ignominious

adj.

1. 耻辱的；可耻的；不光彩的
   that makes, or should make, you feel ashamed
   1. an ignominious defeat
      可耻的失败
   2. He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end.
      他犯了一个错误，他的事业就很不体面地结束了。

1. ADJ-GRADED 耻辱的;不光彩的;不名誉的;丢脸的
   If you describe an experience or action as ignominious, you mean it is embarrassing because it shows a great lack of success.
   1. ...their ignominious defeat...
      他们耻辱的战败
   2. Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure.
      许多人认为他注定会极不光彩地失败。

1. Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure.
   许多人认为他注定会极不光彩地失败。
2. The government lost that one in ignominious fashion, with the jury returning an innocent verdict in all of two days.
   美国政府灰溜溜地输掉了这场官司，两天内陪审团都判定无罪。
3. Thus she will be a living sermon against sin, until the ignominious letter be engraved upon her tombstone.
   这样她就成了告诫人们抵制罪恶的活训条了，直到那个耻辱的字母刻到她的墓碑上为止。
4. I cannot ask freedom for myself while my comrades are already suffering in the ignominious prison of the Isle of Pines.
   我的同志们已经在派恩斯岛上可耻的监狱里受苦受难，我不能为我自己要求自由。
5. That ignominious experience led the Tories to adopt inflation targeting, which has transformed Britain's macroeconomic performance.
   这段不光彩的经历使得保守党采取了设定通胀目标的方法，这让英国宏观经济表现得以改观。
6. The marriage was considered especially ignominious since she was of royal descent.
   由于她出身王族，这门婚事被认为是奇耻大辱。
7. Fear of slaughter by Indian warriors, coupled with Brock's bold manoeuvres, resulted in a victory as brilliant for the British as it was ignominious for the Americans.
   布罗克大胆用兵，加上赫尔害怕被印第安战士屠杀，令英军这一仗赢得非常辉煌，美军则败得非常可耻。
8. You will not even write your own ignominious name.
   你甚至不能书写你可耻的名字。
9. "Brevet," said the President," you have undergone an ignominious sentence, and you cannot take an oath. "
   布莱卫，庭长说，您受过一种不名誉的刑罚，您不应当宣誓
10. That is the kind of ambition that captures imaginations and headlines in the west, where the US's century of dominance of the car industry has come to an ignominious end.
    这一雄心壮志激发了西方的想象力，也登上了西方媒体的新闻头条。美国对汽车产业长达一个世纪的统治已带着耻辱走到了尽头。
11. The UN were faced with an ignominious withdrawal or a long-term military presence.
    联合国要么选择不光彩地撤军，要么选择维持长期的驻军。
12. Act out an ignominious role in the scheme
    在那个阴谋中扮演可耻的角色
13. What an ignominious destiny for medicine if its future turned into one of bestowing meagre increments of unenjoyed life!
    如果医学未来只是起延长痛苦的生命的作用，那么它将的命运将多么可耻啊！
14. Many of their forays into genuinely competitive sectors have ended in ignominious failure.
    他们很多进军真正有竞争性行业的尝试都以惨败而告终。
15. Many observers think Nicolas Sarkozy is doomed to ignominious departure after just one erratic term in office.
    很多观察家认为，他将在他这一离奇古怪的任期结束后黯淡地离开。
16. CPAs take ignominious part in these frauds though they are praised as 'economy policeman'.
    在这些会计信息舞弊案件中，被誉为经济警察的注册会计师扮演了并不光彩的角色。
17. With the strong intention of morals, Tacitus applied his mind to the modern times, The ignominious businesses within the confined scope and The troublesome and tedious themes.
    基于强烈的道德目的，塔西佗致力于现当代史的写作，致力于狭窄范围之内的不光彩的事情与惹人生厌的单调乏味的题材。