| 单词 | turpitude |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tə:pitju:d] |
| 解释 | n.邪恶，卑鄙(行为) |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.邪恶，卑鄙(行为) (inherent baseness；depravity ) 【考】 反义词：probity(正 直); saintly behavior(高尚的行为) 【记】 turp(卑鄙的)+itude →卑鄙 |
| 字源 | turpitude (n.) "depravity, infamy," late 15c., from Middle French turpitude (early 15c.), from Latin turpitudinem (nominative turpitudo) "baseness," from turpis "vile, physically ugly, base, unsightly," figuratively "morally ugly, scandalous, shameful," of unknown origin. Klein suggests perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (compare Latin trepit "he turns"). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 邪恶卑鄙(的行为) 【记】turp = turb打扰, itude－打扰别人的行为－卑鄙行为 【反】probity(n 正直); saintly behavior(高尚的行为) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】turn翻，扭，驱使 + pit 坑，把人转到坑里去，落井下石→卑鄙 |
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