| 英语单词 | despicable |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [dɪ'spɪkəbl] 美 [dɪ'spɪkəbl] |
| 中文释义 | adj.可鄙的;卑劣的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Ingratitude is a despicable vice. (2) It's despicable the way he treats those kids. (3) It is despicable to desert your children. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 忘恩负义是可鄙的不道德行为。 (2) 他对待那些孩子的方式是可鄙的。 (3) 你抛弃你的孩子是卑劣的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Stealing the last piece of food from a starving child goes way beyond mean. It's despicable — a vile and harmful act. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Mean, nasty, and scummy are synonyms of despicable, but they don't fully convey the awfulness of despicable. A man who lies to get a promotion meant for his co-worker would be considered mean. But the despicable man — the one who is so awful and worthless that he deserves to be despised — is the one who burns down the office building and frames his co-worker for it. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可鄙的;卑鄙的 If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil. [emphasis]
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