单词 | reprobate |
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音标 | ['reprəubeit] |
解释 | v.谴责,指责;adj./n.堕落的(人) |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 谴责,指责 (to condemn strongly);adj./n. 堕落的(人) (a person morally corrupt) 【考】 objectivity : partisan / temperance : reprobate(党徒不会客观/堕落 者不会节制)reprobate : misbehave / sycophant : fawn(无赖汉行为不端/奉 承者奉承)反义词:righteous individual(正直的人 ) 【记】 re(反)+prob(赞扬)+a te→反赞扬→指责 【同】 同根词:approbation (赞扬) 【例】 We reprobate his evil behavior. |
字源 | reprobate (adj.) early 15c., "rejected as worthless," from Late Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn," from Latin re- "opposite of, reversal of previous condition" (see re-) + probare "prove to be worthy" (see probate (n.)). Earliest form of the word in English was a verb, meaning "to disapprove" (early 15c.). reprobate (n.) 1540s, "one rejected by God," from reprobate (adj.). Sense of "abandoned or unprincipled person" is from 1590s. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 谴责; adj /n 堕落的(人) 【记】re反, prob赞扬, ate-反赞扬-指责re反复, prob = probe探求, ate吃的: 反复找吃的里面有没有苍蝇, 如果找到了就非难餐厅经理-堕落者 【参】approbate(v 赞扬) 【类】objectivity: partisan = temperance: reprobate党徒不会客观 = 堕落者不会节制reprobate: misbehave = sycophant: fawn无赖汉行为不端 = 奉承者奉承 【反】righteous individual(正直的人); accolade(n /v 赞美); acclaim(v 欢呼, 称赞); tribute(n 贡品; 颂词) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】re 反 + probate 查证,prob-有去调查,证明,结果是好的意思,类似reprove;re重复 +probable 可能,大概,反复跟老板说你的观点是可能大概的,会受到指责,查清楚再说,不准有可能这个词;re + problem 反复出问题 【相关】probate 遗嘱检验,probe 探测器,探查, 查明,approbate 许可, 承认,disapprobation 不答应,opprobrious 无礼的, 该骂的, 不赞成, probity 正直 |
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