ig·no·ble /ɪgˈnobəl/
(a.)卑賤的,卑鄙的,不名譽的
Ig·no·ble a.
1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
I was not ignoble of descent. --Shak.
Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --Shak.
2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base.
'T is but a base, ignoble mind,
That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. --Shak.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray.
3. Zool. Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.
Syn: -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous.
Ig·no·ble, v. t. To make ignoble. [Obs.]
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ignoble
adj 1: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or
purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his
attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals
should escape than that the government should play an
ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. [ant: noble]
2: not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth";
"untitled civilians" [syn: ungentle, untitled]