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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adj.形容词 adjective
- 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.
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