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ill-gotten

/il-got-n/US // ˈɪlˈgɒt n //

不义之财,不利的,不正当的,不利于的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : acquired by dishonest, improper, or evil means: ill-gotten gains.

Examples

  • The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.

  • So in that sense we have gotten close to the families that have lost loved ones, be it from one side or the other.

  • They had rarely seen their own fathers carry small children unless their mothers were ill.

  • I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.

  • Do you think academic history and popular history have gotten more similar over the last 15 or 20 years?

  • These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.

  • And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.

  • G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.

  • "It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

  • Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.