inglorious
英 [?n'gl??r??s]
美['ven'gl?r??s]
- adj. 可恥的；不名譽(yù)的；不體面的
英英釋意
- 1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
- "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- "an ignominious retreat"
- "inglorious defeat"
- "an opprobrious monument to human greed"
- "a shameful display of cowardice"
- 2. not bringing honor and glory;
- "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest"