turpitude
英 ['tɜːpɪtjuːd]
美 ['tɝpətud]
英語の語源
- turpitude (n.)
- "depravity, infamy," late 15c., from Middle French turpitude (early 15c.), from Latin turpitudinem (nominative turpitudo) "baseness," from turpis "vile, physically ugly, base, unsightly," figuratively "morally ugly, scandalous, shameful," of unknown origin. Klein suggests perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (compare Latin trepit "he turns").
例文
- 1. He was considered unfit to hold office because of moral turpitude .
- 道徳上の恥ずべき行為のために、彼は公務員になるのに適していないと考えられている。
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