为／罪行 Synonym depravity Morally wrong and evil abhorrent abhorrently amoral amorality anomie dissipated dissolute dissolutely dissoluteness enormity nefariously nefariousness no goodidiom no more Mr Nice Guyidiom non-ethical tawdry trespass unconscionable unconscionably unethical Examples of turpitudeturpitude The tactic employed by rivals was invariably that of trying to demonstrate first administrative incompetence and then, if possible, moral turpitude. It waxes in wickedness, moral turpitude knows no limit. Ghost fiction was, often, stereotypically associated with woman writers, but so, at various times, were prosy domesticity, moral superiority, moral turpitude, and just about everything else. The question of moral turpitude of the driver does not enter into the question of the new general driving test. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some have a degree of moral turpitude; others in each case are offences simply due to our ordinary human frailty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not efficiency; it is crass moral turpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A polygon is always a hideous thing, but when on a hillside a polygon of trees is a turpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a longish list, but it included ineptitude as well as turpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is going to be the effect if you bring in these hard penalties for things which have no moral turpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope nobody will charge us with moral turpitude in connection with 1931. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is now recognised that cowardice is a physical defect rather than a matter of moral turpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are prisoners convicted with sentence of hard labour for these offences which involve no moral turpitude to have the benefit of the regulations? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Listening to this debate one would have thought that people were accusing these who are using modern farming methods of some kind of moral turpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most important aspect of that case was that turpitude was proven against him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He will grant a warrant only if convinced that there is a real case of turpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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