| 单词 | turpitude |
| 释义 | turpitude noun[U] formaluk/ˈtɜː.pɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈtɝː.pə.tuːd/evil: 邪恶；堕落acts/crimesofmoralturpitude道德败坏的行为／罪行 Synonym depravity Morally wrong and evil
Examplesofturpitudeturpitude The tactic employed by rivals was invariably that of trying to demonstrate first administrative incompetence and then, if possible, moralturpitude. From theCambridge English Corpus It waxes in wickedness, moralturpitudeknows no limit. From theCambridge English Corpus Ghost fiction was, often, stereotypically associated with woman writers, but so, at various times, were prosy domesticity, moral superiority, moralturpitude, and just about everything else. From theCambridge English Corpus The question of moralturpitudeof the driver does not enter into the question of the new general driving test. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some have a degree of moralturpitude; others in each case are offences simply due to our ordinary human frailty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not efficiency; it is crass moralturpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A polygon is always a hideous thing, but when on a hillside a polygon of trees is aturpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a longish list, but it included ineptitude as well asturpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is going to be the effect if you bring in these hard penalties for things which have no moralturpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope nobody will charge us with moralturpitudein connection with 1931. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is now recognised that cowardice is a physical defect rather than a matter of moralturpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Are prisoners convicted with sentence of hard labour for these offences which involve no moralturpitudeto have the benefit of the regulations? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Listening to this debate one would have thought that people were accusing these who are using modern farming methods of some kind of moralturpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The most important aspect of that case was thatturpitudewas proven against him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He will grant a warrant only if convinced that there is a real case ofturpitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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