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单词 infamous
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infamous
adjective
uk
/ˈɪn.fə.məs/us
/ˈɪn.fə.məs/
famousfor somethingconsideredbad:
臭名昭著的，声名狼藉的
Thelistincludedthe infamous George Drake, adoublemurderer.名单中包括臭名昭著的双重杀人犯乔治‧德雷克。
He's infamousforhisbigotedsenseofhumour.他以那种带有偏执的幽默感而臭名昭著。
Synonym
notorious
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Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
known and recognized by many people
  • famousShe went from poor and anonymous to rich and famous.
  • well knownShe's a well-known artist.
  • renownedThe area is renowned for its beauty.
  • world-famousThey stayed in a world-famous hotel.
  • celebratedHe's a celebrated writer of children's stories.
  • legendaryHe once met the legendary singer, Eartha Kitt.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fame and famous
  • A-list
  • A-lister
  • acclaimed
  • annal
  • anyone
  • catapult
  • famously
  • fore
  • go down in the annalsidiom
  • high-profile
  • hit the headlinesidiom
  • immortal
  • legend
  • notorious
  • notoriously
  • proverbial
  • proverbially
  • public
  • putsomething/someoneon the mapidiom
  • wilderness
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(Definition ofinfamousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

infamous| American Dictionary

infamous
adjective
us
/ˈɪn·fə·məs/
wellknownfor somethingbad;notorious:
He is infamous for saying thatcheatingis the way thegameisplayed.

infamy

noun[U]us
/ˈɪn·fə·mi/
Franklin Rooseveltspokeof Japan’sattackon Pearl Harbor as “adaythat willlivein infamy.”
(Definition ofinfamousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinfamous

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It is thisinfamousnotion of the ' abandonment ' of older people by their families that has been prominent in the western gerontological debate.
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The album was also re-mixed for quadraphonic stereo, the nowinfamoussound system that was then just being introduced.
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Questions have arisen during the past century about postmortem disclosure of information about powerful and famous (but not so much aboutinfamous) people.
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Numerous solutions to this nowinfamousproblem have been proposed.
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Can aninfamousperson obtain, or a person becomeinfamousretain, a degree?
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Celebrity connotes someone that is widely recognised and famous orinfamous.
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This point can be demonstrated by an analysis of a third juba'ing, one that is somewhatinfamous.
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From out of all these details emerges a fascinating study of how theinfamousability of bureaucracies to oppose, even defeat, change actually works.
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To adapt aninfamousmilitary euphemism, performers came to constitute collateral information.
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The monomorphism restriction, alreadyinfamous, forces a somewhat artificial style in this setting.
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Theinfamousinformation in the nature of quo warranto presented possibilities, but this apparently made crown lawyers nervous before the 1680s.
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The story remainsinfamousas one of the most dramatic turning points in all of music history.
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No; but some things once thoughtinfamousmay no longer be so.
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The overall approach espoused by these authors suggests a new perspective on theinfamouscritical period of language learning.
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First to go was theinfamouseight-legged essay, which was abolished as an examination subject in 1901.
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