turpitude
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈtɜː.pɪ.tʃuːd]
- 美式音标 [ˈtɝː.pə.tuːd]
- 国际音标 ['tə:pitju:d]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 奸恶； 卑鄙； 背德
词根记忆
- turp(卑鄙的) + itude→卑鄙
英汉例句
- It make our growth accompany with justice and turpitude.
这使得我们的成长伴随着正义和邪恶。 - What is moral turpitude, an ethical lapse, but a soilingof one’s character?
什么是道德堕落，道德丧失，或是性格的玷污？ - And there is a third answer: after a big revolution (like the Bolshevik one), the new rulers are often keen to show up the moral turpitude of their predecessors.
而第三种情况就是：在一场大变革之后（就像布尔什维克的那场革命），新统治者们常常热衷于揭发原统治者的卑劣行径（moral turpitude）。 - But, in fact, this is not necessary to refute the claim that business schools are responsible for moral turpitude at the top of corporate America.
ECONOMIST: Is the MBA responsible for moral turpitude at the top? - He skipped, for example, writing about how the accelerating moral turpitude of another huge entertainment enterprise, Hollywood, is helping send American morals and values down a rathole.
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权威例句
词组短语
- moral turpitude 道德败坏;道德沦丧;违背道德
- crimes involving moral turpitude 道德卑鄙的犯罪
- of trust or moral turpitude 信托或道德败坏