scurrilous

• adj. 下流的；说话粗鄙恶劣的；无礼的

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中文词源

来自 scurrile,粗俗的笑话，黄段子，来自拉丁语 scurrilis,小丑一样的，来自 scurra,二流子， 流氓，小丑。引申词义诽谤的，恶语中伤的。

英文词源

scurrilous (adj.)

"using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant" [Johnson], 1570s, from scurrile "coarsely joking" (c. 1500, implied in scurrility), from Latin scurrilis "buffoonlike," from scurra "fashionable city idler, man-about-town," later "buffoon." According to Klein, "an Etruscan loan-word." Related: Scurrilously; scurrilousness.

双语例句

1. Scurrilous and untrue stories were being invented.

有人正在捏造虚假诽谤的故事。

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2. She was often quite scurrilous in her references to me.

她一提起我,常常骂骂咧咧的.

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3. Her scurrilous performances have already condemned her.

她的信口漫骂的演出已给她定了罪.

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4. Satan dropped it there, I take it, intending a scurrilous jest against your reverence.

我想, 准是撒旦丢在那儿, 有意中伤阁下您的.

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5. She was frightened by an utterly false accusation and an utterly scurrilous threat.

她受到人家彻头彻尾的诬告,还被人家彻头彻尾的卑鄙威胁吓坏了.

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