reprobate
英 ['repr?be?t]
美['r?pr?bet]
- v. 非難；拒絕；斥責
- adj. 邪惡的；墮落的
- n. 惡棍，無賴
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?reprobates;
中文詞源
reprobate 墮落的人，不道德的人
re-,相反，-probe,證實，證明，詞源同 probate,probe,prove.比喻用法。
英文詞源
- reprobate
- reprobate: [16] The Latin prefix re- usually denoted ‘return’ or ‘repetition’, but it was also used for ‘reversal of a previous condition’. This usage lies behind Latin reprobāre (source of English reprove [14]), a compound verb based on probāre ‘test, approve’ (source of English prove). It meant ‘disapprove’, and its past participle reprobātus was used in post-classical Latin to denote a person ‘disapproved or abandoned by God’ because of their wickedness.
=> probation, probe, prove, reprove - reprobate (adj.)
- early 15c., "rejected as worthless," from Late Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn," from Latin re- "opposite of, reversal of previous condition" (see re-) + probare "prove to be worthy" (see probate (n.)). Earliest form of the word in English was a verb, meaning "to disapprove" (early 15c.).
- reprobate (n.)
- 1540s, "one rejected by God," from reprobate (adj.). Sense of "abandoned or unprincipled person" is from 1590s.
雙語例句
- 1. He disowned his reprobate son.
- 他聲明與墮落的兒子脫離關(guān)系.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. He has always been a bit of a reprobate.
- 他一向不很規(guī)矩.
來自辭典例句
- 3. He ventured to reprobate that common system.
- 他很大膽地擯棄了一般常用的那種方式.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Don't reprobate a weak and foolish girl's ignorance.
- 還是不要譴責一個軟弱而又愚蠢的姑娘的無知吧!
來自辭典例句
- 5. The reprobate and Satan will suffer eternal punishment in hell.
- 被棄絕的人和撒但會在地獄受到永恒的刑罰.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
