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discreditable

/dis-kred-i-tuh-buhl/US // dɪsˈkrɛd ɪ tə bəl //UK // (dɪsˈkrɛdɪtəbəl) //

可耻的,可憎的,可耻,不名誉的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : bringing or liable to bring discredit.

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Examples

  • And one of Heritage's messengers sure enough proved discreditable.

  • Politicians often have discreditable secrets, secrets that might upset their campaigns.

  • The ruse by which he and Lannes captured the bridge below Vienna was discreditable no doubt from the point of view of morality.

  • They are discreditable-looking places where there is no order, no cleanliness but utter confusion and horrible din and noise.

  • They loaned money to individuals, too, though at Rome money lending was discreditable.

  • He needed votes in parliament, and he obtained them, as the whig leaders had done, by discreditable means.

  • Wedderburn's speech and the spirit in which it was received were impolitic as well as discreditable.