inglorious
英[ɪn'glɔːrɪəs]
美['ven'glɔrɪəs]
英英释意
- 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"