英単語

opprobriousの意味・使い方・発音

opprobrious

英 [ə'prəʊbrɪəs] 美
  • adj.生意気な;口が悪い;非難されるべき;恥ずべき

語源


opprobrious 非難する、攻撃する

opprobriumから、非難する、攻撃する。

英語の語源


opprobrious (adj.)
"full of reproach, intended to bring disgrace," late 14c., from Old French oprobrieus (Modern French opprobrieux), or directly from Late Latin opprobriosus, from Latin opprobare "to reproach, taunt," from ob "against" (see ob-) + probrum "reproach, infamy." Etymological sense is "disgrace attached to conduct considered shameful." Related: Opprobriously; opprobriousness.

例文


1. It is now freely applied as an adjective of an opprobrious kind.
は現在、悪口の形容詞として任意に使用されている。

2.He ransacked his extensive vocabulary in order to find opprobrious names to call her.
彼は彼の豊富な語彙からすべての聞き苦しい言葉を選び出して彼女をののしった。

3.One is the eulogistic word freedom,and the other is the opprobrious word chance.
1つは褒義を表す言葉「自由」、もう1つはけなす意味を表す言葉「偶然」である。

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